Professor Dr. Peter Van Roessel

Biography

Peter van Roessel, MD, PhD, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, where he has a dual focus on clinical practice and research. He completed his MD at Stanford University and received advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at Columbia University. Before his current position, he served as Associate Director of the general research unit at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. At Stanford, Dr. van Roessel specializes in treating adult mood and anxiety disorders and plays an integral role in resident training and patient care. He heads the Clinical Research program in the Rodriguez Translational Therapeutics Lab, driving clinical neuroscience studies that pioneer rapid-acting interventions for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). His clinical research interests include understanding the neural correlates of metacognitive awareness in OCD and exploring psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies for mental health conditions. Dr. van Roessel has a rich background in basic neuroscience and has published research on GABAergic and glutamatergic interneuronal circuitry. He has received several accolades, including the 2018 NARSAD Young Investigator Award and was a Miller Foundation Fellow from 2020 to 2022.

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