Joe Tafur, M.D.

Education

• M.D., 2003, UC San Diego

• B.S., Biology, 1996, UCLA

Biography

Joe Tafur, M.D., is a Colombian-American integrative physician. He also spent years working and living in the Peruvian Amazon at the traditional healing center Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual, training there as an Ayahuasquero. He is the author of books The Fellowship of the River and Medicine Song. With his spiritual community in Phoenix, Dr. Tafur co-founded the Church of the Eagle and the Condor (CEC). Dr. Tafur is also a co-founder of the nonprofit Modern Spirit, dedicated to demonstrating the value of spiritual healing in modern healthcare.