Biography
Antoine Douaihy, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director of Addiction Medicine Services (AMS), and WPIC Inpatient Dual Diagnosis Unit. He provides medical leadership for AMS, which treats over 8,000 patients annually in more than 20 programs. Dr Douaihy is a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer on substance use disorders and HIV psychiatry. He has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring medical students and psychiatry residents for the past decade. His research and publications focus on dual diagnosis/patient recovery guides and HIV psychiatry. Dr Douaihy is an investigator in numerous NIDA and NIAAA clinical research projects on substance use disorders and dual diagnosis. He has been included in the Best Doctors in America 2005-2006. Dr. Douaihy is the Director of our Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry, now in it's third year, and will be recruiting the next two Fellows to start in July 2012.
Research Interest
Addiction; HIV/AIDS, Motivational Interviewing and the psychology of change, Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments for addiction to medical trainees and health care practitioners.