Episode 263
Matt Dawson, M.D.
In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin welcomes Dr. Matthew Dawson, co-founder and CEO of Wild Health. Dr. Dawson shares his journey from sports to medicine, highlighting the importance of movement and play in human well-being. He discusses Wild Health's innovative approach, combining cutting-edge technology with reconnecting people to nature.
Dr. Dawson explores the potential of psychedelics in personalized medicine, the balance between health metrics and subjective experiences, and the power of holistic approaches in healthcare. He also delves into the role of artificial intelligence and epigenetics in advancing personalized medicine, emphasizing the goal of empowering individuals to optimize their health.
Dr. Matthew Dawson attended medical school at The University of Kentucky before completing his residency in emergency medicine at The University of Utah, where he served as both chief resident and fellow. He has practiced medicine and was an associate professor at the University of Kentucky for 7 years, with an acute interest in functional medicine and, later, genomics. Dr. Dawson’s obsession with performance optimization began well before medical school. In high school, he would implement any fitness or nutrition technique that’d give him ‘an edge’ in athletics, resulting in college scholarship offers in two sports. Dr. Dawson carried this obsession with him through medical school and into his profession as a physician, earning numerous national awards for education, innovation, and leadership on account of his research and approach to health care.
Dr. Dawson crystallized this approach to providing patients with true health care, rather than sick care, by building Wild Health – a Precision Medicine service providing personalized, genetics-based care to help patients achieve optimal wellbeing. In that, Dr. Dawson has also trained thousands of physicians in Precision Medicine through online education, and has lectured in over twenty countries around the world. Dr. Dawson also co-hosts the Wild Health Podcast, a tool for teaching thousands about personalized, genetics-based Precision Medicine. His passion to help patients maximize their health span and perform at their absolute best considers all aspects of health: mental, physical, and spiritual.
Podcast Highlights
- From athlete to physician: Dr. Dawson's journey
- Wild Health: Merging technology and nature
- Psychedelics' potential in personalized medicine
- Genetic factors in psychedelic metabolism
- Balancing objective metrics and subjective experiences
- Holistic approaches to health optimization
- AI-driven personalized health recommendations
- Epigenetics: The frontier of diagnostics
- Citizen science in advancing personalized medicine
- Health Sovereignty: Empowering individuals through personalized medicine
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