Stimulants

Petros Levounis, MD, MA, is Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Chief of Service at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Prior to Rutgers, Dr. Levounis was on the faculty of New York University and Columbia University, where he served as Director of the Addiction Institute of New York and Chief of Addiction Psychiatry at St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals from 2002 to 2013. Dr. Levounis is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University where he studied Chemistry and Biophysics as a combined BS/MS student, before receiving his medical education at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Medical College of Pennsylvania. During medical school, he researched the effects of social class on patient-physician relationships in Oxford, England, and received an MA degree in Sociology from Stanford. Dr. Levounis graduated from the Columbia University residency training program earning the National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Resident Award and went on to complete his fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at New York University. Dr. Levounis has published numerous articles, monographs, and book chapters; has lectured extensively on addiction topics throughout the United States and abroad; has been interviewed by all the major TV networks; and has authored and edited several books including: 1. The self-help paperback “Sober Siblings: How to Help Your Alcoholic Brother or Sister—and Not Lose Yourself” 2. The textbook of “Substance Dependence and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders,” 3. The handbook of “Motivation and Change” 4. The handbook of “Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Dependence” 5. “The LGBT Casebook” 6. “The Addiction Casebook,” which is based on the DSM-5. Dr. Levounis is currently working on “The Behavioral Addictions,” an innovative book that includes re-enactment video clips played by Rutgers NJMS medical students.