About Us

Board of Directors

Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA, FAPA

President 2013-2015
Woonsocket, RI

Action Groups: Diagnostic and Descriptive Terminology
Councils: Exectutive, Advocacy, Constitution and Bylaws, Medical Society, Public Affairs, Public Policy, Nominations and Awards
Committees: Finance, Legislative Advocacy
Workgroups

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R. Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD, FASAM

President-Elect 2013 - 2015
Cincinnati, OH

Action Groups:
Councils: Medical Education
Committees: CME, Med-Sci Program Committee
Workgroups

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Louis E. Baxter, Sr., MD, FASAM

Acting Immediate Past President 2013 - 2015
Princeton, NJ

Action Groups:
Councils: Advocacy, Constitution and Bylaws, Nominations and Awards
Committees: Finance
Workgroups:

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Dr. Baxter's Assistant: Rebecca Tatrai

 

Margaret A. E. Jarvis, MD, FASAM

Secretary 2013 - 2015
Waverly, PA

Action Groups:
Councils: Executive, Public Affairs, Medical Education
Committees: Constitution and Bylaws, Finance, Ruth Fox Course Program Committee
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Lori Karan, MD, FACP, FASAM

Treasurer 2013 - 2015
Honolulu, HI

Action Groups:
Councils: Publications, Finance
Committees: Finance
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Paul H. Earley, MD, FASAM

Director-at-Large - 2015
Atlanta, GA

Action Groups:
Councils: Advocacy, Nominations and Awards
Committees: Review Course, Physicians Health, Treatment Criteria, Outcome and Clinical Performance Measures, Fellows
Workgroups

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Mark Kraus, MD, FASAM

Director-at-Large - 2015
Waterbury, CT

Action Groups: Diagnostic and Descriptive Terminology, Medical Marijuana
Councils:
Committees: Public Policy, Legislative Advocacy
Workgroups

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Petros Levounis, MD, MA, FASAM

Director-at-Large - 2015
New York, NY

Action Groups: Twelve Step Recovery, Medical Marijuana, Diagnostic and Descriptive Terminology
Councils: Medical Education, Nominations and Awards
Committees: Legislative Advocacy, Public Policy, Review Course, Med-Sci Program
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Judith A. Martin, MD

Director-at-Large - 2015
San Francisco, CA

Action Groups
Councils:
Committees: Med-Sci Program, Medical Educational
Workgroups: 

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A. Kenison Roy, MD, FASAM

Director-at-Large - 2015
Matairie, LA

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: Legislative Advocacy
Workgroups

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John C. Tanner, DO, FASAM

Director-at-Large - 2015
Jacksonville, FL

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: CME, Ruth Fox Course Program
Workgroups

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Jeffery Selzer, MD, FASAM

Regional Director, Region I 2013 - 2017
Albany, NY

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: Physician Health
Workgroups:

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Jeffery Wilkins, MD

Regional Director, Region II - 2013 - 2017
Pacific Palisades, CA

Action Groups: PIPMAG
Councils:
Committees
Workgroups

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Kenneth I. Freedman, MD, MS, MBA, FACP, FASAM

Regional Director, Region III - 2013 - 2017
Jamaica Plain, MA

Action Groups
Councils
Committees
Workgroups

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Mark P. Schwartz, MD, FASAM

Regional Director, Region IV - 2013
Monmouth Junction, NJ

Action Groups: Diagnostic and Descriptive Terminology Action Group
Councils:
Committees:CME
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

Biography: Click Here

J. Ramsay Farah, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACMP, FASAM

Regional Director, Region V - 2013
Hagerstown, MD

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: Constitution and Bylaws
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Gavin Bart, MD, FASAM

Regional Director, Region VI - 2013 - 2017
Minneapolis, MN

Action Groups:
Councils: Chapters
Committees: Chair, Med-Sci Program
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Howard Wetsman, MD, FASAM

Regional Director, Region VII - 2013 - 2017
New Orleans, LA

Action Groups: Diagnostic and Descriptive Terminology
Councils:
Committees: Pain and Addiction Common Threads, Public Policy
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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William F. Haning, III, MD, FASAM, DFAPA

Regional Director, Region VIII - 2013
Honolulu, HI

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees:
Workgroups

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Ronald Lim, MD, FASAM

Regional Director, Region IX - 2013 - 2017
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees
Workgroups

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Terry Alley, MD, FASAM

Regional Director, Region X - 2013 - 2017
Nashville, TN

Action Groups
Councils
Committees
Workgroups

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Robbie Bahl, MD

Ex-Officio, Physicians-in-Training Chair
New York, NY

Action Groups
Councils
Committees: Physicians-in-Training
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Kelly Clark, MD, MBA, FASAM

Ex-Officio, Finance Committee Chair
Dallas, TX

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: Finance, Legislative Advocacy
Workgroups

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Brian Hurley, MD, MBA

Ex-Officio, Membership Committee Co-Chair
Allston, MA

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: Membership, Physicians-in-Training, Public Policy, Legislative Advocacy
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Ilse R. Levin, DO

Ex-Officio, AMA Alternate Delegate
Washington, DC

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees
Workgroups

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Surita Rao, MD

Ex-Officio, Membership Committee Co-Chair
Avon, CT

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: Membership
Workgroups

Email: [directory]

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Scott Teitelbaum, MD

Ex-Officio, Public Policy Committee Co-Chair
Gainesville, FL

Action Groups:
Councils:
Committees: Public Policy
Workgroups

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Penny S. Mills, MBA

Ex-Officio, Executive Vice-President / CEO
Chevy Chase, MD

Action Groups:
Councils: Nominations and Awards
Committees:
Workgroups

Email: pmills@asam.org

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Donald J. Kurth, MD, MBA, MPA, FASAM

On leave of absence
Alta Loma, CA

Action Groups
Councils
Committees
Workgroups

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