About Dr. Cherry
Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Dr. Cherry did his pre-med studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, from 1966 to 1969. Dr. Cherry attended The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio from 1969 to 1973 and, after graduation, did his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine and Radiology at Methodist Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

After completion of this post-graduate training, Dr. Cherry joined Dr. Kenneth Cooper at the Aerobics Center/Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas, practicing preventive medicine. During the same period of time, he worked at the Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas as a Research Associate, studying the effects of exercise and nutrition on the prevention of disease. Dr. Cherry then moved to Houston in 1975 and opened his own clinic for the practice of diagnostic and preventive medicine as a diagnostic facility specializing not only in the diagnosis of disease but also in the use of nutrition and exercise prescription to alter disease risk. Dr. Cherry is also an ordained minister who combines the technology of modern medicine with prayer for the sick.

Dr. Cherry is a member of the American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Harris County Medical Society, and the American College of Preventive Medicine. He was an assistant professor in Clinical Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Cherry has authored numerous articles on Preventive Medicine, emphasizing nutrition and exercise. He also speaks extensively on these topics nationwide and conducts numerous seminars for various groups and organizations. Currently, his weekly television program reaches 80 million homes.

In addition to these duties, Dr. Cherry is president of Community Educational Television and Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting, which own and operate a total of six TBN-affiliated Christian television stations in Texas and Florida. He has written three books, The Doctor and The Word, The Bible Cure, and Healing Prayer as well as two mini-books, Herbs That Heal and God's Pathway To Healing: Menopause.