Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Bernard Lown is professor emeritus of cardiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, senior physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the chairman and founder of the Lown Cardiovascular Center and Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

A pioneer in rearch on sudden cardiac death, Dr. Lown invented the direct current defibrillator for resuscitating the arrested heart as well as the cardioverter for correcting disordered heart rhythms. He also introduced the use of the drug Lidocaine for the control of disturbances of the heartbeat.

Dr. Lown has long been an activist to abolish nuclear weapons and promote world peace. In 1962, he co-founded the Physicians for Social Responsibility and became its first president. In 1980, he co-founded with Russian physician Dr. Yevgeny Chazof the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and were co-recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of IPPNW.

Dr. Lown has also authored or co-authored over 400 research articles and four books related to healing. His latest is Presciption for Survival.