Stuart Gitlow (born November 29, 1962) is a general, forensic, and addiction psychiatrist, Executive Director of the Annenberg Physician Training Program in Addictive Diseases at the Frank Foundation, and Past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is against the legalization of cannabis arguing that "people can ... experience long-term psychiatric disease".
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Biography
Gitlow was born on November 29, 1962. He earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Pittsburgh and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Rhode Island. He received an M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Following graduation his psychiatric and public health training was at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Harvard University for his forensic fellowship.
Gitlow has held a number of prominent professional positions in the medicine and public health communities. He is medical expert to the Social Security Department's Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Immediate Past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Society of Addiction Medicine delegate to the American Medical Association, and past chair of the American Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health.
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Gitlow has received $43,444.98 for consulting with Kaleo, Inc, makers of the opioid overdose antidote Evzio (Naloxone HCl injection). Additionally, he has received payments from Reckitt Benckiser, makers of Suboxone, and Orexo, makers of the opioid products Abstral (Fentanyl) and Zubsolv (Buprenorphine/naloxone).
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Academia
Gitlow is a faculty member at the University of Florida. He gives regular invited lectures on the subject of addictive disease. He is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Addictive Diseases.
Politics
Gitlow has twice unsuccessfully sought election to the Rhode Island General Assembly as representative for Woonsocket, Rhode Island district 49.
Works
Gitlow is a regular columnist for Counselor, frequent contributor to textbooks about addiction medicine, and in 2001 published the book Practical Guides in Psychiatry: Substance Use Disorders (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins).
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