Chodo Campbell Sensei, GC-C
Co-Founder, Vice President, & Guiding Teacher
New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZC)
Guiding Teacher, NYZC Contemplative Medicine Fellowship
New York, NY
https://zencare.org/contemplative-medicine-fellowship/
Instagram: @chodorobertcampbell @newyorkzencenter
Core Faculty Member
Center for Integrative Medicine’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship – University of Arizona Medical School
Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship – La Jolla, CA
Zen teacher and co-founder, with Koshin Paley Ellison, of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, an educational non-profit dedicated to integrating contemplative approaches to care and contemporary medicine. Through Chodo’s leadership and vision, NYZC has developed transformational, collaborative training experiences: the Foundations in Contemplative Care and the Contemplative Medicine Fellowship. Today, New York Zen Center’s teachings and practices are internationally recognized — and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals.
Chodo is a dynamic, grounded, and visionary leader and teacher: he has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. teaching and presenting at various institutions. He has worked with those living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. as well as Zimbabwe and South Africa. Chodo’s public programs have introduced thousands to the practices of mindful and compassionate care of the living and dying. Sixty-thousand people listen to his podcasts each year. His passion lies in bereavement counseling for those suffering with the complexities of death & dying and aging. His work is focused on advocating for change in the way our healthcare institutions work with end of life support and care.
Chodo is widely recognized as a trailblazer and authority on contemplative care. He and Koshin Paley Ellison are featured in Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death, a documentary about how we face our mortality and are also the focus of a forthcoming documentary about Buddhism in America for Dutch television. Chodo’s work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, Tricycle, Parabola and other media outlets. He is a recognized Soto Zen Teacher with the American Zen Teachers Association, White Plum Asanga, and Soto Zen Buddhist Association.
