Dr. Mel Borins is a family physician in private practice in Toronto Canada.
He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and on active staff at St. Joseph's Health Centre. He was on the Faculty of the Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication for many years.
He is responsible for teaching Complementary and Alternative Medicine to the Medical Students at the Faculty of Medicine and has been the course director of a post- graduate course in Psychotherapy and Counselling for practicing family physicians for the past six years. He has also been the Course Director of many programs in Psychotherapy and Complementary Medicine for physicians.
He is author of the books “Go Away Just for the Health of It” and "An Apple a Day- a Holistic Health Primer". His articles on Laughter, Psychotherapy, Acupuncture, Traditional Healing, Herbs and Complementary medicine have appeared in many respected medical journals.
Dr. Borins has lectured to many diverse medical and non-medical audiences in Canada, U.S.A., India, Japan, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and New Zealand on health and healing. For over twenty years he has lectured and given workshops on the therapeutic effects of laughter and play.
Books:
“Photos & Songs of a Pronoic Physician”, Trafford Press, September 2006
"An Apple a Day-- A Holistic Health Primer", Wholistic Press Toronto
November 1980
“Go Away Just for the Health of It”, Eastendbooks Toronto November 2001
Chapter on “Grief Counselling” Department of Family and Community Medicine
Workbook on Psychosocial Issues in Family Medicine
Medicine in “Family Practice Sourcebook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Care” 2005 Mosby
CDs:
- Songs Of Healing $15.00
- Relaxation Exercise $15.00
Photographs: order on www.melborins.com
MOST POPULAR WORKSHOP: HOW TO BRING LAUGHTER AND PLAY INTO YOUR WORK AND PERSONAL LIFE
This interactive lecture/workshop explores how laughter and play are essential to health. Dr. Borins draws on his wealth of knowledge on stress and the impact of positive emotions as a stress reliever.
He explores the physiology of laughter and the research that shows laughter is good for you. Laugh exercises, playful games and other right brain activities help participants get into a positive frame of mind and show how it feels good to laugh and play.
DR. BORINS HAS GIVEN PRESENTATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS
- Anachemia Science
- Bayer Inc.
- Husky Injection Moulding System
- Hong Kong Psychotherapists Association
- Voluntary Hospital Services, Madras, India
- ODHA/CDHA
- College of Family Physicians of Canada
- Ontario Family Life Education Association.
- Ontario College of Family Physicians
- Halton-Peel Dental Society
- WONCA
- Massage Therapists of Ontario
- College of Naturopathic Medicine of Ontario
- Ontario Association of Infant Development
- Canadian Progress Club
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Family Day Care Services
- Gestalt Institute of Toronto
- Canadian Federation of University Women
- Institute for Subtle Energy and Energy Medicine
- Working with Families Institute,
- Assoc.of Ont. Home Care Therapists
- North Carolina Academy of Family Practice
- Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication
- General Practice Psychotherapy Association
- Senior Managers of Health and Promotions/Health Canada
- Community Counselling Centre of Nipissing
- Los Angeles Children’s Hospital
- Dallas Methodist Hospital
- India: Madras Medical College, University of Kashmir, Government Medical
- College
- Japan: Kyusha University
- Indonesia: Udayana Medical School
- Taiwan: National Taiwan University Hospital, Kaohshiung Medical College
- New Zealand: Otago Medical School
- Australia: Lincoln College
Gold Member since 2005