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This session will be led by Dr. Fadel Zeidan. Dr. Zeidan, is a Professor of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego’s Center for Pain Medicine.

He is a Co-Founder and Neuroscience Director of the newly formed UCSD Center for Psychedelic Research. He is also an Endowed Professor of Compassion Research at the T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion. Dr. Zeidan is also a Co-Founder and Executive Committee member of the International Society for Contemplative Research.

His research is focused on determining the active mechanisms that mediate the relationship between self-regulatory practices and health. In particular, his research examines the neural mechanisms supporting the modulation of pain and health by mindfulness meditation and placebo. He is also dedicated to understanding how psychedelics like psilocybin, DMT and cannabis impact pain-related behavioral and neural processes.

Dr. Zeidan’s research program has recently expanded to appreciate how empathy and compassion can be cultivated through self-regulatory practices and psychedelic therapies. His work has also been featured in traditional media outreach (CNN; NPR; Time Magazine, CBS and others), TEDx and personally presented his work to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in Mongolia. Dr. Zeidan was also awarded the 2014 National Institutes of Health Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence. His free time is consumed with quality hang time with his family, ideally swimming in the Pacific Ocean and eating his way through San Diego.