Andrew Penn, RN, NP, CNS, PMHNP-BC in

Andrew Penn, RN, NP, CNS, PMHNP-BC

Activist · DISC type Cd
Director of Clinical Nursing Operations at Salma Health
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Andrew Penn is the Director of Clinical Nursing Operations at Salma Health and an Adjunct Professor at UCSFs School of Nursing. A board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, he is a prominent researcher and international speaker on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, specializing in MDMA and psilocybin.

He was a study therapist in the MAPS-sponsored Phase 3 trial of MDMA for PTSD and a Co-Principal Investigator in the Usona-sponsored Phase 2 trial of psilocybin for major depression.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Director of Clinical Nursing Operations
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

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Value Conscious
Perfectionist

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Priorities

Topics Andrew cares about

Psychedelic Therapies
A leading researcher and educator, he was a study therapist for the pivotal Phase 3 MDMA trial and a Co-PI for the Phase 2 psilocybin trial.
Psychiatric Nursing
As a UCSF professor and co-founder of the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses (OPENurses), he is a leading voice advocating for the role of nursing in therapy.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Director of Clinical Nursing Operations
Salma Health
4-2017
Adjunct Professor
University of California, San Francisco
7-2009 - 4-2017
Assistant Clinical Professor (volunteer series), School of Nursing
University of California, San Francisco
1-2010
Psychiatric Congress Steering Committee Member/ Nurse Planner
HMP Global
1-2006 - 2-2019
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner III
The Permanente Medical Group
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2002 - 2005
MS
University of California, San Francisco
2017 - 2017
Certificate in Psychedelic Therapies and Research
California Institute of Integral Studies
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

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