The clinicians who run MindScape

Dr. Carlos Vargas is the Clinical Director of MindScape Retreat in Cozumel, Mexico. He holds medical responsibility for every admission: the pre-treatment clearance, the EKG and QTc review, the individualized flood-dose protocol, the cardiac telemetry that runs through every session, and the discharge summary that goes back to each patient's home physicians.

Dr. Omar Calderon serves as Assistant Clinical Director of MindScape Retreat. A native of Cozumel honored as one of the top doctors in Mexico, he brings years of local clinical practice and a unique cultural perspective to the medical team.

Scott Gagel brings more than 25 years of US medical practice with a longstanding specialist focus on plant medicine and holistic healing. As Senior Medical Advisor, he shapes MindScape's protocols for opioid recovery, treatment-resistant depression, and chronic pain.

Dr. Virginia del Carmen Castillo Carrillo is a staff physician at MindScape Retreat. A licensed médico general, she supports the medical program across pre-treatment screening, in-session monitoring and post-treatment recovery under the Clinical Director's protocols.

Dr. Juan Carlos Villanueva Ibarra is a staff physician at MindScape Retreat. A médico cirujano trained at Universidad Anáhuac, he provides daytime physician coverage and supports pre-treatment screening and post-treatment recovery under the Clinical Director's protocols.

Ruth Beatriz Olvera Parra is the head nurse (Jefa de Enfermería) of the MindScape clinical team. A licensed nurse with a master's degree in public health, she leads the nursing roster that is present throughout every ibogaine treatment session, monitoring vital signs, EKG telemetry and patient comfort.

Catherine Bellato leads MindScape's psychological care team. She specializes in trauma-informed CBT, somatic processing, and narrative therapy, with particular expertise in patients whose previous attempts at conventional therapy have not produced durable results.

Anita Scanlan is a UK-trained Clinical Psychologist, fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Her work combines Cognitive Behavioral Hypnotherapy (CBH) with applied neuroscience, with a focus on patients for whom standard talk therapy has not been sufficient.

Jenna Turner is a US military veteran, psychologist, and certified PADI dive instructor. She designs and leads MindScape's dive therapy sessions in Cozumel, using the discipline, focus, and physiological calm of underwater immersion as an integration adjunct for veterans and patients working through PTSD and moral injury.

Edelma Rodriguez provides daily yoga, guided meditation, and vibrational sound therapy for patients during their onsite stay. Her work supports the somatic and grounding components of psychedelic integration: the embodied, non-verbal aftercare that complements clinical psychology and medical follow-up.