Dr. Ladan Eshkevari is a physiologist, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), and licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac) with extensive expertise in anesthesia, pain management, and the physiologic mechanisms underlying chronic stress, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. She served as a professor and program director at Georgetown University for more than two decades, where she taught graduate nursing and medical students and conducted research in stress physiology and integrative approaches to pain and mood disorders. In 2022, Dr. Eshkevari retired as Professor Emeritus to focus on her clinical work specializing in ketamine-assisted therapy for pain and mood disorders. She is the founder and CEO of Avesta Mental Health, a leading practice dedicated to innovative, evidence-based mental health...