Avinash Lele, MD, is an Ayurvedic surgeon, panchakarma and marma therapy specialist, and director of the Atreya Ayurved clinic in Pune, India. The former principal of Ayurved College at Hadapsar, Dr. Lele is the author of Panchakarma and Ayurvedic Massage, Secrets of Marma, and Ayurveda and Marma Therapy. He is a visiting professor at various schools worldwide, including Harvard Medical School and the the California College of Ayurveda.