Dr. Joseph Rosado, MD, MBA

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From Darkness to Light: How Cannabinoids and Ketamine Treatment Helped One Patient Overcome Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health Challenges

Dr. Joseph Rosado, MD, MBA, President and CEO,  International Medical Consultants, Inc.

This presentation, From Darkness to Light: How Cannabinoids  and Ketamine Treatment Helped One Patient Overcome Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health Challenges, explores an innovative therapeutic journey that combines cannabinoids and ketamine to address the complex needs of a patient suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and related mental health issues. Traditional treatment approaches often fall short in alleviating symptoms such as chronic pain, cognitive impairment, depression, and post-traumatic stress, which are common in TBI patients. In recent years, alternative treatments using plant-based and psychedelic therapies have gained recognition for their neuroplastic and therapeutic potential in such cases.    The case study presented follows a patient whose symptoms included severe mood instability, cognitive deficits, and chronic pain—challenges that conventional therapies failed to address adequately. The patient’s integrative treatment involved the careful administration of cannabinoids to manage pain and reduce anxiety and ketamine therapy to promote neural rewiring and alleviate treatment-resistant depression. Each of these therapies contributed to the patient’s progress in distinct but complementary ways, highlighting the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to TBI recovery and mental health improvement.    By discussing the clinical effects, benefits, and safety considerations of each treatment modality, this presentation sheds light on the transformative power of alternative therapies for TBI patients. It will cover key findings from recent research on neurogenesis and neuroplasticity therapies, offering a broader perspective on the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids and ketamine for severe neuropsychological conditions.

Dr. Rosado is one of the Florida DocMJ providers, the president and CEO of International Medical

Consultants, the medical director for Minorities 4 Medical Marijuana and scientific director for Medical

Extractos in Medellin, Colombia. As an advocate, he was and is on the bureau of speakers for political

campaigns. As a clinician he has worked with toddlers, children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients

for the recommendation of and management with medical cannabis. As a speaker/educator, he's spoken

throughout the United States and Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Japan, Malaysia, Fiji, Thailand and

Italy. As an author he has published multiple articles in refereed medical journals, written the bestselling

book "Hope and Healing-A Case for Cannabis", as well as Medical Cannabis: Unlocking the Potential for Top

Conditions Book 1: Chronic Pain Management, Book 2: Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders, Book 3: Multiple

Sclerosis (MS), Book 4: Anxiety & Mental Health Disorders, Book 5: Cancer-Related Symptoms & Supportive

Care and Book 6: Medical Cannabis: Unlocking the Potential for Top Conditions (compilation volume). In

December of 2019, he was named one of 65 Outstanding Black & Hispanic Men Leading in Cannabis by The

Weed Head and in June of 2020, he was named one of 20 outstanding Black and Latinx men Leading Change

in Cannabis.