A physician at the edge of psychiatric medicine.
Background, training, and the work that brought ketamine-assisted psychotherapy to Norway.
Dr. Lowan Stewart is an American physician and the founder and medical director of Axonklinikken, a specialist clinic for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy with locations in Oslo and Trondheim. He opened the clinic in 2018 as Norway's first private provider of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and established one of Europe's first standardized KAP protocols.
Building the clinical infrastructure
Since 2018, Axonklinikken has delivered more than 5,000 treatments to over 1,000 patients. The clinic collaborates with Sykehuset Østfold on Scandinavia's first hospital-based ketamine program, and works closely with St. Olavs Hospital and the University of Oslo on clinical research.
In 2025 Norway became the first country in the world to include ketamine treatment in its publicly reimbursed health system. Dr. Stewart has been a central clinical voice in making that possible.
Current work
Today his work centers on patient care, clinical supervision, teaching, and the responsible integration of psychedelic medicine into mainstream healthcare. He supervises a growing network of trained psychologists and writes and speaks internationally on the clinical use of ketamine for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and chronic pain.
“Psychedelic medicine is promising, not magic. The job is to build the clinical infrastructure that makes it safe, reproducible, and accessible.”