Karen Purcell, M.M., N.D., C.N. is a well-known alternative medicine practitioner in the New York City and the Hudson Valley areas. She currently has a growing clientele, and is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker on health issues, including regular appearances on local and national radio and television programs. Dr. Purcell is dedicated to the complete health of her clients. Believing strongly in the adverse influences of emotional stress on physical health, she integrates emotional stress reduction within her natural health and nutrition practice.

Dr. Karen Purcell brings your organization information, insight, and entertainment. She combines personal experience and clinical experience. Unforgettable stories and her glorious singing voice give presentations unlike any your organization has ever heard.Dr. Purcell is a physician who has literally "healed herself". During her twenties, serious health problems derailed her world-class operatic career. After a string of mainstream doctors failed to help her, Karen began investigating natural medicine to restore her health. The many holistic disciplines she discovered improved her health so dramatically that she earned credentials in them in order to help others.In her clinical practice and in her numerous speaking, radio and television appearances, Dr. Purcell has assisted thousands of adults and children. She has been particularly successful assisting children with learning disabilities and brain disorders, including her own son. In 1999, she founded the WINS Foundation (We're Important, NOT Stupid), which is dedicated to bringing information about drug-free solutions for brain disorders like ADD/ADHD and autism to the attention of our nation's public.Dr. Karen Purcell is a speaker who educates and entertains. She combines her exquisite singing, performance skills, and her medical expertise to bring your organization a totally unique experience.

Karen Purcell has performed major operatic roles in New York, Santa Fe, Salzburg, (Austria), Palm Beach (Florida), Düsseldorf (Germany), Miami, and other famous theaters worldwide. Purcell, Soprano has been touted by the Miami Herald as having an "electrifying voice." The Palm Beach Post wrote that her "voice is gorgeous." She is a dramatic soprano with an extraordinarily flexible voice which lends itself both to the delicacy of Mozart and the demands of Wagner.She has performed a variety of roles all over the world, including Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Europe; Tosca, Mimi, Rosalinda, Countess, and Fiordiligi in the United States. Her concert appearances include Venezuela, Australia, Canada, as well as Europe and the United States.Some of her credits include performances with the Boston Opera Company with Sarah Caldwell, the Boston Pops with Arthur Fiedler, the Santa Fe Opera Company, the Spoleto Festival, the Düsseldorf Opera Company, Palm Beach Opera, and the Miami Philharmonic Orchestra.She has also worked with such notable conductors as Herbert von Karajan, Gunther Schuller, Christopher Keene, and Alain Lombard.She has won a number of prestigious awards and competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera Regional Competition, the Palm Beach Opera Competition, and Opera America. Miss Purcell has also won a Fulbright-Hayes Grant as well as several other grants and scholarships.