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EP17. Changing the landscape of mental health care | Dr Ekaterina Malievskaia, Compass Pathways

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"I was the only person in the room who was not taking no for an answer. I  said to myself, ‘He absolutely will get better' and he did.”— Dr  Ekaterina Malievskaia Dr Ekaterina Malievskaia leads innovation at COMPASS. 

Ekaterina received her medical degree from St Petersburg Medical Academy  in St Petersburg, Russia, and then moved to the US where she completed  her Internal Medicine residency training.  She worked in private practice, academic medicine and public health for  more than 15 years in the greater New York area. She was a Clinical  Instructor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, as well as a  Research Professor at City University of New York. 

After moving to London in 2011, Ekaterina worked in global health and  medical philanthropy, focusing on improving outcomes in maternal and  child health.  She founded COMPASS Pathways with her husband George Goldsmith in 2016,  having experienced at first hand the challenges in accessing  evidence-based and effective mental health care for a family member. In this episode of the leadership podcast, Griselda engaged Ekatarina  Malievskaia, Co-Founder of Compass Pathways, on starting a mental health  care company that is taking the world of mental health care by storm. 

Key topics discussed in this inspirational interview were:  

- The journey to starting a mental health care company·   

- Finding solutions to help tackle mental health·  

 - Securing funding to support compass pathways  

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