Dr. Patch Adams
Unconventional Medical Doctor Imparting Wisdom through Humour
Style
Exchanging his lab coat for a clown suit and the bedside for a platform, Patch employs humour and passion to grab the attention of business leaders.
Books
Profile
Imagine looking up from your hospital bed to find your doctor in a clown suit. This unorthodox approach to healing has attracted both controversy and admiration for Dr. Patch Adams. He and a handful of like-minded colleagues founded the revolutionary Gesundheit! Institute, a holistic medical community providing free medical care for thousands. A medical doctor, professional clown, author of the 1998 best-seller House Calls - How We Can All Heal the World One Visit at a Time and the subject of the 1998 feature film Patch Adams with Robin Williams as Patch, he combines medicine with creativity and humour to produce what he feels is a more humane response to healing. Ahead of his time? Most visionaries are.
Clients Comments
“Superior intellectual scientist with unorthodox, clown-tinged sensibilities towards the needs of his patients. Entirely refreshing and unique!” Health Services Manager
Topics
- LIVING A LIFE OF JOY
- The focus of this lecture/workshop is life as a choice.
- THE JOY OF CARING
- The focus of this lecture/workshop is the magic and power of care, not only in the patient’s life but also in the caregiver’s life.
- HUMOR AND HEALTH
- Look at the relationship between humor and the health of the individual, community or society. Funny and inspirational.
- WHAT IS YOUR LOVE STRATEGY?
- Lecture on the importance of having a strategy for loving yourself, the planet and others.
- LIVING IN COMMUNITY
- Patch explores what constitutes a healthy community, how one is created, maintained and what the responsibilities are of it’s members.
- MEDICINE FOR FUN, NOT FUNDS
- Patch introduces Gesundheit as an example of medicine for fun, not funds and helps the audience design, explore and implement their own dreams.
- MAGIC ELIXIRS OF LIFE
- This provocative, informative and funny show focuses on what the audience can do to feel healthier.
- PASSION AND PERSISTENCE
- Show in nine acts on having passions and the persistence to carry them out followed by a 40-minute discussion.
- DESIRE AND DESIGN
- Performance on how to create designs to accomplish one’s desires followed by a 40-minute discussion.