
Episode 12: Substance Use in Adolescents - Dr. Veronika Mesheriakova, UCSF
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Veronika Mesheriakova, Assistant Professor in the division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine at UCSF and the medical director of the UCSF Youth Outpatient Substanc...
10 Jan 202224min

Episode 11: Drug Facts - Sedative-Hypnotics and Anxiolytics - Dr. Christopher Blazes, OHSU
In the final installment of my drug facts series, I discuss sedative-hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs with Dr. Christopher Blazes, Director of the Addiction Psychiatry fellowship at Oregon Health and Sci...
26 Des 202113min

Episode 10: Drug Facts - Cannabis - Dr. Itai Danovitch, Cedars-Sinai
For the sixth part of my drug facts series, I speak with Dr. Itai Danovitch, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Danovitch provides an...
13 Des 202130min

Episode 9: Drug Facts - Nicotine and Tobacco - Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Stanford University
In the fifth installment of my drug facts series, I speak with Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Professor of Pediatrics in adolescent medicine at Stanford University and the founder of the Tobacco Preventi...
29 Nov 202126min

Episode 8: Drug Facts - Cocaine - Dr. Kyle Kampman, Perelman School of Medicine
In the fourth part of my drug facts series, we cover cocaine with Dr. Kyle Kampman, addiction specialist and professor of psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvani...
15 Nov 202120min

Episode 7: A Tale of Two Epidemics - Dr. Adam Leventhal, USC
In this bonus episode, I speak with Dr. Adam Leventhal on the convergence of two public health crises - addiction and the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Leventhal reviews the challenges faced by those who str...
8 Nov 202113min

Episode 6: Drug Facts - Methamphetamine - Dr. Jonathan Buchholz, University of Washington and VA Puget Sound
In the third installment of my drug facts series, I talk about methamphetamine use with Dr. Jonathan Buchholz, Program Director of the Addictions Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Washington ...
1 Nov 202120min

Episode 5: Drug Facts - Alcohol - Dr. Marc Schuckit, UC San Diego
In part two of my drug facts series, I speak with Dr. Marc Schuckit, distinguished professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Schuckit has spent decades researching the genetic an...
18 Okt 202135min


















