Ran D. Anbar

Ran D. Anbar, MD, FAAP, is board certified in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics, offering hypnosis and counseling services at Center Point Medicine in La Jolla, California, and Syracuse, New York. Anbar is also a past President, fellow, and approved consultant of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

Anbar launched CPM Franchise Group in 2021, which recruits pediatricians to learn how to use hypnosis and open Center Point Medicine practices throughout the country. Anbar is a leader in clinical hypnosis, and his experiences with hypnosis since 1998 have allowed him to successfully treat over 7,000 children. He served as a professor of pediatrics and medicine and the director of pediatric pulmonology at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, for 21 years.

Anbar has worked as a guest editor and advisory editor for the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. He has had the privilege of directing or co-directing more than 20 clinic workshops on the subject of pediatric hypnosis. Additionally, he has participated in training more than a thousand healthcare providers in hypnosis and lectured all over the world.

In addition to his teaching and lecturing experiences, Anbar has been the principal investigator in 10 published case studies of pediatric hypnosis and involved in research trials of children with cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary disorders. He is a published author of more than 50 articles, abstracts, and book chapters on pediatric functional disorders and pediatric hypnosis. He is the author of the 2021 book, "Changing Children’s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center."

Graduating from the University of California-San Diego with undergraduate degrees in biology and psychology, Anbar earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency and pediatric pulmonary fellowship training at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Anbar received training in hypnosis from the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.