Brian Anderson, MD MSc

Brian Anderson, MD MSc, is a psychiatrist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, and an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. His research group conducts clinical trials and observational studies that seek to understand how we can address existential suffering and despair among people living with serious medical illness, older adults, and people who use drugs. For over 15 years Dr. Anderson has studied the medical and non-medical uses of controlled substances, with a focus on psychedelics used in therapeutic and religious settings.