Chris Stauffer, MD

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Biography

Chris Stauffer is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University, dual boarded in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, and Director of the Social Neuroscience & Psychotherapy (SNaP) Lab housed at the Portland VA. SNaP Lab conducts clinical trials of psilocybin and MDMA-assisted therapy with Veterans suffering from PTSD, addiction, depression, and other mental health conditions. Dr. Stauffer also co-founded the Open Psychedelic Evaluation Nexus, which conducts health services research on state-level legal psychedelic services.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2010, Oregon Health & Science University
  • Residency

    • Adult Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco 6/2010-6/2014
  • Fellowship

    • Advanced Psychiatry Research, San Francisco Veterans Affairs 7/2014-12/2015

Areas of interest

  • MDMA-assisted therapy, Psilocybin, Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, PTSD, Substance Use Disorders

Publications

Publications