Center for Professional & Personal Renewal



	about Peter Moskowitz academic cv coaching credentials what makes CPPR special		About Peter Moskowitz Peter S. Moskowitz, MD, founder and Executive Director of the Center for Professional and Personal Renewal in Palo Alto, California, is widely recognized as a leader in the field of physician wellness and career renewal. A skilled professional and personal coach trained and certified at the prestigious Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, he has coached several hundred physicians and other healthcare professionals since 1996. He is particularly interested in issues of career and life balance, medical career transitions, stress and burnout management, and career resilience.

			Clinical background Dr. Moskowitz is Clinical Professor of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine and Staff Radiologist at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, where he previously held an appointment as Assistant Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics and was a Research Scholar of the James Picker Foundation, as well as the recipient of the Agnes Axtell Moule Faculty Scholar Award. Before his affiliation with Stanford, he served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology at the University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, and as an attending radiologist at Good Samaritan Hospital, in San Jose. As a career and life coach who specializes in helping healthcare professionals, Dr. Moskowitz is respected for his ability to consistently ask the probing questions that lead to deep change and for his spiritual centering. His individual work with clients, as well as his workshops, seminars, and lectures for associations and medical practice organizations, are known for their practical content and ability to re-energize participants. Publications and Affiliations Dr. Moskowitz is the co-author of Medical Practice Divorce (AMA Press, 2001), author of five chapters in other books, author or co-author of more than 35 scientific publications, and a frequent contributor to numerous healthcare journals and magazines on topics relevant to career and life management. He serves on the editorial board of the Society for Professional Well-Being and is a member of the American Counseling Association and the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association. His rich experience in both the academic and private sectors of American medicine and in professional and personal renewal makes him a valuable resource to healthcare professionals who want to establish passionate new paradigms for their careers and their personal lives. In other sections of this site, you'll find several articles quoting Dr. Moskowitz about career renewal and life balance for healthcare professionals, as well as his full academic CV and details about his coaching experience.