Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Bernard Lown is a world-renowned cardiologist. He is professor emeritus of Cardiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and Senior Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston; he is in active cardiology practice at the Lown Cardiovascular Centre in Brookline, Massachusetts. A pioneer in research on sudden cardiac death, Dr. Lown invented the defibrillator and cardiovertor and introduced the drug lidocaine, used worldwide to control disturbances of the heartbeat. His current research focuses on the impact of adverse psychological stresses on cardiac performance. Dr. Lown is the author and co-author of four books and over four hundred articles that have been published in leading medical journals worldwide.