Dingle Spence BSc, MBBS, Dip Pall Med, FRCR

Dingle Spence is a Jamaican physician with training in both Clinical Oncology and Palliative Medicine. She recently retired after 20 years of running the Hope Institute Hospital, Jamaica’s only dedicated Oncology and Palliative Care unit. Dingle is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Mona, and continues to teach palliative care to medical students and other health care professionals on a regular basis.

In October 2024, Dingle was awarded an Order of Distinction, a high-level National Honour, by the Government of Jamaica – for her contribution to the development of oncology and palliative care services in Jamaica.

Dingle has also trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homeopathic Medicine, Reiki, Shamanic Energy Medicine and Psychedelic Facilitation. She has been doing her own personal work with psychedelics over the past five years which gives her a deeper understanding of how best to support people having a psychedelic experience. She currently works as a facilitator with Jamaica Grief Retreats and Beckley Retreats. Dingle firmly believes in the transformative potential of using psilocybin as medicine in curated and supportive settings and is very engaged in working with the ceremonial and spiritual aspects of this medicine.