Jack Buchanan, MD, PhD

Psychiatrist and Medical Director

My journey to psychiatry began with graduate work in environmental philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, where I learned that human “nature” is every bit as wild and amazing as the outdoor places I have come to know and love. Through my medical training, this sense of interconnectedness helped me forge a deeply holistic approach to care—one that holds humility, kindness, and curiosity above all else. It also inspired me to gain specializations in psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and cultural and integrative psychiatry.

When I’m not providing specialty care at Amast, I practice general outpatient psychiatry at Hammock Health, and hold a part-time clinical appointment at UCSF in the Division of Acute and Emergency Services at San Francisco General.

Education and Licensure:

• Medical School (M.D.): University of Michigan Medical School

• Psychiatry Residency: University of California, San Francisco

• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program: San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

• Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research: California Institute of Integral Studies

• Board-certified in psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• Trained in the Montreal Model of Ketamine Therapy

• Licensed by the Medical Board of California