Episode #49 High Truths with Dr. Anthony Albanese and Addiction Medicine

Episode 49 November 29, 2021 00:59:33
Episode #49 High Truths with Dr. Anthony Albanese and Addiction Medicine
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode #49 High Truths with Dr. Anthony Albanese and Addiction Medicine

Nov 29 2021 | 00:59:33

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Show Notes

Addiction Medicine intersects with all aspects of medicine from primary care, pediatrics, OBGYN, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, and of course, emergency medicine.  Building up the addiction medicine workforce and integrating key aspects of addiction medicine into medical education is important.

Anthony P. Albanese, MD

Dr. Albanese is a gastroenterologist, hepatologist and addiction medicine specialist who has over 25 years of experience in clinical medicine and medical education. He works with VA medical centers and their university affiliates to enhance interprofessional faculty education and develop, expand, and enhance Graduate Medical Education (GME) in accordance with the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability (VACAA) and MISSION Act initiatives. Dr. Albanese is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and is Chief of the Hepatology Division for the VA Northern California Healthcare System based in Sacramento.  He is President of the California Society of Addiction Medicine and Chairman of the State Chapters Council for the American Society of Addiction.  Albanese attended Oral Roberts University for undergraduate and medical school training. He trained in internal medicine in New York at St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital and continued for gastrointestinal and addiction medicine fellowship. He obtained further training in hepatology at the University of Miami.

ASAM, American Society of Addiction Medicine

 

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