Integrative Approaches to Addressing the “Survival Paradox” – Dr. Isaac Eliaz, Founder of Amitabha Medical Clinic and Healing Center

Dr. Isaac Eliaz begins his work from a place of contemplation. “Nothing is solid. Nothing stays the same,” he tells host Dr. Rishi Desai. He has focused in part on Galectin-3, which he calls the survivor protein, for its role shielding cells that decide “I’m not going to die”—cancerous cells. Yet, whether he’s operating at the level of one of the 50 trillion cells in a human body, or at the level of the human those cells constitute, Dr. Eliaz understands himself as basically treating an inability to accept change. He calls it the “survival paradox.” The idea has been central to a career devoted to the integration of the scientific and the holistic—a career in which Dr. Eliaz has incorporated Buddhist practice into his pioneering research, oncology, and more. Tune in to hear what makes the heart fundamentally different from other organs, why some doctors get worse over time, and why healing means more than simply getting rid of a disease.

Raise the Line · Dr. Isaac Eliaz, Dr. Rishi Desai