Institute for
Psychedelic-Assisted
Therapies & Healing

Dr. Akhtar is a staff family physician with the Toronto Western Family Health Team and the inaugural Clinical Director at IPATH. She has special interest and training in psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. She is a Clinician Researcher at UHN, Canada's largest research hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Akhtar holds a Masters of Health Science in Bioethics with research interests spanning across clinical bioethics, post-graduate education, and faculty development in psychedelic therapeutics.

Dr. Verbora earned an MBA from the Odette School of Business and an M.D. from the Schulich School of Medicine at Western University, before entering Family Practice residency at the University of Toronto. He has a practice designation in pain management and focuses on healing chronic illness with cannabinoid therapy and psychedelic medicine. Previously, he served as medical director for Canabo Medical Corp, which operates >20 medical cannabis clinics across Canada, as well as Chief Medical Officer of Aleafia Health. He is the former medical director of Field Trip Health, where he helped develop a global brand in psychedelic therapy. He has helped train medical staff in all aspects of psychedelic drug delivery & graduated in 2022 with a certificate in psychedelic therapy and research from the California Institute of Integral Studies. He has completed psilocybin sessions for patients with end-of-life distress under Health Canada’s SAP program and conducts palliative house visits. He currently serves as a delegate on the Ontario Medical Association.

Gerardo is a bilingual (English and Spanish) Registered Psychotherapist and clinical supervisor specializing in a range of mental health conditions. He has broad experience with more than 18 years of counselling experience in Canada and 5-years in Mexico. Gerardo holds a master’s degree in psychotherapy, postgraduate certification in gestalt therapy, certificates in emotion focused therapy, sex therapy, play therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, EMDR therapy, brief & narrative therapy, clinical hypnotherapy and natural language processing. He is a long-time yoga and mindfulness practitioner.

Working at the intersections of public, private, non-profit and academic sectors, Dr. Ramchandani’s research and practice have focused on designing, implementing and evaluating interventions aimed at tackling critical global public health challenges, including malaria, tuberculosis, childhood diarrhoea and mental health. Specialized in patient-centred design, facilitating access and scaling health systems innovations, his research has been published in leading journals including the Lancet and the British Medical Journal. He holds faculty positions at the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Waterloo, and is a Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. Rohit received his Doctorate in Public Health from Johns Hopkins, his MPH from Boston University, and his BSc in Health Studies & Gerontology from the University of Waterloo.