Pierre Zimmerman has worked in corporate healthcare for decades: as a clinical director, executive director in Behavioral Hospital, VP of marketing in Ontario/Canada and several Eastern seaboard hospital facilities in the US. He has secured contracts for providers, created advisory boards for physicians and managed care entities in the early days of managed care.

After being diagnosed in 2001 with a stage 4 transitional carcinoma and after three years of recovery Pierre started to work for Cancer Connection in western Massachusetts. He went to Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe where he was ordained a Buddhist chaplain in end of life care in 2008, training prospective chaplains from many parts of the world for two months each year, on site, until 2018. He was a chaplain at the D’Amour Cancer Center at Baystate Healthcare System. Pierre also has a BA in philosophy and psychology an MS in organizational development and management.

Pierre moved to Saratoga in 2009 and worked at One Roof Holistic Center, leading mindfulness programs, providing organizational training for companies, teaching stress reduction for the community, businesses, and local colleges. He provided self-care programs for physicians and clinicians in local hospitals, particularly for care management staff, palliative care and oncology.

Pierre currently leads several groups for cancer clients and their care partners. He has been leading dharma meditation on Sunday mornings, for the over thirteen years and is interested in supporting people who continue to manage the life force within with skillful means ⏤ so that the physical body, the emotional body and mind are on good terms with each other, moving towards wellbeing.

Find articles of note “by Pierre Zimmerman” on our archive web page here.

Look for Pierre’s book, “Facing Cancer with an Attitude, Beyond Survivorship.” Available at AMAZON.

To contact Pierre call 413-992-7012
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