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David E. Smith, MD, FASAM, FAACT
Diplomat, American Board of Addiction Medicine
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Founder, Haight Ashbury Free
Clinics, San Francisco
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Medical Director, Center Point,
San Rafael CA
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Consulting Physician, North Bay
Recovery Center, San Rafael CA
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Chair, Addiction Medicine, Muir
Wood Adolescent and Family Services, Petaluma CA
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Chair, Addiction Medicine, Alta
Mira Recovery Programs, Sausalito CA
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Former Medical Director,
California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
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Adjunct Professor Emeritus,
University of California, San Francisco
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Fellow and Past President,
American Society of Addiction Medicine
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Past President California Society
of Addiction Medicine
Areas of Specialization:
Addiction Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Dr. Smith is recognized as a
national leader in the areas of the treatment of addictive disease, the
psychopharmacology of drugs, new research strategies in the management of drug
abuse problems, and appropriate prescribing practices for physicians. He is the
Founder of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics in San Francisco, which merged with
Walden House in mid-2011 to form HealthRIGHT 360, which provides services at
multiple sites throughout California.
Dr. Smith is currently the
Chair of Addiction Medicine for Muir Wood Adolescent and Family Services, a
gender-specific residential program for teenage boys suffering from substance
abuse and co-occurring issues in Petaluma, California. He is also the Medical
Director for Center Point, a 6-month residential therapeutic community in San
Rafael, California, which provides comprehensive, integrated services to at-risk
individuals and families. He also serves as Chief of Addiction Medicine for Alta
Mira Recovery Programs in Sausalito, California, a private residential chemical
dependency program, and is Consulting Physician at North Bay Recovery Center in
San Rafael.
Dr. Smith has also served as
Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Francisco; as Medical
Director of the California State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs; and as
Medical Director of the California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse
Policy Research. He is a Fellow and Past President of the American Society of
Addiction Medicine and of the California Society of Addiction Medicine.
He is the recipient of
numerous honors and awards, including the University of California, San
Francisco Medal, the Peter E. Haas Public Service Award from the University of
California, Berkeley, the Robert D. Sparks, MD, Leadership Achievement Award of
the California Medical Association, and the Annual Award of the American Society
of Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Smith is the Founding
Editor of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs and an Editorial Board member
of the Journal of Addiction Medicine. In addition, he has authored or
co-authored 26 books, written over 350 journal articles, edited 28 journals, and
has been the technical consultant for 28 drug abuse-related films. He is the
co-author, with Dr. Daniel G. Amen, of Unchain Your Brain: 10 Steps to
Breaking the Addictions that Steal Your Life.
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