Expert Details
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.Memory and Trauma, Alcoholism and Other Chemical Dependencies
ID: 727245
Georgia, USA
Since 1995 he has been voted by his peers as being one of the best doctors in America. For over twenty-three years he has taught at Rutgers University's Institute on Alcohol and Drug Studies. He has been a consultant and research collaborator at the CDC for since 1998. He has a private practice in Atlanta, Ga, where he provides individual and group therapy for trauma survivors and people with addictions and other problems in living.
Consultant and Research Collaborator, CDC, Atlanta (1998 to present). Consultant to California State Board of Medial Quality Assurance, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse section of their new physician's licensing examination 1980-1982. He wrote all examination questions for them.Editorial Consultant and Reviewer for Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 1982-9, American Journal of Medicine 1978-1990.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1965 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine and Psychiatry | Institution: UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill |
Year: 1969 | Degree: Residency | Subject: Medicine | Institution: U Ala Med Birmingham |
Year: 1972 | Degree: Post Doc | Subject: Hematology | Institution: U London, Royal Postgrad Medical School, Hammersmith Hosp, |
Year: 1980 | Degree: Post Doc | Subject: Addiction Medicine | Institution: NIH |
Year: 1984 | Degree: Post Doc | Subject: Traumatology/Psychiatry | Institution: U Md |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 1984 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Physician and Psychotherapist | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is a physician in private practice, author, and a contributor and research collaborator at the CDC, Atlanta. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1984 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 1969 to 1971 | Agency: CDC | Role: | Description: United States Public Health Service, National Communicable Disease Center (now Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Atlanta, Georgia, Tuberculosis Branch. Had assignment to the Indian Health Service, Aberdeen, South Dakota area, 1969-71, as Tuberculosis Control Officer and Consultant in Internal Medicine. |
Years: 1998 to Present | Agency: CDC | Role: | Description: He is Consultant and Research Collaborator, CDC, Atlanta (1998 to present). |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 1971 to 1972 | Country / Region: UK | Summary: Second Year of Hematology Fellowship, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London, Hammersmith Hospital, September 1971- October 1972 (Damon Runyon Memorial Fellowship). |
Years: 1968 to Present | Country / Region: Puerto Rico | Summary: 6 week Hematology assignment |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 1996-present. |
Licenses / Certifications |
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MD Georgia; Certification in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, New York, 25 April,1987; Certification to prescribe Suboxone and Subutex (generic name buprenorphine), DEA. |
Professional Appointments |
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Consultant, co-investigator and author, C.D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, 1998-present. |
Awards / Recognition |
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Voted by peers as one of the best doctors in America 17 years in a row; National Child Advocate Award, 1997 (Believe the Children, Chicago); Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 by Atlanta Therapeutic Professional psychology and therapist group. |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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He has 12 published books and over 60 published articles in peer-reviewed journals. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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Expert witness in 12 court cases involving civil and criminal cases. |
Training / Seminars |
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Countless talks, workshops, and seminars nationally and locally. |
Vendor Selection |
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He has an extensive professional network of experts and sources in his fields of interest. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Individual and group psychotherapy. |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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Spanish | He speaks a little Spanish. |
Fields of Expertise
mental disorder, narcotics addiction, pharmacology, prescription medicine addiction, psychiatric trauma, psychiatry, sexual abuse, sleep disorder, traumatology, addiction, addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry, amnesia, child abuse, drug abuse, narcotic, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, therapy, traumatic memory, false memory, adverse drug reaction, memory, memory disorder, sleep