Dr. Pamela Kryskow
Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a medical doctor with a strong interest in chronic pain, mental health, and psychedelic medicine. She is a clinical instructor at UBC and adjunct professor at VIU.
She is one of the founding board members of the Canadian Psychedelic Association and the medical chair of the Vancouver Island University Post Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic Medicine assisted Therapy.
Dr Kryskow is actively involved in research related to psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, front line health care workers and first responders mental wellness. She is co-investigator on the largest microdosing study Microdose.me which is ongoing with 20,000+ enrolled participants.
She is the medical lead on the Roots To Thrive Ketamine and Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Programs that treats health care providers and first responders with PTSD, depression, anxiety, addiction and people with end of life distress.
Prior to studying medicine, she was a City of Coquitlam firefighter for eight years and provincial forestry firefighter for four seasons. In real life she loves hiking in the forest, ocean kayaking, growing kale, and daydreaming in the hammock.
She currently resides in the traditional unceded territory of the Klahoose First Nations.
Session: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Emerging therapies for PTSD
Emerging Therapies for PTSD. Real world evidence from Roots To Thrive - Ketamine Assisted Therapy.
