Anthony Bossis, PhD

Anthony Bossis is a clinical psychologist and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he was director of palliative care research and a lead investigator on the psilocybin trials for existential distress in people with life-threatening cancer.

His work focuses on mystical experience, spirituality and the psychology of dying, and he has trained therapists in psychedelic-assisted treatment. He co-founded a psilocybin study for religious professionals and writes on the role of transcendent experience in easing the fear of death.