About CSAM

Dana Harris

President

Dana Harris, MD, FASAM
Private Practice/Psychiatry, Los Angeles

Mason Turner

President-Elect

Mason Turner, MD, FASAM
Senior Medical Director for Behavioral Health; Intermountain Healthcare

Neal Mehra

Treasurer

Neal Mehra, MD, MBA
WellSpace Health, Sacramento

Sharone Abramowitz

Immediate Past-President

Sharone Abramowitz, MD, DFASAM
Integrative Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine Private Practice

Cheryl Marcell

Executive Director

Cheryl Marcell
CA Society of Addiction Medicine, Sacramento

Mitika Kanabar

At-Large Member

Mitika Kanabar, MD, MPH, FASAM
Kaiser Permanente, Lancaster

David Tian

At-Large Member

David Tian, MD, MPP, FASAM
Medical Consultant, California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)

Itai Danovitch

ASAM Region II Director

Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, DFASAM, DFAPA
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles

Matthew Goldenberg

CPPPH Representative

Matthew Goldenberg, DO
Psychiatrist & Addiction Treatment Specialist, Private Practice

Maureen Strohm

MERF Representative

Maureen Strohm, MD, FAAFP, DFASAM
President, Medical Education and Research Foundation (MERF) Board of Directors, HCA Healthcare Sunrise Health GME

Randy Holmes

Chair, Committee on Government Affairs

Randy Holmes, MD, FAAFP, DFASAM
Medical Director, LACADA

Mario San Bartolome

Chair, Committee on Integration and Access to Systems of Care

Mario San Bartolome, Jr., MD, MBA, MRO, QME, FASAM
Molina Healthcare, Inc., Long Beach

Chwen-Yuen Angie Chen

Co-Chair, Committee on Membership & Communications

Chwen-Yuen Angie Chen, MD, FACP, FASAM
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Redwood City

David Kan

Chair, Committee on Youth and Prevention

David Kan, MD, DFASAM
Private Practice, Chief Medical Officer, Bright Heart Health

Matthew A. Torrington

Chair, Committee on Opioids

Matthew A. Torrington, MD, ABAM, ABPM, AAFP, DFASAM
Private Practice, Clinical Research, ACP UCLA School of Nursing

Jean Marsters

Co-Chair, Committee on Membership & Communications

Jean Marsters, MD
Lifelong Medical Care, Asian Health Services

CSAM Presidents 1983-present

2024 Sharone Abramowitz, MD

2023 Sharone Abramowitz, MD

2021 Karen Miotto, MD

2019 Anthony Albanese, MD

2017 David Kan, MD

2015 Monika Koch, MD

2013 Itai Danovitch, MD

2011 Jeffery Wilkins, MD

2009 Timmen Cermak, MD

2007 Judith Martin, MD

2005 David Pating, MD

2003 Donald Kurth, MD

2001 Gary Jaeger, MD

1999 Peter Banys, MD

1997 Gail Shultz, MD

1995 William Brostoff, MD

1993 Richard Sandor, MD

1991 Kevin Olden, MD

1989 P. Joseph Frawley, MD

1988 Garrett O’Connor, MD

1986 Anthony Radcliffe, MD

1985 Jess Bromley, MD

1983 Max Schneider, MD

CSAM Bylaws

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