Dr. Tracy Townsend, MD
Dr. Tracy Townsend is a licensed medical doctor, state-licensed psilocybin facilitator, and founder of Meadow. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Virginia, where she later obtained her medical degree from the UVA School of Medicine. After medical school, she completed a five-year residency in general orthopaedic surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, followed by a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital of Harvard University. She was a practicing attending at Kaiser Permanente Northwest prior to founding Meadow.
She is among the first graduates of Innertrek, Oregon’s pioneering psilocybin facilitator training program, and among the first state-licensed psilocybin facilitators in the U.S. Through her work at Meadow Medicine, Dr. Townsend bridges neuroscience and consciousness, guiding clients through structured, evidence-based psychedelic healing experiences.
Dr. Townsend’s passion for psychedelic medicine grew out of her own personal healing journey, working through intergenerational trauma, grief following her father’s passing, and the moral injury and burnout she experienced within conventional medicine. These experiences reawakened her lifelong passion for preventative health and the belief that lasting transformation arises from addressing the root causes of suffering through behavioral change, emotional integration, and expanded states of consciousness.
In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Townsend is an active advocate for psychedelic policy reform and helped lobby for HB 2387, Oregon’s Psilocybin Program Improvement Bill, which expands access for dual-licensed providers (health care professionals who are also trained psilocybin facilitators) to safely and ethically serve clients within the state framework.
Dr. Townsend’s published scientific research can be found under her maiden name Tracy Kovach, as well as her married name.
She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband Mike Townsend, Co-Founder of Meadow, and their two children.
Peer-Reviewed Articles & Abstracts
Kovach TK, Dighe AS, Lobo PI, Cui Q. Interactions between MSCs and immune cells: implications for bone healing. Journal of Immunology Research. 2015;2015:752510.
Rolfe K, Beck A, Kovach T, Mayeda B, Liu C. Non-locality and the misdiagnosis of Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality (SCIWORA): proof of concept. Spinal Cord Series and Cases. 2019;5:11.
Beck A, Skaggs DL, Kovach T, Kiehna E, Andras LM. Two cases of paralysis secondary to aneurysmal bone cysts with complete neurologic recovery. Spine Deformity. 2020;8(2):339-344.
Pradhan P, Townsend TK, Cook D, Feldman L, Canizares MF, Watkins C, Shore BJ. Do All Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures Need a Computed Tomography Scan of the Ipsilateral Femoral Neck? Calculating the Incidence of Concomitant Femoral Neck and Shaft Fractures. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2023;43(3):e204-e208.
Townsend TK, Coene RP, Williams KA, Pluhar E, Ackerman KE, Kramer DE, Stracciolini A, Christino MA. Assessment of Coping Skills in Pediatric Sports Medicine Patients (ACSI-28). Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022;10(5 suppl 2):2325967121S00428.
