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Ricardo Restrepo Guzman M.D.,M.P.Hfinished his medical school in Medellfn,Colombia. He did his residencytraining In Psychiatry at Boston University Medical Center and completed a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at the same institution. He received a Master's degree in Global Public Health from New York University in 2008, while working at St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, an academic institution affiliated with Columbia University,where he was the Director of the Addiction Psychopharmacology Clinic at the Addiction Institute of New York,as well as Attending Psychiatrist at the Adult Outpatient Clinic. He remains affiliated with the Addiction Institute of New York as a faculty member.In 2012 he started to work at the Long Beach VA Hospital, where he is the Medical Directorof the Substance Abuse Treatment Program/Buprenorphlne Clinic as well as an Attending Psychiatrist at the Department of Mental Health. Ricardo holds an academic position as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Universityof California Irvine School of Medicine. He teaches and supervises students,psychiatry,family medicineresidents and staff at the Long Beach VA Hospital and works with the diverse population of Los Angeles and Orange Counties.His academic interests includethe psychotherapy and psychopharmacology of addiction,the teaching of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine aroundthe United States and othercountries. He is actively involved in issues related to transcultural psychiatry,human rights, and behavioral addictions. Ricardo hasworkedwith immigrant populations in the United States for over 15 years. He is also a volunteerphysician for Physicians for Human Rights (PHR}. He has conducted medical evaluations and clinical treatment of peoplewho have survived torture and other forms of abuse,and has served as a United Nations Consultant since 2005.Ricardo writes monthly for the Colombian healthcarenewspaper"EJ Pulso", among other publications in the medical field. He has written chapters for addiction and human rights textbooks. He Is the co-author of texbooks on buprenorphine as well as women's health and addiction. Most recently Ricardocooperate with the APA/ DSM-5 Translation to Spanish language. He is board certified in Psychiatry andAddiction Psychiatry.