Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS, Boomer-Living Director. After studying art in college, which earned him a career as a janitor, he went on to attend Harvard Medical School, and to become the chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. He currently holds a main appointment as a Professor of Neurosurgery as well as professorships in Radiation Oncology, Psychology, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Hamilton also is the Executive Director of The Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Dr. Hamilton has been featured as a guest expert on National Public Radio, Anderson Cooper’s 360, and The Discovery Channel. A public speaker with a reputation for discussing sophisticated medical topics in a manner that is accessible and understandable to the layperson, Dr. Hamilton has been a public proponent of re-establishing what he terms “intimacy at the heart of modern medicine,” and a public critic of the escalating rate of medical errors in American Health Care. He serves as a script consultant to the popular television Grey’s Anatomy, lending stories from his vast experiences as intern, resident and ultimately renowned surgeon.

When he is not working at the cutting edge of medical science, Dr. Hamilton can be found on his verdant, mesquite shaded ranch on the outskirts of Tucson. An accomplished horseman, he trains horses using a method of communication through their natural body language and their expansive energy fields. Horses are Dr. Hamilton’s healing partners as well. As his Rancho Bosque facility, his mission is to promote health, focusing on the important and integrated four directions of mind, body, spirit and personal fulfillments. Rancho Bosque offers programs in horsemanship, empowerment for cancer survivors, equine-assisted therapy, and inspirational leadership with a distinctly different approach. Through teaching and awareness of non-verbal communication and energy boundaries, the programs at the ranch foster lasting life changing experiences.