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Dan Myoen Birnbaum is the teacher of the Bay Zen Center in Oakland, CA. He is a lay teacher who received Dharma Transmission from Diane Eshin Rizzetto in 2019. He is a member of the Ordinary Mind Zen School, White Plum Asanga, American Zen Teacher’s Association and Lay Zen Teacher’s Association. Dan is a retired pediatric neurologist and was the Director of the Division of Neurology at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, CA.