Stuart Gitlow

Stuart Gitlow (born November 29, 1962), board-certified in general, forensic, and addiction psychiatry, is the Executive Director of the Annenberg Physician Training Program in addictive diseases.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Credentials 2 Education 3 Professional activities 4 Publications 5 Online activities 6 References

Credentials

Gitlow has earned MD, MPH, and MBA degrees. He serves as a medical expert to the Social Security Department's Office of Disability Adjudication and Review and is on the faculty of Dartmouth Medical School and New York City's Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Author of Substance Use Disorders: A Practical Guide, Dr. Gitlow is also a regular columnist for Counselor and has authored numerous chapters in textbooks of Addiction Medicine. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Addictive Diseases. Gitlow is an Aviation Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Education

A native of New York, Gitlow studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his undergraduate degree. He went on to receive his MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, his Master's in public health from the University of Pittsburgh and his Master's in business administration from the University of Rhode Island. His postgraduate medical training was at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and at Harvard University.

Professional activities

Dr. Gitlow lectures extensively within the field of addictive disease, teaching in the past at:

• Harvard University
• Dartmouth College
• Brown University
• University of Utah
• Rutgers University

Dr. Gitlow currently holds the following positions:

• Chair, American Medical Association Action Team on Alcohol and Health
• Chair, Public Health Committee, New York County Medical Society
• President-Elect, American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Delegate to the American Medical Association from the American Society of Addiction Medicine^[3]
• Member of the Council on Science and Public Health of the American Medical Association
• Host, Clinicians Roundtable, ReachMD

Publications

• Gitlow S. "AMA Addresses Pharmaceutical Industry Involvement in Continuing Medical Education" ASAM News Vol 24 No 4 Autumn 2009.
• Gitlow, S., Disability and Rehabilitation Issues. In: Lowinson, Ruiz Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook, 5th Edition. LWW. Expected 2011.
• Gitlow, S., Addictions. In: Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, UK pp18–22. 2009.
• Gitlow, S., A Perspective on Alcoholism. US Psychiatric Congress Reporter. October 2008.
• Gitlow, S., Transtornos Relacionados Ao Uso De Subståncias. Artmed, Brazil. Printed 2008.
• Gitlow, S., Nicotine and Alcohol Dependence. Audio-Digest Psychiatry 37:10 May 21, 2008.
• Gitlow, S., From the Addiction Doctor. Bimonthly column in Counselor magazine. January 2008–Present.
• Gitlow, S., Willenbring ML. Are medications that reduce risk of drinking or heavy drinking, or that promote abstinence, of value on the treatment of alcohol dependence? Am J Addictions 17:1-5, 2008.
• Gitlow, S. Recovery & Research: A Better Paradigm. J. Sub Abuse Treatment 2007 Oct;33(3):277-8.
• Gitlow, S. Online Interaction with Psychiatric Patients. Behavioral Health Trends 19:May, 6-10, 2007.
• Gitlow, S., Gold, MS. The Inadequacies of the Evidence. Addiction Professional. March/April 2007.
• Gitlow, S. Practical Guides in Psychiatry: Substance Use Disorders, 2d Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2007.
• Gitlow, S., Approve or Deny: A Medical Reviewer Shares His Insights. Behavioral Health Trends 17:June, 4-8, 2005.
• Burglass, ME, Gitlow, S. Forensics. In: Lowinson, Ruiz, Millman, Langrod Substance Abuse, A Comprehensive Textbook, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2004.
• Gitlow, S. Prevention. In: Johnson, Ruiz, & Galanter Alcoholism: A Practical Handbook, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2003.
• Gitlow, S., Holland PJ, Psychiatric Aspects of Occupational Medicine. In: McCunney RJ A Practical Approach to Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Third Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2003.
• Gitlow, S. On the Web. Bimonthly column in Counselor magazine. June 2002-December 2007.
• Vex, S.L., Blume, S.B. The JACS Study I: Characteristics of a Population of Chemically Dependent Jewish Men and Women. J Addict Dis 20(4) 2001, 71-89. Assisted in design of Research Instrument.
• Gitlow, S. The Online Community as a Healthcare Resource. In: Nash D, Manfredi MP, Howell SL, Bozarth BL (Eds). Connecting with the new Health- care Consumer. An Aspen Publication. 2001.
• Gitlow, S. Practical Guides in Psychiatry: Substance Use Disorders. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2001. Council of Health and Social Services, The Netherlands. The Patient and the Internet. 3/00. (Participated in this Council publication as a foreign contributor).
• Gitlow, S. The Online Community as a Healthcare Resource. In: Nash D, Manfredi MP, Howell SL, Bozarth BL (Eds). Connecting with the new Health-care Consumer. McGraw-Hill. 2000.
• Langer, M. Mac OS 8. Gitlow, S., Technical Editor. Peachpit Press. 1997.
• Langer, M. America Online for Macintosh 3. Gitlow, S., Technical Editor. Peachpit Press. 1997.
• Gitlow, S. Ambulatory Detoxification of the Alcoholic. Practical Reviews in Psychiatry. 20:1, 2/96
• Gitlow, S., Gastfriend, D. Voice Interactive Computers for Attitudinal Interviewing. In: Miller, M.J., Hammond, K., Hile, M. (Eds). Mental Health Com- putting. Springer-Verlag. 1996.
• Gastfriend, D.R., Gitlow, S., Hackney, J., Gerber E., Baer, L. (1996). A Voice-Based Computer Interview for Drug Dependence. Substance Abuse, Vol 17, No. 4, 1996.
• Tanner, T.B., Gitlow, S., Ganguli, R., Kubacka, R., Mulsant, B.H., and Epstein, B.A. Developing a Medication Information Workstation for Patients. In: Morgan, K., Satava, R.M., Sieburg, H.B., Mattheus, R., and Christensen, J.P. (Eds.), Interactive Technology and the New Paradigm for Healthcare (pp. 380–388). IOS Press and Ohmsha. 1995.
• Gitlow, S., Tanner, T.B. Psychopharmacology education software. The first of a series. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. (pp 945 – 946). 1991.
• Tanner, T.B., Gitlow, S. A computer simulation of cardiac emergencies. Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. (pp 894 – 896). 1991.

Online activities

While in medical school, Dr. Gitlow started LaserBoard, a BBS based in Manhattan for Macintosh users. LaserBoard eventually became Mac Symposium, a service on MacNET. This was a national proprietary online service that subsequently evolved into the now-defunct Connect Business Information Network. Dr. Gitlow then moved to America Online, eventually as Coordinator of the Macintosh division of the Computing Channel. Upon receiving funding from AOL to launch a new enterprise, he started Healant, the company that provided the Addiction & Recovery Forum, Depression Forum, Alternative Medicine Forum and the Pain Relief Forum on AOL. Healant was also responsible for building websites and online communities of numerous health information companies, including drkoop.com.

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