Faculty
The University of Florida College of Medicine’s Addiction Division is among the largest in the United States. The faculty in this program are national and international experts who have conducted groundbreaking scientific research in the field. Others evaluate and treat physicians, athletes, students and other patients on a daily basis at our world-class treatment facilities.
Regina Bussing, M.D.
Professor and Donald R. Dizney Chair in Psychiatry
M.D., Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
M.S.H.S., University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Florida
Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Florida
Research Training: Mental Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Double Boarded in Adult Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Bussing is the chair of the department of Psychiatry, under which this program falls. She treats the entire spectrum of childhood and adolescent disorders, specializing in comprehensive approaches that combine pharmacotherapy, parent training, clinical group therapies and school interventions. Her honors include several grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Elaine Schlosser Lewis Award for published research on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She is the Director of the Florida Outreach Project for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind. Dr. Bussing has published 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and five book chapters.
William Greene, M.D.
Assistant Professor
B.S., Wake Forest University
M.D., University of South Florida College of Medicine
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Florida
Fellowship: Addiction Medicine, University of Florida
Double-boarded in Addiction Medicine and Psychiatry and certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Dr. Greene is the Chief of Addiction Psychiatry. He is also the Medical Director and an attending physician in the drug and alcohol detoxification unit at UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital. He is a contributing faculty member to the Addiction and Recovery Certificate.
William Hollifield, M.D.
Assistant Professor
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residency: General Surgery, Orlando Regional Medical Center
Residency: Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic
Fellowship: Addiction Medicine, University of Florida
Board-certified in Addiction Medicine
Dr. Hollifield is an attending physician at UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital. He specializes in psychiatry, addiction medicine and pain medicine. He serves as Director of the Addiction and Pain Management Consultation Service.
Jason Hunt, M.D.
Assistant Professor
M.D., University of Illinois
Residency: Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Louisville
Residency: Addiction Medicine, University of Florida
Board-certified in Addiction Medicine
Dr. Hunt practices at the UF Health Florida Recovery Center, where his responsibilities include evaluating impaired safety-sensitive professionals and caring for patients in the alcohol and drug detoxification unit at UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital. His interests and expertise are in ob/gyn, specifically opioid use disorders in pregnancy, substance use disorders, the evaluation and management of dual-diagnosis substance use disorders and substance-related impairment. Before becoming an addiction medicine physician, Dr. Hunt worked as an advanced drug and alcohol counselor in Alabama and Tampa.
Ben Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
B.A., Psychology, New College Florida
M.S., Behavioral Neuroscience & Psychopharmacology, University of Kentucky
Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience & Pharmacology, University of Kentucky
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida
Dr. Lewis has conducted research on medication development for alcohol use disorders and integrated that basic science experience in psychopharmacology and behavioral neuroscience with clinical training in neuropsychological and electroencephalographic methods. His postdoctoral research included examination of neurobehavioral concomitants of acute alcohol in aging adults, development of novel interventions for alcohol use disorder, and investigation of alcohol-associated deficits in affective processing. He is involved in several ongoing research projects, including the direction of a 2018 Career Development Award (K01) from the National Institute of Alcohol & Alcoholism (NIAAA).
Benjamin Phalin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
B.S., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of Florida
Internship: James A. Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Residency: Clinical Psychology Associates of North Central Florida
Dr. Phalin is a neuropsychologist at the UF Health Florida Recovery Center, where he specializes in treating patients who have substance use disorders. His main responsibilities include performing neurocognitive and general psychological evaluations of patients who are either in treatment at our residential facility or who have been referred for assessment of substance use related issues.
Czerne Reid, Ph.D.
Lecturer
B.A., University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
M.Sc., Chemistry, Emory University
Ph.D., Environmental Chemistry, Emory University
Graduate Certificate, Science Communication, University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Reid is the Program Director for Online Graduate and Certificate Programs in the UF College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, with oversight of the Addiction and Recovery certificate. She is the recipient of a 2015 Exemplary Teacher Award from the UF College of Medicine and is 2018 Entrepreneur Faculty Fellow of the UF Warrington College of Business. She serves as co-chair of the Education Committee of the National Association of Science Writers.
Barry Setlow, Ph.D.
Professor
B.A., Yale University
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Psychological and Brain Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Setlow conducts basic science research on the interactions between drugs of abuse and decision-making, with the ultimate goal of identifying targets for new therapies. His group investigates the long-term effects of chronic drug exposure on cognitive outcomes, with a particular focus on different types of decision-making processes (for example, risky and impulsive decision-making) and the neural mechanisms underlying drug-induced alterations in such processes. He also studies how individual differences in risky and impulsive decision-making predict propensity for future drug use.
Jamie Smolen, M.D.
Associate Professor
B.A., St. Anselm College
M.D., Georgetown University
Internship: Surgery, University of Vermont
Residency: Psychiatry, Boston University
Fellowship: Addiction Psychiatry, University of South Florida
Double-boarded in Addiction Psychiatry and Psychiatry
Dr. Smolen specializes in the evaluation and treatment of health care professionals and college and professional athletes with substance use disorders and comorbid psychiatric conditions. His expertise extends from inpatient to partial hospitalization and residential care, to outpatient care. He is an evaluator for impaired health professional monitoring programs and for the Florida Department of Health. His practice includes medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, cognitive and other psychosocial therapies and the incorporation of mindfulness and meditation. He is a contributing faculty member to the Addiction and Recovery Certificate.
Laurie Solomon, M.D.
Assistant Professor
B.S., University of South Florida
M.D., Universidad Iberoamericana School of Medicine
Internship: Pediatrics, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, New Jersey
Residency: Psychiatry, University of Florida
Fellowship: Addiction Medicine, University of Florida
Double-boarded in Addiction Medicine and Psychiatry
Dr. Solomon is a designated Professionals Resource Network (PRN) and Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN) evaluator. She also has an outpatient general psychiatric clinic at UF Health Florida Recovery Center.
Before joining UF Health, Dr. Solomon was an attending psychiatrist at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare where she provided inpatient and outpatient care for children, adolescents and adults. She then joined Sarkis Family Psychiatry/Sarkis Clinical Trials where she provided care for patients of all ages and was a sub-investigator on multiple clinical trials.
Jill Sutton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
B.S., Auburn University
M.S., Psychology, Central Michigan University
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Central Michigan University
Internship: Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology, University of Florida
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Psychology, University of Florida
Dr. Sutton is a licensed clinical psychologist. Her clinical experiences covers a variety of settings, including counseling centers, community-based mental health centers, psychiatric outpatient facilities, hospitals, and substance use disorder treatment centers. She has worked with patients age 19 months to 81 years with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses and life stressors. Dr. Sutton has specialty training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure-Response Therapy (ERT). She provides personality assessment and psychological treatment for dual-diagnoses at the UF Health Florida Recovery Center. She is qualified to teach Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), therapeutic treatment of anxiety disorder, therapeutic treatment of depression, psychotherapy, and supervision.
Scott Teitelbaum, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Pottash Professor in Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine; Medical Director, Florida Recovery Center
B.A., Lehigh University
M.D., Rochester University
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowships: Addiction Medicine & Child Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine
Double-boarded in Addiction Medicine and Pediatrics and certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Dr. Teitelbaum is the Medical Director of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center and a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics. He is also a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO). In recognition of his national leadership in addiction medicine, Dr. Teitelbaum was inducted into the Conway Hunter Society in 2010. He has served as a consultant to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Executive Office of the President. He also is a consultant on drug and alcohol abuse and dependence for the New York Yankees and other sports teams and industries. He is the author of Addiction: A Family Affair. The University of Florida Guide to Understanding, Prevention and Dealing with Addiction (2011, UF Department of Psychiatry); and co-author, with Michael Nias, of Weed: Family Guide to Marijuana Myths and Facts (2013, UF Department of Psychiatry).
