Steve Rosonke
Dr. Steve Rosonke is the founder of Rainfall Medicine. He is boarded in emergency medicine and addiction medicine. He is also fellowship-trained in trauma and critical care. He has an unblemished safety record and has been treating patients with ketamine in a variety of clinical settings since 2001. Although ketamine as a medication has an excellent safety profile, complications of ketamine therapy can arise. Dr. Rosonke has the experience and training to recognize and treat these complications.
Dr. Rosonke founded Rainfall Medicine in 2018 to dedicate himself to providing effective treatment for mental illness, trauma, and addiction in a safe, peaceful, and inviting setting. In addition to his rigorous emergency medicine and critical care education, which was followed by years of direct clinical experience with ketamine for various applications, Dr. Rosonke was a participant in the first ever training cohort for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy through the Ketamine Training Center. He has since become an educator for the Ketamine Training Center, instructing other professionals on the safe and effective use of ketamine for mental illness.
Dr. Rosonke also has partnered with Polaris Insight Center and leads many ketamine trainings both online and in-person. Additionally, Dr. Rosonke and the Rainfall Clinic have been accepted into the training program for MDMA therapy through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Dr. Rosonke also works as a consultant for training therapists and helping providers set up new practices. He is also a consultant for the Oregon Medical Board.
Through his work in the ER, Dr. Rosonke has seen the unfortunate and often deadly consequences of untreated childhood trauma, mental illness and addiction. In the ER, there is minimal time to have full, in-depth conversations with patients to understand the core of their history leading to their mental anguish and/or addiction. Oftentimes, people present to the ER for physical complaints but at the heart of their problem is depression, anxiety, or developmental trauma. Dr. Rosonke has realized that amidst the frenetic pace of an emergency department, there is insufficient time to get to know patients fully and understand what is truly the source of their suffering. During the past decade, Dr. Rosonke has watched the social disconnection and need for distraction overwhelm our country. It is evident that we are in the midst of an addiction epidemic, as well as an even larger epidemic of untreated trauma and mental illness. Recognizing these unmet societal needs, Dr. Rosonke felt compelled to start Rainfall Medicine.