Co-founder & CEO of Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles (KCLA), Sam Mandel, is a tour-de-force of compassion and innovation in mental health care. From volunteering at a teen-to-teen suicide prevention hotline at twelve years old to pioneering one of the world’s foremost Ketamine Infusion Therapy clinics in 2014 alongside his father, Dr. Steven L. Mandel, Sam has channeled his lifelong passion for healthcare advocacy into transforming lives for the better. Sam was featured in Entrepreneur’s Top 10 Inspiring Healthcare Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2023, acknowledged by MSN as an Entrepreneur Leading the Business Frontier in 2024, and earned two Stevie Awards for the 2024 American Business Awards in the Best Entrepreneur and Thought Leader of the Year categories. Numerous media outlets have interviewed Sam for his expertise in Ketamine Infusion Therapy: The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Inc. Magazine, FOX News, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Forbes, Lifestyle Magazine, VICE, ABC, Backstage Magazine, NBC, BuzzFeed, Doubleblind Magazine, Psychedelic Spotlight, Microdose, and Spectrum News, to name a few. He is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at health and wellness conferences and events.
Under his leadership, KCLA has provided over 30,000 infusions to over 6,000 patients with an 83% treatment success rate, establishing the field’s gold-standard treatment protocols and patient satisfaction. Sam has evolved Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles into a comprehensive mental health care center offering General Psychiatry and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), with more services soon to be added.
Sam’s energy and creativity earned him over 40 principal credits in film, TV, commercials, theater, and voiceover outside the medical field before he co-created KCLA. He still occasionally appears on set for the right project. Sam is also an avid rapper and freestyle artist. When he isn’t working, Sam enjoys weightlifting, traveling, snowboarding, and spending time with friends and family and his canine Office Manager, Banksy.
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Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles
6801 Park Terrace, Suite 525
Los Angeles, CA 90045