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Advocacy Council:  Chair: Louis Baxter, Stu Gitlow, Thomas Haynes, Elizabeth Howell, Penelope Ziegler
Certification Council Chair: Chapman Sledge
Application and Eligibility Committee Chair: Chapman Sledge, James F. Graham, Jr.,William J. Barakett, Lloyd J. Gordon, III, James J. Kramer, William G. Campbell, Staff: Christopher Weirs
Examination Committee :Chair: Michael F. Weaver, Barry Stimmel, Donna D. Yi, Douglas L. Gourlay, John B. Griffin, Jr., Louis E. Baxter, Sr., Margaret A.E. Jarvis, Peter L. Selby, Robert B. Hunter, Robert L. Balster, Sharon Walsh, Stanley E. Gitlow, Staff:  Christopher Weirs
Fellow Committee Chair: Paul Earley
Chapters Council: Chair: Kevin Kunz, (Presidents Only), Terry L. Alley, Michel A. Sucher, David R. Pating, Caroline Gellrick, Steven A. Wyatt , Jeffrey D. Kamlet, Michael Lee Fishman, George, Carlson, Dora Dixie , Marcia Flugsrud-Brechenridge, Mark R. Publicker , J. Ramsay Farah, Wayne E. Pasanen, Allan Ebert, Charles Chapman Sledge , Jeffrey A. Berman, Merrill S. Herman, Berton J. Toews, George D. Hall, Ronald J. Schwerzler, Frederick M. Baurer, John P. Femino, Jeffrey C. Craddock, Richard Soper, Robert N. Jones , K. Legree Hallman, John D. Patz, Brad Hall , Staff:  Eileen McGrath, Nancy Brighindi, Amy Hotaling and , Helen Huff
Constitution and Bylaws Chair: Louis Baxter, Terry L. Alley, Anne Geller, Stuart Gitlow, Elizabeth F. Howell, Michael M. Miller, Patricia B. Morrison, G. Douglas Talbott, Richard E. Tremblay, Consultant: Joanne Gartenmann, Staff:  Eileen McGrath
Finance Council: Chair: Donald Kurth
Finance Committee Chair: Penelope Ziegler, Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., James Halikas, Elizabeth F. Howell, Lori D. Karan, Donald Kurth, James W. Smith, Max Schneider, Michael M. Miller, David E. Smith, Staff:  Eileen McGrath and Lynda Jones
Development Committee: Max A. Schneider, Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., Christina Delos Reyes,James A. Halikas, Elizabeth F. Howell, David Mee-Lee, James W. Smith, Staff: Eileen McGrath and Claire Osman
Medical Education Council Chair: Lawrence Brown, David Fiellin, Marc Fishman, Marc Galanter, Mark Kraus, Petros Levounis, Ronald Pike, Shannon Miller, Margaret Jarvis, John Tanner, Donald Kurth, Herbert Malinoff, James Halikas, Robert DuPont, Staff:  Eileen McGrath
Medical-Scientific Program, Chair: Jeffrey Samet, Co-chair: Marc Galanter, Co-chair: Lawrence Brown
CME Committee Chair: R. Jeffrey Goldsmith, Louis Baxter, Lawrence Brown, Anthony H. Dekker, James L. Ferguson, Adam J. Gordon, Edwin A. Salsitz, Max Schneider, Jeffrey H. Samet, Martha J. Wunsch, Karen Drexler, Staff:  Eileen McGrath and Sandy Metcalfe
Medical Society Council: Chair: Elizabeth Howell, Liaisons to Professional Societies, Amer. Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Family Practice: Norman Wetterau, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Addiction Psychiatry, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine: Lloyd Gordon American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association Delegation Stuart Gitlow/Alt: Lloyd Gordon, American Osteopathic Association  Steven C. Boles, D.O., American Psychiatric Association:
Organization Relations Council Chair Beth Howell, Liaisons: American Association for Treatment of Opiate Dependence: Trusandra Taylor, Association for Medical Education and Research, in Substance Abuse, Nat値 Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, Nat値 Association of State Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Directors, Nat値 Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Nat値 Institute on Drug Abuse Nat値 Commission on Correctional Health: Kevin Fiscella 
Membership Council Chair: Donald Kurth    
Membership Committee Chair: Donald Kurth, Romana Zvereva, Mark Kraus, Gabrielle B. Batzer, Abhin Singla, Daniel J. McCullough, Michael Eadie, Ellen Ovson, Jun David, Bert Toews, Ron Schwerzler, Walter Fitzhugh, William Scott, C. Gordon King, Dorothy Tompkins, Randall Brown, Staff:  Eileen McGrath, Nancy Brighindi, Amy Hotaling and Helen Huff,
Physicians-in-Training Committee   Brian Hurley
Nominations and Awards Council Chair Lawrence Brown, Terry L. Alley, Louis E. Baxter, Sr.
Marc J. Fishman, Elizabeth F. Howell, Donald J. Kurth, Michael M. Miller, Berton J. Toews, Trusandra E. Taylor, M.D., Staff:  Eileen McGrath and Claire Osman
Public Affairs Council Chair Ken Roy, Donald Kurth, Stuart Gitlow
Public Policy Committee  Co-chair: Mark Kraus, Co-chair: Petros Levounis, Steven L. Balt, Sheila Blume, Lawrence Brown, Jr., Jonathan Butler, William Maxwell Burns (Max),  Ann Carroll, Anthony Dekker, Donald Damstra, Robert DuPont, Stuart Gitlow, William Glatt, Raman N. Palakrishnan, Denise Greene, Gurdon H. Hamilton, James T. Hamilton, Elizabeth F. Howell, Hurley, Brian, Carlota John-Hull, Steven J. Kassels, Christine Kromer, Donald J. Kurth, David C. Lewis, Michael Liepman, Mark Logan, Eileen McGrath, Michael M. Miller, J.T. Payte, Steven A. Peligia, John Peterson, Ken Roy, William Scott, Marvin D. Seppala, David E. Smith, James W. Smith, Kathryn M. Tevington, Norman Wetterau, Consultant: Joanne Gartenmann, Staff:  Eileen McGrath
Legislative Advocacy Committee  Chair: Donald Kurth, Ann Carroll, Denise Greene, Martha Wunsch, Mark Kraus, Donald Kurth, Ken Roy, Bill Scott, Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., Elizabeth F. Howell, Michael M. Miller, Stuart Gitlow, Richard Beach, Brian Hurley, Kenric Zakari, Steven Peligian, Kathleen Grant, Gita Pujari, Kristin Ochoa, Staff:  Eileen McGrath, Alexis Geier Horan
Publications Council: Chair: Beth Howelll, Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., Penelope Ziegler
Marc Fishman, Marc Galanter, Jeffrey Samet, Jeffrey Goldsmith, Lori Karan, Richard Ries, Paul Earley, Staff:  Eileen McGrath
Quality Improvement Council Co Chiars: David Gastfriend, David Mee Lee, Kenison Roy, Lloyd Gordon, Berton Toews, Practice Guidelines Committee, Treatment Criteria, Outcome, & Clinical  Chair: Marc Fishman, Performance Measures   
ACTION GROUPS
Annual Meeting Restructuring Action Group  Chair: Thomas Haynes
Buprenorphine Action Group  Co-chairs: Mark Kraus & Petros Levounis, Donald Kurth, Judith Martin
Dan Alford, Mark Publicker, Michael M. Miller, John Femino, Merrill Herman, Stuart Gitlow, Steve Wyatt, Jun David, Laura McNicholas, Joseph Mancini, Mark Logan, Elizabeth Howell, Berton Toews, Richard Soper, J. Ramsey Farah, Staff:  Eileen McGrath, Alexis Geier Horan  
Financial Development Action Group Co-chairs: Stuart Gitlow & Gregory Bunt, R. Jeffrey Goldsmith, Howard Wetsman, Tom Payne (to be invited), Kevin Kunz, Staff:  Eileen McGrath and Tracy Gartenmann
Leadership Development Action Group Co-chairs:  Lawrence Brown & Donald Kurth
Medical Specialty Action Group  Co-chairs:  Kevin Kunz & Michael M. Miller, David Gastfriend, Stu gitlow, Martha Wunsch, Jeffrey Goldsmith, Staff: Eileen McGrath. Christopher Weirs
Consultant: James F. Callahan 
Parity Action Group Chair: Ken Roy, Andris Antoniskis, Louis Gallant
Carol McDaid, David Lewis, Donald Kurth, Eric Gopleru, Mark Kraus, Ronald Hunsicker, Ken Libertoff, Elizabeth Howell, Connie Horgan, Dominic Hodgkin, Staff:  Eileen McGrath and Alexis Geier Horan
Twelve-Step Recovery Action Group Chair: Marc Galanter, Jaime Grodzicki, Donald Kurth
Richard Ries, Marvin Seppala, Chapman Sledge, Penelope Ziegler

Workgroups Infectious Diseases, Family and Generational Issues:  Joseph A. Troncale
Family Practice:Norman Wetterau, Child and Adolescent, Criminal Justice, Forensic Medicine, MRO, Pain and Addiction, Cross-Cultural:Louis Baxter, Nicotine:Linda Ferry, Therapeutic Communities, Pharmacological Issues: Trusandra Taylor, Medications Development Subworkgroup, Opioid Agonist Treatment Subworkgroup Co-chairs: Dan Alford & Judith Martin, Buprenorphine Training Subworkgroup Co-chairs: Dan Alford & Judith Martin

ASAM Action Items


The ASAM Board of Directors approved a plan to seek specialty recognition of Addiction Medicine

 

This issue of ASAM News features a special report to the ASAM membership describing the MSAG痴
findings and recommendations, and outlining the proposed path toward specialty recognition for
Addiction Medicine that has been approved by ASAM痴 Board. [MSAG June Newsletter] [MSAG Summary Report]


ASAM Strategic Plan
 

In 2006, ASAM developed a new Strategic Plan. The historic document details ASAM's mission, core purpose, core values, envisioned future, and strategic goals.  [ASAM Strategic Plan]

 

 

 

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