Shereef Elnahal, MD

President, @OHSUNews. 9th Under Secretary for Health at VA. Alum @UnivHospNewark CEO @NJDeptofHealth Commissioner @GovMurphy Cabinet. Personal account

[Genevieve Jurvetson @gjurvetson]

One treatment. 3 months later, the benefits persisted.

A new real-world study from Oregon's regulated psilocybin program followed 346 adults treated in state-licensed centers and found striking improvements in mental health:

Depression symptoms: 42.2% at baseline -> 10.6% at 1 month -> 16.5% at 3 months
Anxiety symptoms: 45.1% at baseline -> 11.9% at 1 month -> 13.2% at 3 months
PTSD symptoms: 48.0% at baseline -> 19.4% at 1 month -> 16.8% at 3 months
Well-being + life satisfaction also increased.

This wasn't years of weekly talk therapy or daily pill-popping. It was 1 supervised psilocybin session costing roughly $700–$3,000, with benefits lasting at 3 months. Treatments are not without risks, but can be life-saving for some.

Study details and news coverage are below.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

60 Minutes joined U.S. veterans with PTSD as they attended a weeklong psychedelic retreat in Mexico. Nearly a year later, most of the vets say the experience with psilocybin was life-changing.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Nearly a year after attending a psychedelics retreat, eight of the nine veterans told 60 Minutes their symptoms improved and called their experience “life-changing.” One veteran said the treatment worsened his condition. https://t.co/aUfE1n27f9

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

Top-rated cancer care in the PNW 🌲

@USNews has ranked @OHSUKnight among the best in the country.

“The rankings validate what Oregonians already know — OHSU is the place to go for people who need the most complex, specialty care”

- @ShereefElnahal: https://t.co/6FOeiTwvme

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

Congratulations to Drs. Katelyn Byrne, Gregory Baker, and Erin Kenzie on receiving pilot awards from the OHSU-@AmericanCancer Institutional Research Grant!

Learn more about this program designed to support early-career cancer researchers: https://t.co/ztMZ9bzRu0

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

New #OHSUResearch shows a breakthrough in microscopy tools, expanding how cancer biology labs study the inner workings of living cells.

The research introduces a series of fluorescent dyes, making it easier to take ultra‑detailed images of living cells: https://t.co/Re8s9oDdbF

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

Our Precision Biofabrication Hub has been awarded more than $9M from the @NIH for cutting-edge biofabrication research!

Researchers will develop "organs-on-a-chip" that recreate how cancers grow, spread, and respond to treatment within bone tissues: https://t.co/nj8GFeo2TV

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

Congratulations to Dr. Brian Druker on receiving the inaugural Knight Lifetime Achievement Award!

The award is named for @Nike founder Phil Knight, a longtime supporter of @OHSUKnight.

Learn more: https://t.co/7gdIOXEPom

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

A new award will enable researchers at @OHSUNews to test an anti-inflammatory drug for patients at heightened risk of developing leukemia due to an inherited mutation in the RUNX1 gene.

@LabAgarwal will serve as the principal investigator at OHSU: https://t.co/7vTmXArTEt

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

“From the wall-size murals to beautiful views from each room as well as motion therapy rooms, Vista Pavilion will carry a legacy of compassionate healing for patients and families who come through the doors.”

- Former patient, Alan Lynn: https://t.co/jyxFqJ0Dll

[OHSU Knight Cancer Institute @OHSUKnight]

A new era of cancer care is here.

With the opening of the Vista Pavilion, OHSU is transforming how patients access life-saving treatment.

By bringing cutting-edge care in one place, Vista helps ensure more patients can get the right care, at the right time, closer to home.

[OHSU @OHSUNews]

Scientists at OHSU have uncovered detailed blueprints of how certain molecular “gates” in human cells work. The findings could open doors to new treatments for conditions ranging from certain cancers and brain diseases to hearing loss and atherosclerosis. https://t.co/EmKxFkpgfF

[OHSU @OHSUNews]

"Joining this community will be the honor of my professional life, and I pledge to lead OHSU’s superlative team to even greater milestones of success and impact into the future.”

We're excited to welcome Dr. Shereef Elnahal as OHSU's sixth president!

🔗 https://t.co/2Xb8Hsx70B

[Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center @JHPsychedelics]

Johns Hopkins Research Study about Psychedelic Experiences Among Veterans

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research (CPCR) are seeking volunteers for a ~15 minute survey study about psychedelic experiences among veterans. (Note: if you completed a similar survey approximately 6 months ago, please DO NOT fill out the current survey).

To participate, please visit: https://t.co/Y0zziBY7pK

[AdvisorShares @AdvisorShares]

Psychedelic Therapies for Veterans🧠⚕️ - Shereef Elnahal @ShereefElnahal Ninth Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs #AlphaNoonerShorts #Psychedelics #MentalHealth #Veterans #HealthCare #PTSD #MDMA @RobertKennedyJr

[Mackenzie P @mpadvisorshares]

If you caught our discussion with @ShereefElnahal on today's AlphaNooner — here's the @60Minutes segment we mentioned. Highly recommend giving it a watch! It sheds some light on this important issue and the expanding psychedelic medicine space 🧠⚕️

🍄 Watch here: https://t.co/eoxGJ8xCzh #PsychedelicMedicine #MentalHealth #PTSD

@60Minutes @andersoncooper

[AdvisorShares @AdvisorShares]

#AlphaNooner Show LIVE TOMORROW! at 12PM ET with Shereef Elnahal @ShereefElnahal Ninth Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Mackenzie Peterson @mpadvisorshares talking #Psychedelics #MentalHealth #Veterans #HealthCare #PTSD #MDMA

[Sunstone Therapies @SunstoneHeals]

Sunstone's CEO, Manish Agrawal, joined @ShereefElnahal and fellow panelists @julianamercer, @gjurvetson, and Riaz Valani at the #ViVe Conference in Nashville to discuss the potential benefits of psychedelic-assisted therapies for Veterans' mental health.

To ensure safe access to these treatments, this type of discussion and collaboration between healthcare providers, researchers, veterans' advocates, and policymakers--while recognizing the critical role of philanthropists and investors–-is necessary.

[Genevieve Jurvetson @gjurvetson]

Please take a moment to watch this incredibly moving 60 Minutes segment following 9 veterans who sought psychedelic therapy abroad through the amazing work of Heroic Hearts. This show has been nearly a year in the making.

It’s astonishing; most of these vets were suicidal going in, and nearly a year later, they are not.

Our new leadership at HHS, the VA, & FDA have an unprecedented opportunity to expand access to these life-saving treatments within the VA and beyond.

While Anderson highlights that veterans may have to wait years for this healing, the truth is: there are pathways that could open access today — with the stroke of a pen.

I’m hopeful that our new administration will act now so that our veterans no longer have to leave the country to receive the care they need for the wounds they endured in service to us all.

https://t.co/LXhOCYFYjw

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

The Veterans Administration is beginning to fund its own clinical trials of psilocybin and MDMA to treat PTSD addiction and depression.