On August 12, 2009, MAPS Executive Director Rick Doblin, Ph.D. met with Moshe Kotler, M.D., Principal Investigator of our Israeli MDMA/PTSD study. The two of them discussed the progress of the study and other administrative matters.
On August 24, Rick met with lead psychiatrist Sergio Marchevsky, M.D., and co-therapist Tali Nachoni, M.D. of the MAPS-sponsored Israeli MDMA/PTSD research team. They discussed the status of the fourth subject being treated in the study. Sergio reported to Rick that he felt more comfortable conducting MDMA-assisted psychotherapy after the therapist training seminar that took place in Austria this past June. Rick and Sergio further discussed plans to accelerate enrollment of subjects into the study, which is designed for 12 subjects.
While meeting with Sergio, Rick noticed a poster on the wall announcing an international scientific conference on PTSD to take place in Jerusalem in late October. Rick and MAPS lead researcher Michael Mithoefer, M.D., are now planning to attend that conference, at which Michael will present a poster about the results of our US MDMA/PTSD study.
