2022

Interview with Kristen Silva, MD | Program Director | MMC Addiction Medicine Fellowship Chief | MMC Addiction Medicine Division MaineHealth IMAT Primary Care Director MMP IMAT Medical Director Associate Clinical Professor | Tufts School of Medicine

Kate Chichester CCSME Executive Director When did your interest in addictions emerge? My interest started when I was a resident. During my residency at Maine Medical Center in Family Medicine, I met many people who had substance use disorder or unhealthy substance use. I enjoyed working with them and, in particular, people who had alcohol …

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Dr Lisa Miller

Interview with Lisa Miller, MD, Medical Director of the Western Maine Addiction Medicine Program

Kate Chichester CCSME Executive Director What supported your interest in working in addictions after 18 years in family medicine? In 2016 I was practicing family medicine in a rural town in Maine. I had a thriving, overflowing panel of patients I looked forward to seeing and caring for daily. A local pain clinic closed its …

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Gust Stringos

Interview with Gust Stephen Stringos, DO, FAAFP, FASAM

Gust Stephen Stringos, DO, FAAFP, FASAM, Medical Director Redington Fairview General Hospital (RFGH) and Medical Director RFGH Bridge Clinic for Opioid Use Disorder Kate Chichester CCSME Executive Director As a practicing family physician for many years, what led you to obtain your x-waiver and addiction medicine certification? I have always been interested in substance misuse …

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Rachel Solotaroff

Interview with Rachel Solotaroff, MD, MCR, FACP

Interview with Rachel Solotaroff, MD, MCR, FACP, Penobscot Community Health Care’s (PCHC) new Executive Clinical Director of Behavioral Medicine and Community Wellness. Dr. Solotaroff joins PCHC having previously served as the President and CEO of Central City Concern in Portland, Oregon, an agency providing healthcare, housing, and employment services. (responses have been edited for brevity) …

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