About the Foundation
About The Hubbard Foundation
The Hubbard Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization,
founded in 2007. The Foundation owns a Siemens 3T tim Trio and has
dedicated it to fMRI. Day to day operations are provided by the Applied fMRI Institute.
David Hubbard M.D., Founder
David Hubbard M.D. is the founder of the Hubbard Foundation.
Dr. Hubbard is a board-certified neurologist who spent the early part of
his career in pain management and drug development. He has had a
life-long interest in the mind-brain problem, majored in philosophy at
Yale, received a Masters in Counseling Psychology at Stanford, an MD at
University of Connecticut and his neurology training at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine where he was chief resident. He is the treasurer
of the International Society for NeuroVascular Disease (ISNVD.org) of which Dr. Zamboni was president. See Dr. Hubbard's bio.
About the Foundation
The vision of David Hubbard MD for the Hubbard Foundation is to investigate the neurophysiological foundations of consciousness and meditation and their influence on brain functioning, health and peace. The Hubbard Foundation uses fMRI to conduct this important research. fMRI stands for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and uses MRI technology to measure the changes in blood flow to brain areas associated with specific brain functions.
Dr. Hubbard's vision took a new direction in 2009 when his son Devin was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis.
The Hubbard Foundation and the Hubbard family are dedicated to the
search for earlier and more sensitive ways to diagnose neurodegenerative
disorders, like Chronic Cerebral Spinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI), and to track these horrible illnesses so that treatments can be tried long before the onset of inflammatory lesions.
While at this point we don't know if there will be any synergy with our focus on meditation and consciousness, we can't help but believe that at least part of the healing of MS and other neurological diseases involves diet and life-style change such as are found in meditation, Ayur-Vedic and oriental medicine.
The Hubbard Foundation is IRB approved to test and treat CCSVI in MS patients in San Diego, CA. Data is collected as part of this study for publication.
The Hubbard Foundation also has an IRB approved Multi-Center Registry for CCSVI Testing and Treatment, making IRB approved CCSVI testing and treatment available across the US. Data is collected for publication.
Also, the Hubbard Foundation has a third Registry, for Patients to register themselves if there is no Interventional Radiologist near them already participating in the Multi-Center Registry: Patient-centric Global Registry for CCCSVI Testing, Treatment and Clinical Follow-Up.
