THE GALILEA TEAM

Elevating your clinical strategy and operations, patient experience, and integrative care protocols.

Stephanie is the founder of Beyond Consulting, where her career as a clinical pharmacologist transcends traditional boundaries. Just as the laboratory bench symbolizes her educational roots, her journey has extended further, blending clinical excellence with strategic mindset, and entrepreneurship with artistry.

Stephanie’s career began in the clinical setting with a notable tenure in Intensive Care Pharmacy, studying brain injuries.
Stephanie now leads the Beyond team, offering clinical operations strategy and scientific advisory. She is also the Clinical Director at Mystic Health, the Research Director at the 501c3 Microdosing Collective, and a researcher with North Toronto Neurology.

Stephanie believes in the undercurrent of joy woven into the fabric of our existence and thus creates the talks and workshops where the human experience is explored through the lenses of science, culture, and celebration. 

With experience in neurology, intensive care, and medical device at Johnson & Johnson, she is a recognized leader in innovative healthcare. Her work bridges neuroscience, women’s health, plant medicine, and the healing power of music. A musician, writer, and speaker, Stephanie also builds community through gatherings rooted in music and meaning.

She is also the co-founder of Public Secret music label & artist mgmt.

Expertise:
Pharmacology
Ketamine Assisted Therapy (Numinus)
Psilocybin Assisted Therapy (Therapsil)
MDMA Assisted Therapy (Therapsil)
Clinic & Integrative Center creation
Clinical Operations
Research Design & Execution
Neurological disorders (headache, sci, tbi)
Women’s health and life transitions
Medicinal plants
Education & Science communication Writing & Public Speaking

Enhancing your integrative care protocols, holistic medication management, and practitioner training and education.

Jennifer contributes to clinician-facing projects in the fields of mental health, psychedelics, and plant medicine. She helps translate cutting-edge research into accessible, ethical, and evidence-informed practices—supporting providers in delivering safe, grounded, and transformative care.
As the founder of Resonate Health, Jennifer has created a conscious clinical model. Utilizing an integrative approach, she focuses on supporting individuals as they bring their bodies back into balance.  With over 14 years of clinical experience, with five devoted to psychedelic medicine, she has mastered the most efficient and effective way to clear the narratives impeding a happy and healthful life.  She has an intimate relationship with psychedelic molecules and their impact on empowering individuals to heal themselves.

Jennifer uncovers and addresses the root cause of imbalance, teaching us to take responsibility as everything we experience is a creation of our own reality. 

Expertise
Medication Management
Provider training and education
Psychedelic Therapy Protocols

Expanding access to personalized cannabis medicine, women’s health, mental health, and patient education.

Dr. Lynn Parodneck is a highly regarded medical cannabis clinician with over 20 years of experience. Originally trained in obstetrics and gynecology at Sarah Lawrence College and New York College of Medicine, she ran a private practice in Manhattan before focusing primarily on cannabis medicine. She operates a solo practice from her home in northern Westchester, where she has lived since 1989.

She is known for her highly personalized, patient-centered approach, which includes extensive education, house calls, and making care accessible for people facing financial or physical barriers. A dedicated educator, Dr. Parodneck started with local workshops and has since spoken at national conferences such as the National Cannabis Industry Association, Westchester Psychological Association, and the Spring Into Cannabis Symposium. Her work has been featured in Good Housekeeping, The New York Daily News, and NPR.

She lives and works in a 200-year-old carriage house with her dogs Harry, Rose, and Peanut. Although medical cannabis is not a formal subspecialty, she has developed deep expertise through long-term care of hundreds of patients.

Expertise:
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical Marijuana
Mental Health
Women’s Health

Providing insights on therapy modalities, preparation and integration surround psychedelic therapies, adolescent care, and clinical outcome tracking.

Dr. Dina Karvounides is a licensed clinical psychologist who integrates behavioral and insight-oriented approaches to provide compassionate, individualized care. With 15 years of experience spanning academic medical centers, humanitarian work, private practice, and contributions to a chronic pain clinic as well as two psychedelically informed practices, she brings a wealth of clinical and operational expertise.

Certified in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and pursuing Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy certification , Dr. Karvounides is inspired by decades of promising psychedelic research. She is especially passionate about expanding access to these emerging treatments for marginalized populations, including refugees and immigrants.

Aspiring amateur DJ, meditation practitioner, lifelong learner of all things consciousness and metaphysical.

Expertise:
Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health
Chronic Health challenges
Ketamine Assisted Therapy
Preparation and Integration
Program Development
Psychedelic Therapy Protocols

Dr. Stephanie Colantonio is a physician, herbalist, and mindfulness teacher. She practices integrative medicine, focusing on pre-menopausal menstrual cycle concerns and mental/emotional health. She offers ketamine assisted psychotherapy in collaboration with local therapists and is an advisor for the non-profit Deva Collective, an organization committed to research in the field of women’s health and psychedelics.  She is committed to supporting reproductive justice through the project Luna Flow Health. 

Stephanie is a mom to a toddler and two cats. Time in nature is her medicine. She loves hiking, yoga, dance, singing, and celebrating the human condition in all its facets.

Expertise:
Menstrual cycle, hormone, and reproductive health concerns for pre-menopausal individuals
Holistic abortion and miscarriage care
Contraception counseling
Ketamine assisted psychotherapy
Clinical and folk herbalism 
Mindfulness meditation

Creating strategies for mindful nutrition, supplementation, and a healthy relationship with food for wellbeing, hormone ,and fertility health.

Erin's passion for nutrition lies in empowering individuals to be their own healer through food, lifestyle and mindset. Erin has a unique passion for women's health, hormones, female and male fertility and so much more. She has a background in both conventional and functional approaches to lifestyle medicine, along with training in mindset/behavior change to achieve optimal and lasting results for clients.

Seeing people thrive is what inspires her work. Erin loves travelling, dancing, hiking, spending time with her husband and two dogs, and trying new things! She won the World Salsa Championships with her salsa dance team in 2005.

Expertise:
Nutrition
Women's Health
Fertility
Hormones
Plans and protocols

Advancing whole-person care, preventive health strategies, hormone optimization, and clinician education.

Dr. Leisa Spence contributes a physician’s perspective grounded in family medicine, preventive care, and the understanding that lasting health is shaped by more than a diagnosis alone. Her approach integrates evidence-based medicine with movement, mindfulness, lifestyle, and strong patient relationships to support care that is both clinically rigorous and deeply human.

A board-certified family medicine physician with an MBA, Dr. Spence brings experience across primary care, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and wellness-focused practice. A former competitive figure skater and Olympic hopeful, her early experiences as an athlete and patient helped shape a lifelong interest in medicine, performance, recovery, and the connection between physical and emotional well-being.

As the founder of The Primary and Tox Doc Aesthetic & Wellness, Dr. Spence has built patient-centered models that bridge traditional medical care with prevention, hormone health, metabolic and weight optimization, and aesthetics. Her work reflects a relationship-driven philosophy of medicine, helping individuals better understand their health, participate actively in their care, and build sustainable practices that support well-being across the lifespan.

Expertise
Family & Preventive Medicine
Hormone Health & Optimization
Metabolic Health & Medical Weight Management
Whole-Person & Lifestyle Medicine
Clinical Practice Development & Patient-Centered Care
Care Models & Delivery Innovation

Leading business development, as well as sharing deep knowledge of plant medicine, retreats, and ceremonial work.

Kim brings her systems-thinking mindset to support visionary projects. She plays a key role in cultivating strategic partnerships, designing transformational retreat experiences, and guiding aligned brands toward meaningful impact. Her approach blends operational insight with deep reverence for healing, ritual, and planetary stewardship.
Kim is a consciousness expansion advocate and entrepreneur. Her career began in Washington D.C., where she worked for DoD and US State Department contractors designing clean energy, environment, water, and natural resources management programs for sustainable and resilient livelihoods in developing countries. In 2021, Kim pivoted to serve as Director and Partner of Trailblazers Presents, a pioneering retreat series and community of policy makers, scientists, brands and entrepreneurs across the cannabis and psychedelics industry.

Kim is a Certified Reiki Master, and a meditation and ceremonial guide for over 10 years. She hosts and designs retreats geared for cognitive liberation from the binary mind. Kim is a heart based, passionate seeker and creator.

Expertise:
Business development & Partnerships
Brand Voice Development
Retreat Design & Event Production
Ceremonial earth medicine
Writer & Public Speaker

Building your brand experience, community and provider network expansion, and social and growth strategies.

Chelsea is a Community & Partnerships Manager and Brand Strategist empowering grassroots psychedelic and wellness brands to expand their influence, build evergreen communities, and drive meaningful engagement. With a background in clinical trauma research and expertise in social marketing, she’s worked with industry-leading wellness and psychedelic brands.

Outside of work, she shares a joyful life with her partner, and their three quirky cats, finding grounding in rest, play, and the wisdom of nature. She feels most alive in movement—whether dancing, skiing, or teaching yoga. A lifelong creative, she explores everything from photography to jewelry-making, and is deeply committed to people, the planet, and grassroots efforts that transform care into meaningful change.

Expertise

Brand Strategy & Consulting
Growth Marketing & Creative Campaigns
Community Building & Grassroots Initiatives (Partnerships, collaborations, event production)
Project Management & Executive
Consumer Research & Audience Insights
Content Creation & Copywriting
Psychedelics & Plant Medicine
Mental Health & Trauma Therapies

Helping translate women’s health research into education, awareness, and better standards of care.

Camryn provides support as a Medical Assistant and Patient Care Coordinator at Mystic Health. She is passionate about women's health and dedicated to improving the systems and standards through which women receive care. Her work is driven by a belief that women deserve thoughtful, evidence-based, and equitable treatment at every stage of their health journey. Outside of work, she is captivated by the restorative power of nature and the ability of live music to bring communities together.