The AMG Ketamine & Wellness center, a new alternative for patients who have not found an effective treatment for depression, pain, PTSD, OCD and other conditions, has opened in Cool Springs. Ketamine has been proven effective in managing these conditions, either individually or in concert. For those suffering from chronic pain, ketamine can also reduce or even eliminate their need for opioids.

The center is affiliated with Anesthesia Medical Group (AMG), one of the largest physician-led anesthesia practices in the country, with Randall Malchow, MD, serving as medical director of the new center. Because ketamine is a powerful FDA-controlled anesthetic drug patients must be referred by a physician to the new center. Treatments at the AMG Ketamine & Wellness Center are administered and managed by board-certified anesthesiologists.

Malchow is a graduate of West Point, serving as an anesthesiologist for 25 years in the armed forces before joining Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2008 and becoming the first physician at VUMC to offer intensive ketamine infusion therapy in early 2015. Soon after, he established one of the few ketamine infusion centers in the Veteran Health Administration. He earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.