In this week’s episode of the Xtalks Life Science Podcast, host Ayesha Rashid, Senior Life Science Journalist at Xtalks, spoke with Steve Levine, MD, Chief Patient Officer at Compass Pathways, a biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health.
One of the areas that Compass Pathways is working in is the development of psilocybin-based treatments for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
Dr. Levine is a board-certified psychiatrist who has spent his career working across multiple facets of the healthcare system to improve people’s lives through creating access to innovation. Dr. Levine completed an internship and residency in psychiatry at New York – Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, followed by fellowship subspecialty training in psychosomatic medicine/psycho-oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/New York – Presbyterian Hospital.
Prior to Compass Pathways, Dr. Levine led Actify Neurotherapies, a company he founded in 2010 that built new models of care delivery across the US for interventional psychiatry treatments. He has published extensively in both peer-reviewed journals and popular media, presented to both professional and lay audiences around the world, served in leadership roles for professional societies and not-for-profit entities and received numerous awards for leadership and service.
Tune in to hear about innovations and unmet needs in the mental health space and the development of science-driven psilocybin-based treatments for depression.
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