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• Subscription to CSAM newsletter
• 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 Impairment, including its work with the Liaison Committee to the Medical Board of California's Diversion Program.
• 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)
• Opportunity to develop treatment guidelines and protocols and to foster clinical research
• Substantial discounts on all ASAM/CSAM publications
• Substantial discounts on all ASAM/CSAM conferences
• Discount subscriptions to numerous professional medical journals
• Access to the ASAM GoldMasterCard* program

  The California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) was founded in 1973 by physicians who wanted a professional society for continuing medical education and peer interaction. In 1989 it became a state chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

  The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) is an association of physicians dedicated to improving the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions, educating physicians and medical students, promoting research and prevention, and enlightening and informing the medical community and the public about these issues. The Society serves its members by providing opportunities for education and sharing of experiences, and by promoting the development of a body of professional knowledge and literature to enhance the quality and increase the availability of appropriate health care for people affected by the addictions.

  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.

  WHAT DOES CSAM DO?

• The annual Review Course or State of the Art Course
• The newsletter is published three times a year. It features articles of clinical interest as well as reports of activities and projects of like-minded colleagues throughout the State.
• Liaison Committee to the Diversion Program for Physicians
• The CSAM Committee on Physician Impairment develops guidelines for quality improvement for the Diversion Program.
• CSAM, together with the California Medical Association and the Medical Board of California, sponsors meetings of representatives from CSAM, CMA, the Division of Medical Quality of the Medical Board of California, the Diversion Evaluation Committees, and the Diversion group leaders. The Liaison Committee makes recommendations to the Diversion Program Manager and to the Medical Board where the responsibility and authority for the program operation and policies rests.
• Provides the voice of the addiction medicine specialist on public policy and clinical issues in California
• Membership in ASAM/CSAM is open to physicians and medical students

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