Authors

Ms Hoberg is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who works in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas.

Timothy M. Veal, MD

Dr Veal is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychoanalytic candidate pursuing certification in performance psychiatry. He is the founder and CEO of Timothy M. Veal, MD, Inc. He will be expanding his practice with a new clinic in the University Towne Center area of San Diego, just east of La Jolla, in early 2026. His work integrates psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapies, lifestyle medicine, and advanced neuromodulation treatments, including TMS, Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy (MeRT), and esketamine, to promote emotional recovery, brain health, and performance resilience in athletes, veterans, and high-achieving individuals.

Dr Efrati is the founder and director of the Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at Shamir Medical Center, the director of Research and Development and Head of Nephrology, and the cofounder and chairman of the Medical Advisory Board at Aviv Clinics.

Emily R. Edwards, PhD

Dr Edwards is a clinical research psychologist at the VISN 2 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Dr Petersen is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University and practices inpatient and outpatient care at Medstar Washington Hospital Center. He is also on the steering committee of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance.

Dr Kopell is a professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience. He serves as director of the Center for Neuromodulation and codirector of The Bonnie and Tom Strauss Center for Movement Disorders at the Mount Sinai Health System. He has pioneered the use of intraoperative imaging during deep brain stimulation.