Dr Anthony Bossis

Anthony P. Bossis, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, adjunct professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa, and an Investigator at The Lundquist Institute-UCLA.

For nearly twenty years, he has been conducting FDA-approved clinical research with the psychedelic compound psilocybin.

His primary psychedelic clinical and research interests are the treatment of end-of-life existential distress and furthering our understanding of consciousness, meaning, and spirituality. Dr Bossis was director of palliative care research on the landmark 2016 trial demonstrating a significant reduction in emotional distress from a single psilocybin session in persons with cancer. He is also the study director and lead therapist on a study investigating a psilocybin-generated mystical experience upon religious leaders. Dr Bossis is a training supervisor of psychotherapy at NYU-Bellevue Hospital and co-founder of the Bellevue Hospital Palliative Care Service.

He is on the faculty of The Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies and at The Art of Dying Institute in NYC. He has authored numerous publications on psychedelics and palliative care, spirituality, and end-of-life existential distress.

He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and a guest editor for the journal’s Special Series on Psychedelics. Dr Bossis has a long-standing interest in comparative religion, mystical experience, and the interface of psychology and spirituality. He maintains a private psychotherapy and consulting practice in NYC.