About Pamela Heath

Dr. Pamela Heath obtained a BA in psychology from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1976, and an MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1980. Dr. Heath practiced medicine at a variety of locations, including serving as Chief of Anesthesia in Humana Hospital-Abilene, as Director of Education for the Anesthesia Department and a member of the Surgery Faculty in Orlando Regional Medical Center, on the faculty of Anesthesia at the University of Florida in Miami, and for two years as Chief of Anesthesia at Chinle Hospital on the Navaho Reservation.

Dr. Heath began having spontaneous psychic experiences in the early 1990s. In 1995, she returned to school for a second doctorate degree (Psy.D.), this time in parapsychology from the American School of Professional Psychology and Rosebridge Graduate School of Integrative Psychology in California.

Dr. Heath has 13 years experience investigating hauntings and spontaneous paranormal events, and has appeared on television as both as a parapsychologist and a psychic. She currently lives in the Bay Area of California.

Academic History

• B.A. in Psychology (with a minor in Chemistry), Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1976.

• M.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1980.

• Certified Master Hypnotherapist from the Institute for Educational Therapy in 1996.

• Psy.D. in Parapsychology from Rosebridge Graduate School of Integrative Studies and the American Schools of Professional Psychology (now Argosy University) in 1999. 

Other Training

• Medical Internship in Pediatrics 1980-1981.

• Medical Residency in Anesthesia 1981-1983 (Board Certified in 1985).

• Anomalous Healing training by Reverand Mary Smiley in Casadaga, Florida 1992-1993.

• Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Controlled Remote Viewing - taught by Lyn Buchanan.

• P6 Tools Controlled Remote Viewing - taught by Lyn Buchanan.

• Medical Applications Controlled Remote Viewing - taught by Lyn Buchanan.

• Also training in karate (brown belt equivalent), fencing, smooth and latin competition ballroom dancing, and horseback riding.

Professional Affiliations

• Full member of the Parapsychological Association.

• Member of the Society for Scientific Exploration.

• Associate member of the Society for Psychical Research.

• Investigator with the Office of Paranormal Investigations since 1996.

Media Experience

• Dead Famous: Al Capone and the Mob (episode 1.1), original air date June 15, 2004. 

• CBS Evening Magazine, original air date February 16, 2005.

• Mediums: We See Dead People original air date October 14, 2005.

• Dead Famous: Rita Hayworth, original air date April 11th, 2006.

• View From the Bay on the ABC station KGO, original air date October 31, 2006.

• Star Rovers, original air date July 22, 2009. 

• Dr. Heath has also been involved with TV shows for the Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel, New Zealand's TV3, and Living TV and recently was filmed by a Canadian crew for a documentary on Remote Viewing.

• Multiple radio and podcast interviews. For a listing, click here.

Publications

• "Instruction and grouped presentation in free recall." Co-written with David Brunts and John Mueller. Published in the June 1977 (vol. 90, no. 2) issue of American Journal of Psychology.

• "Treatment of tension and migraine headaches with biofeedback techniques." Co-written with F. Fried and J. Lamberti. Published in the June 1977 (vol. 74, no. 6) issue of Missouri Medicine.

• "Fin de siècle." Co-written with Robert Boice and Peter Hertli. Published in the December 1977 (vol. 32, no. 12) issue of American Psychologist.

• Into the PK Zone: A Phenomenological Study on the Experience of Performing Psychokinesis. Published in 1999. This dissertation was an initial look at what the experience of performing psychokinesis was like for those that do it.

• "Into the psychokinetic (PK) zone: a phenomenological study of the experience of performing PK." Presented during the Parapsychological Association Convention at Stanford University in August 1999 and published the same year in the Parapsychological Association 42nd Annual Convention Proceedings of Presented Papers.

• "The PK zone: a phenomenological study." Published in the January 2000 (vol. 40, no. 6) issue of Iridis. This talk was also presented at the California Society for Psychical Research.

• "Into the PK zone: a phenomenological study." Published in the March 2000 (vol. 64, no. 1) issue of the Journal of Parapsychology.

• The PK Zone: A Cross-Cultural Review of Psychokinesis. Published in 2003. It is rated 5 stars at Amazon, and is the winner of the Editor's Choice award and Reader's choice award. This book covers stories of mind over matter from cultures around the world, the research, and what the experience of performing psychokinesis is like for those who do it. 

• "What is psychokinesis?" Published in the November 2000 (vol. 46, no. 3) issue of Iridis. This talk was also presented at the California Society for Psychical Research.

• "The possible role of psychokinesis in place memory" in the December 2004 (vol. 4, no. 2) issue of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology.

• "Experiential research." Published in 2005 as the last chapter in Parapsychology in the 21st Century. You can find more information about the anthology here.

• "A new theory on place memory" in the June 2005 (vol. 5, no. 1) issue of the Australian Journal of Parapsychology.

• Suicide: What Really Happens in the Afterlife? Published in June 2006 by North Atlantic Books and co-written with Jon Klimo, the world's foremost expert on channeling.

• "What the channeled messages of suicides tell us about the afterlife" (pp 207-221) in  Lance Storm and Michael Thalbourne's The Survival of Human Consciousness: Essays on the Possibility of Life After Death. Published in October 2006 and co-written with Jon Klimo.

• Suicidio: ¿Que Sucede Realmente en el Otro Lado? Published in September 2007 by Palmyra Libros. This is the spanish language version of the suicide book.

• Handbook to the Afterlife. (In press.) Co-written with Jon Klimo. Available April 20, 2010 from North Atlantic Books.

• Mind-Matter Interaction: Historical Reports, Research and Firsthand Accounts. (In press.) Available May 6, 2010 from McFarland. To see a website devoted to the book, click here.

To visit Dr. Pamela Heath's main website click here.