About

Professionally:  Having started my career as a physician, I now enjoy the opportunity as Founder and President of National Addiction Specialists, a company offering addiction services for clients with substance use disorders such as opioid use disorder.  I am board certified in Addiction Medicine and Internal Medicine. Nationally, I have been awarded with being a Distinguished Fellow of ASAM (DFASAM), am chairman of the Health Technology Committee of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM),  and am also a member of ASAM's Practice Management and Regulatory Affairs Committee (PMRAC) and State Advocacy and Legislative Affairs Committee (SALC). At the state level, I serve as the Legislative Chairman and President-elect of the Tennessee Society of Addiction Medicine.  I am a member of the planning committee for the Mid-South Addiction Conference held at Vanderbilt annually.  I collaborate with the TN Dept of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) and the TN Assn of Alcohol, Drug, & other Addiction Services (TAADAS) as chairman of TAADAS Addiction Medicine Council to support evidence based regulatory and legislative changes concerning addiction medicine. 

Personally:  I am an eternal optimist and a 7 on the enneagram scale, craving new adventures and experiences.  I have a knack for accomplishing what others see as impossible and believe when I put my mind to something anything is possible. My passion outside of work is competitive rackets sports (Padel, Pickleball, Tennis) and going to tennis majors to watch Novak Djokovic destroy all tennis records. 

I enjoy vacations with my wife and kids, watching my kids play sports, reading about the history of addiction, learning French, and playing guitar (not well).  I appreciate classic things, love conversations with friends, choose uplifting success minded colleagues, am fiercely loyal, and try to figure out ways to help them win in business and life.