GITA VAID, MD

Gita Vaid, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and co-founder of the Center for Natural Intelligence, a multidisciplinary laboratory dedicated to psychedelic psychotherapy innovation and clinical practice.  A lead instructor at The Ketamine Training Center and a member of the Mount Sinai Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research and Trauma Center, she is a Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies-trained psychedelic psychotherapist practicing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in New York City.  Vaid completed her residency training at NYU Medical Center and psychoanalytic training at the Psychoanalytic Association of New York.  She trained as a fellow in clinical psychopharmacology and neurophysiology at New York Medical College and completed a research fellowship at NYU Medical Center.