Kelan Thomas, PharmD
Psychiatric pharmacist and professor specializing in psychopharmacology and the safety of psychedelic and psychiatric medicines, with research focused on serotonin syndrome and cardiac safety.
About Expert
Professions: Pharmacology Researcher, Professor, Psychiatric Pharmacist
Specialties: Cardiac Safety, Medication safety, Psychedelic Medicine, Psychiatric Medicine, Psychopharmacology, Serotonin Syndrome
Kelan Thomas, PharmD, is a psychiatric pharmacist and professor at Touro University California, where his work focuses on psychopharmacology and the safety science behind psychedelic and psychiatric medicine. He trained in Cynthia Kuhn’s psychopharmacology lab at Duke, with further training across UCSF, Michigan, and USC. He has published review papers examining serotonin-syndrome risk and the 5-HT2B receptor question tied to microdosing and cardiac safety, and he testified before the Oakland City Council on decriminalization. He approaches this field the way he talks about it: intellectually playful, literary, and humble about the limits of what the research can currently say.