Dr. Gerald Grass, MD – Sarasota, FL

Gerald W. Grass, MD is an internationally known and respected physician. Prior to founding the Ketamine Research Institute, he served as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Yale School of Medicine where the original ketamine infusion was first formulated in 1994 and also served as the Director of the Pale Pain Medicine Fellowship Program..

He began utilizing ketamine in treatment of chronic pain and depression in 1998 and has since pioneered the development of the RESTORE Infusion and has established Ketamine Infusion Training Program, the first international training program for physicians to rapidly alleviate treatment resistant  mood disorders and intractable chronic pain.

The RESTORE Infusions were developed by Dr. Grass over a 20 year period as an improvement of the basic ketamine infusion.  He has more direct patient clinical experience providing ketamine infusion therapy than any other physician in the United States, personally guiding hundreds of patients through the RESTORE experience. The ultimate goal was to make ketamine-based infusion therapy as effective and long lasting as possible.  Today, the RESTORE infusion is regarded as the "gold standard" in ketamine-based therapy. 
In addition, to developing RESTORE, Dr. Grass is a widely published author and lecturer who has numerous academic publications including peer-reviewed articles, academic presentations, abstracts and book chapters. He has taught at some of the most prestigious academic and research institutions in the country including:

Yale University School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center/NYU School of Medicine  
State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Dr. Grass has developed the first international training program for physicians in the use of ketamine-based therapy for mood disorders, as well as, International Standards for Ketamine Infusion Centers in non-hospital environments.