2007 Speakers

Kenneth Alper, MD

Member of the faculty of the New York University School of Medicine where he currently holds the rank of Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Rick Doblin, Ph.D.

Founder (in 1986) and president of MAPS.

Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.

Master’s degree in counseling from New York University and a Ph.D. in psychology from Claremont Graduate University.

Alex and Allyson Grey

Artists and co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York City.

Julie Holland, MDm

Board certified psychiatrist in New York City. Authored an extensive research paper on MDMA (ecstasy), resulting in multiple television appearances, forensic consultations, and a book, Ecstasy: The Complete Guide.

Allison McKim

Co-director of DanceSafe’s NYC chapter for 4 years. She researched and developed harm-reduction strategies to address MDMA-related water intoxication.

Michael Mithoefer, MD

Psychiatrist in practice in Charleston, SC, and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The Medical University of South Carolina.

Ethan Nadelmann, Ph.D

Founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs.

Dan Merkur

Psychoanalyst, author ofThe Ecstatic Imagination

Andrew Sewell, MD

Recently completed a three-year research fellowship in Alcohol and Drug Abuse at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where he studied the response of cluster headache to psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin, LSD, and LSA.

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