About Dr. Stephanie Michael Stewart D

Dr. Stephanie Michael Stewart is a holistic psychiatrist who brings a spiritual, environmental, and social justice perspective to her work.

After serving as Chief Resident of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Stewart led the West Central Wellness Center for Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, where she developed innovative programs for communities of color that integrated evidence-based psychiatric treatments with complementary therapies and ecological medicine. She then founded Worldwide Wellness, where she expanded her approach to incorporate travel, immersion in nature, Indigenous wisdom and, more recently, Ketamine-assisted therapy.

Dr. Stewart is currently developing a psychedelic-assisted therapy training program for psychiatric residents at historically black colleges and universities in the United States and does work with community organizing for psychedelic medicine in Canada. She has spoken on Racial equity and access and Queering Psychedelics as well as Ecological Medicine and Psychedelics use in community. The inclusion of Indigenous Wisdom and Reciprocity in Psychedelic Science. She is also an advocate for women’s health and speaks about psychedelic journeys informing childbirth.

Dr. Stewart holds a BS in Biology from Spelman College and an MD from Morehouse School of Medicine. She is certified through MAPS in MDMA assisted Psychotherapy and in Psychedelic Therapies and Research through California Institute of Integral Studies. She is a psychedelic advisor to multiple organizations in the US and Canada and is a member of Chacruna’s Racial Equity and Access Committee. She serves as a member of the Ecological Medicine and Psychedelic Studies Initiative at UCLA. She is an advisor and planning committee member for Café Scientifique on Psychedelics and Health Equity through Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Stewart is of Black, White, and Native American descent.