Timothy Brennan, MD, Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, spoke about the opioid crisis at the White House.
On June 25, Timothy Brennan, MD, Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, gave a speech at the White House. During the event, entitled “Building the Addiction Medicine Workforce: Giving Americans Access to the Care They Need,” he discussed the role of addiction medicine in addressing America’s opioid crisis. In particular, he emphasized the rise of addiction medicine as a medical specialty, and spoke about the importance of addiction medicine fellowships in educating the next generation of addiction change-agents.
The other speakers included James Carroll, Director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy; Admiral Brett Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); George Sigounas, MD, PhD, Administrator for the HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration; Nora Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse; and George Koob, PhD, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Dr. Brennan is the Director of the Fellowship in Addiction Medicine Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He has spoken at local, state, national, and international levels about addiction policy issues, particularly involving young adults. He was appointed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve on the Medical Review Board at the New York State Justice Center. He also volunteers as a member of the Adolescent Advisory Panel at the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.