American Society of Addiction Medicine

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) is an addiction medicine professional society representing over 6,000 physicians, clinicians and associated professionals with a focus on addiction and its treatment.

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
MottoTreat Addiction. Save Lives
Formation1954 (1954)[1]
TypeProfessional association
Legal status501(c)(3)[2]
HeadquartersRockville, Maryland[3]
Location
  • United States
Membership
6,000
President
Paul Earley, MD[4]
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Penny S. Mills, MBA[5]
Websitewww.asam.org

History

ASAM has its roots in research and clinical traditions that pre-date its founding in the early 1950s, when Ruth Fox, M.D. began regular meetings with other physicians interested in alcoholism and its treatment at the New York Academy of Medicine. In 1954 these physicians established the New York City Medical Society on Alcoholism (later expanded as NYCMSA and Other Drug Dependencies) with Dr. Fox as its first President.

ASAM was admitted to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates as a voting member in June 1988, and in June 1990 the AMA added addiction medicine (ADM) to its list of designated specialties.

In 1989, to reflect the Society's concern with all drugs of addiction as well as its interest in establishing addiction medicine as part of mainstream medicine, the organization was renamed the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

About

ASAM, founded in 1954, is a professional medical society representing over 6,000 physicians, clinicians and associated professionals in the field of addiction medicine. ASAM is dedicated to increasing access and improving the quality of addiction treatment, educating physicians and the public, supporting research and prevention, and promoting the appropriate role of physicians in the care of patients with addiction.

Membership

ASAM is the largest leading professional society actively seeking to define and expand the field of addiction medicine. ASAM membership offers the opportunity to develop treatment guidelines and protocol, network with peers and attend world-renowned courses in the field of addiction medicine and so much more.

Medical Education and Conferences

The ASAM Annual Conference - Innovations in Addiction Medicine and Science is the nation’s premiere conference on the latest science, research, best practices and innovations in addiction medicine. This event is held annually in April.

Positions

ASAM is critical of the current regulatory state of marijuana, holding that there is no such thing as appropriate medical use of the plant cannabis; in 2010, the society published a white paper calling for federal regulations to oversee research and development of cannabis based medicines and issued recommendations for state medical authorities to "...assure that physicians who choose to discuss the medical use of cannabis and cannabis-based products with patients...[a]dhere to the established professional tenets of prr patient care...";[3] in 2012 the society stated that there is no "Medical marijuana" because the plant parts in question fails to meet the standard requirements for approved medicines, that Marijuana has many serious, negative health effects.[4]

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Published six times per year, the Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM) is the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The mission of JAM is to promote excellence in the practice of addiction medicine and in clinical research as well as to support addiction medicine as a mainstream medical specialty.

The current Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Richard Saitz.

Other publications
  • The ASAM Criteria, (2013) ISBN 978-1-61702-197-8
  • The ASAM Essentials of Addiction Medicine, (2015), ISBN 9781451194463
  • The ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use
  • The ASAM Handbook of Addiction Medicine, 2015 ( ISBN 9780190214647)
  • The ASAM Handbook on Pain and Addiction, 2017 ( ISBN 9780190265366)
  • The Principles of Addiction Medicine, sixth edition 2018, ( ISBN 9781496371010)
  • The ASAM Weekly (e-Newsletter)

Presidents
TermPresident
1954–1961Ruth Fox, MD
1961–1963Stanley Gitlow, MD
1963–1965Luther A. Cloud, MD
1965–1967Percy E. Ryberg, MD
1967–1969Arnold S. Zentner, MD
1969–1971Ruth Fox, MD
1971–1973Stanley Gitlow, MD
1973–1975Maxwell N. Weisman, MD
1975–1977Charles S. Lieber, MD
1977–1979Joseph J. Zuska, MD
1979–1981Sheila B. Blume, MD
1981–1983LeClair Bissell, MD
1983–1985Irvin L. Blose, MD
1985–1987Max A. Schneider, MD
1987–1989Margaret Bean-Bayog, MD
1989–1991Jasper G. Chen See, MD
1991–1993Anthony B. Radcliffe, MD
1993–1995Anne Geller, MD
1995–1997David E. Smith, MD
1997–1999G. Douglas Talbott, MD
1999–2001Marc Galanter, MD, FASAM
2001–2002Andrea Barthwell, MD, FASAM
2002–2005Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., MD
2005–2007Elizabeth F. Howell, MD
2007–2009Michael M. Miller, MD
2009–2011Louis E. Baxter, Sr., MD, FASAM
2011–2013Donald J. Kurth, MD
2013–2015Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA, DFAPA, DFASAM
2015–2017R. Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD, DLFAPA, DFASAM
2017-2019Kelly J. Clark, MD, MBA, DFAPA, DFASAM
2019-2021Paul Earley, MD
2021-2023William Haning, MD, DFAPA, DFASAM

References
  2. "American Society of Addiction Medicine Inc." Exempt Organization Select Check. Internal Revenue Service. Accessed on May 22, 2016.
  3. "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". American Society of Addiction Medicine. Guidestar. December 31, 2014.
  4. "Board of Directors". American Society of Addiction Medicine. Accessed on May 22, 2016.
  5. "ASAM Staff". American Society of Addiction Medicine. Accessed on May 22, 2016.
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