David M. L. Rabin

David M. L. Rabin MD, PhD (born on 1 June 1985), is an American translational neuroscientist, psychiatrist, entrepreneur and inventor. Rabin is best known for his research studies in clinical translation of non-invasive therapies that improve mood, focus, sleep, and quality of life, particularly in patients with treatment-resistant illnesses like Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders.

Rabin is the Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of Apollo Neuroscience, a stress relieving wearable instrument based on the combinations of low frequency inaudible sound waves that generates parasympathetic nervous response resulting in improved calm, cognitive performance, recovery, and sleep. Apollo technology has five peer-reviewed scientific publications examining its effectiveness. Research co-authored by Rabin on sleep reported that Apollo use was associated with an increase in total sleep time of 36–46 minutes per night in the relevant study groups and examined its effects on REM sleep.

Rabin specializes in trauma and addiction psychiatry and actively practices psychiatry in New York and California. He is also the medical director of the Apollo Clinic and regularly trains healthcare providers in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Rabin is the host of The Psychedelic Report and Your Brain Explained, podcasts available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Rabin is also the co-founder and executive director of the Board of Medicine which is a nonprofit organization of physicians and scientists. The Board of Medicine trains and certifies healthcare providers. It works on providing quality control standards for complementary and alternative medicines in order to support high-quality clinical research.

Rabin’s research has been featured in several media outlets including Entrepreneur, Men’s Health, Fox News, CBS, CNET, Archives of Ophthalmology, Cell Stem Cell, and Aging, as well as popular podcasts like Dave Asprey's Bulletproof Radio, Dr. Drew, Ben Greenfield, and STEM talks.

Rabin has also served as an expert for news media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the New York Post, ABC, NBC, Fox, and Vogue. He has appeared on podcasts hosted by Tim Ferriss, Aubrey Marcus, Thomas DeLauer, Stop Chasing Pain, Michael Gervais, David Perlmutter, and Darshan Shah. These additional appearances should be supported by references to the relevant articles and episodes

Early life and education

Rabin was born in San Francisco, California to Dr. Arnold Rabin and Dr. Sandra Shefrin. Rabin’s father is an ophthalmologist and electrical engineer, and his mother is a neurologist. Rabin has two younger brothers - Dr. Richard Rabin who is an ophthalmologist, and Kenneth Rabin who is a math teacher.

Rabin pursued his bachelor’s degree in biology at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a minor in philosophy. He then got enrolled in an Accelerated Physician-Scientist Program in 2007 and earned his PhD in Neuroscience in 2013. Rabin received his MD in Medicine from the Albany Medical college in 2014. From 2014 to 2018, Rabin trained in Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Career

In 2014, Rabin started working as a physician and research scientist at the UPMC hospital and health care center in Pittsburgh. He worked on novel therapies for treatment-resistant mental illnesses such as PTSD and substance use disorder, focusing on minimally invasive techniques.

In 2018, Rabin was appointed as a co-principal investigator at Modern Spirit, a non-profit organization that works on spiritual healing in modern healthcare. His work in psychedelic epigenetics has involved collaboration with Dr. Rachel Yehuda and Dr. Candace Lewis, as well as fellow associate doctors Dr. Rael Cahn, Dr. Ben Kelmendi and Dr. Joe Tafur and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

In the same year Rabin along with his wife Kathryn Fantauzzi founded Apollo Neuroscience, a stress relieving wearable instrument. This product aims at relieving stress and supporting calm, cognitive performance, recovery and sleep, and is based on Rabin’s study of technologies that change the way people regulate thoughts and feelings in response to tactile stimulation and other non-invasive interventions. Apollo technology has five peer-reviewed scientific publications examining its effectiveness. A sleep study co-authored by Rabin reported improvements in total sleep time of 36–46 minutes per night in the relevant study groups and examined REM sleep.

Rabin started The Board of Medicine in 2019, a non-profit medical board that focuses on providing quality control standards for complementary and alternative medicines in order to support high-quality clinical research. This Board also trains and certifies healthcare providers. It is a non-profit organization by the doctors providing support for clinicians and patients.

Rabin has also been featured on several podcasts like STEM Talk, Dr Drew's Podcast, BioHackers Lab, Ben Greenfield Fitness, Wellness Mama, and The H.I.T. Show with Steven Kuhn. He has been a guest speaker at the Transformative Technology Conference and the CES 2020 Wearable Technology Summit.

Rabin is also the co-author on two published patents that resulted from his research at the University of Pittsburgh.

The recent award-winning bestselling book came out in June named A Simple Guide to Being Alive.

Rabin is also the host of The Psychedelic Report and Your Brain Explained podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. The relevant show listings should be added as references

Speaker

Rabin speaks at conferences and industry events on the topics of neurology, physical well-being and human psychology. The high-impact conferences to list include A4M, Eudēmonia, MAPS Psychedelic Science and Summit.

Dr. Rabin has sat on a number of panels, including SXSW and the CES 2019/2020 Wearable Technology Summits. Reliable references confirming his participation should be added.

Rabin is also the co-host of the Beyond Wonderland event series with Dave Asprey.

Awards

  • The Macular Degeneration Research Grant from the American Health Assistance Foundation (2007)
  • The Award for Meritorious Investigations and G. Sunny Uppal, MD Endowed Scholarship at the Albany Medical College
  • The Morris Alpert Alumni Scholarship (2009)
  • Dean’s Award for Excellence in Extramural Research from Albany Medical College (2011)
  • The Dr. Thomas Detre Senior Medical Student Award in Psychiatry by Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (2012)
  • The Dr. and Mrs. William J. “Tommy” Thompson (AMC ’08) Annual Prize in Psychiatry (2014)
  • The Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) at the University of Pittsburgh (2017)

Personal life

Rabin is married to Kathryn Fantauzzi. They co-founded Apollo Neuroscience where Kathryn is the CEO.

In the media

Rabin has appeared in media interviews and podcasts discussing neuroscience, mental health, stress, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. His client-provided list of additional media appearances includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the New York Post, ABC, NBC, Fox, Vogue, Tim Ferriss, Aubrey Marcus, Thomas DeLauer, Stop Chasing Pain, Michael Gervais, David Perlmutter, and Extend with Dr. Darshan Shah. Individual reliable citations should be added to substantiate each appearance.