Could ketamine save a teen’s life? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Tanya Vayngortin, a pediatric emergency physician, opens up about the youth mental health crisis and her pioneering research using ketamine to help teens in emotional distress. She also shares her mission to bring innovation, compassion, and community healing into an overburdened healthcare system.
Dr. Tanya Vayngortin is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and Wellness Director at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. After witnessing a dramatic rise in adolescent depression and emotional distress during the pandemic, she spearheaded pioneering research on using ketamine as a rapid-acting treatment, determined to bring hope to patients caught in the mental health system’s gaps. As a frontline physician and advocate for trauma-informed care, Dr. Vayngortin also champions the mental health of healthcare workers, fostering a culture of community, peer support, and narrative healing in some of medicine’s most challenging spaces. Through her work, she invites the medical community to imagine a more compassionate, creative, and connected approach to healing.
Dr. Tanya Vayngortin
Website: https://www.rchsd.org/doctors/tatyana-vayngortin-md/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-vayngortin-664b28143/
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Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD
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Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/
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Too Curious MDs
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