About CSAM Membership

Membership in CSAM is coupled with membership in ASAM. Physicians join the state chapter and the national organization simultaneously and receive the benefits of both concurrently. Membership is open to physicians and medical students interested and involved in the treatment of alcoholic and/or drug dependent patients.   Membership in ASAM/CSAM is open to physicians and medical students.

Membership in ASAM/CSAM offers the following benefits...

  • Access to members only sections of the CSAM and ASAM website including past conference presentations
  • Listing on the Physician Locator on the CSAM website with detailed practice information
  • Access to attend CME Programs at a reduced "member" rate
  • Membership dues support the ongoing work of CSAM committees such as:
    -- Committee on Education
    -- Committee on the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
    -- Committee on Public Policy
    -- Committee on Physician Well-Being
  • Provides the voice of the addiction medicine specialist on public policy and clinical issues in California
  • Involvement in the leading professional society actively seeking to define and expand the field of addiction medicine.
  • Access to the network of leading experts in the field
  • Representation on state and national level
  • Representation in the AMA House of Delegates (AMA)
  • Representation in deliberations of national accrediting organizations, including JCAHO
  • Subscription to the Journal of Addictive Diseases (quarterly)
  • Subscription to the ASAM NEWS (bimonthly)
  • Subscription to CSAM News (3 issues per year)
  • Opportunity to develop treatment guidelines and protocols and to foster clinical research
  • Discount subscriptions to numerous professional medical journals
  • Access to the ASAM GoldMasterCard program

Apply On-line for Membership in ASAM and CSAM