Dr. Xinwei Liu, MD, a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and Medical Director of Texas Ketamine & Wellness Center, was recently featured in VoyageHouston in a profile highlighting his journey from frontline medicine to pioneering physician-led ketamine therapy in Houston.

In the interview, Dr. Liu shares his personal and professional story — from his early interests in medicine and patient care to his experiences working in high-intensity emergency departments across the country. Driven by a desire to help patients who were struggling with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, and other complex conditions, he explains how he became passionate about the therapeutic potential of ketamine.

Drawing on years of clinical experience using ketamine safely in acute care, Dr. Liu describes how he founded Texas Ketamine & Wellness Center to bring evidence-based, medically supervised ketamine therapy to the Houston community. He emphasizes the importance of safety, empathy, and collaboration — integrating ketamine treatment with traditional support systems and mental health care to help patients find relief when other treatments have failed.

The article offers readers an inside look at Dr. Liu’s motivations, his perspective on innovative treatment options, and his commitment to providing compassionate care in a clinical setting.

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