Dr. Anna Lembke

Dr. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist, researcher, and author who serves as Professor and Medical Director of Addiction Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her pioneering work has illuminated how the brain’s reward system shapes both substance and behavioral addictions. She gained national attention for her appearance in Netflix’s The Social Dilemma and her bestselling book Drug Dealer, MD, which examined the role of doctors in the opioid epidemic. In Dopamine Nation, she combines decades of clinical experience with compassionate storytelling, helping readers understand that in an overstimulated world, moderation, truth, and self-discipline are acts of liberation.