Joe Tafur

I directed the production of the online course “Intro to Therapeutic Uses of Psychedelics” at the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine

I directed the production of the online course Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy” at the UC Irvine Integrative & Functional Medicine Fellowship

Joe Tafur, M.D., is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Modern Spirit. He is a Colombian-American family physician originally from Phoenix, Arizona. After completing his family medicine training at UCLA, Dr. Tafur spent two years in academic research at the UCSD Department of Psychiatry in a lab focused on mind-body medicine. After his research fellowship, over a period of six years, he lived and worked in the Peruvian Amazon at the traditional healing center Nihue Rao Centro Espiritual. At Nihue Rao, Dr. Tafur underwent traditional apprenticeship in Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine and Peruvian curanderismo. In his book "The Fellowship of the River: A Medical Doctor's Exploration into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine," through a series of stories, Dr. Tafur shares his unique experience and integrative medical theories. He has also now published his next book Medicine Song: Spiritual Healing and the Psychedelic Renaissance. To learn more about his work visit drjoetafur.com and churchofeagleandcondor.org.