Pedro Zuzarte

Education

• Degree in Medicine (NOVA University Lisbon)
• Specialist training in Psychiatry (Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon)
• Degree in Military Sciences — Medical Officer (Portuguese Military Academy)
• PhD in Medicine (University of Lisbon), awarded the highest classification, unanimously and with distinction

International experience and research

• Fellow in Psychiatry, University of Toronto — Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada
• Clinical Research Fellow, Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (2013)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Sciences North, Canada
• Research on the links between mental health, cardiovascular health and cognition
• Research awards from the Canadian Psychiatric Association (2015), the Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health (2016) and the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (2019)

Academic activity

• Teaches psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychopathology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon
• Teaches on master’s programmes in neuroscience, psychiatry, sleep, cardiac rehabilitation and psychosomatics
• Supervises master’s and doctoral theses

Psychedelic-assisted therapy

1. First clinical contact with the field in 2006, during a placement at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), in a project on psilocybin in treatment-resistant depression

2. Certified in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy by the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), USA

3. Training in MDMA-assisted therapy (MAPS, USA)

4. Training in group integration of psychedelic experiences, in Canada and Mexico, supervised by Dr Gabor Maté

5. Founded, in 2022, a clinical programme within the Ministry of Internal Administration for security-force professionals

6. Director of the “Introduction to Psychedelic Therapy: Research and Clinical Practice” course, a pioneering university programme in Portugal (FMUL’s description)

Approach

He brings together clinical practice, research, teaching and cultural knowledge in psychedelic-assisted therapy, with a view of health that values the connection between mind, body and relationships.