Dr. Gitlow in Woonsocket

I heard him speak at the drug prevention coalition meeting. We are lucky to have him here.

Office Location & Contact

153 Gaskill St
Woonsocket, RI 02895

Phone: (212) 731-0755

Stuart Gitlow
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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 Mount Sinai School of Medicine,[1][2] and President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is against the legalization of cannabis arguing that "people can ... experience long-term psychiatric disease".[3]

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.[4]

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,President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine,[citation needed] American Society of Addiction Medicine delegate to the American Medical Association,[5] and chair of the American Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health.
Academia

Gitlow is a faculty member at Dartmouth Medical School and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. 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.[citation needed]
Politics

Gitlow has twice unsuccessfully sought election to the Rhode Island General Assembly as representative for Woonsocket, Rhode Island district 49.[6]
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).