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Email:
Stew.Leavitt@Pain-Topic s.org
WebSite:
ain-Topics.org
Address:
Chicago, IL
United States
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Stewart B. Leavitt, MA, PhD
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Leavitt was educated in biomedical communications at the University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, and then served as a Commissioned Officer in the US Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland. During that time, he also studied medical journalism at American University, Washington, DC. He went on to earn Masters and Doctorate degrees specializing in health/medical education at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, where he also was an instructor and a Ford Fellow researching urban heallthcare delivery systems.
Dr. Leavitt has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare education and medical communications serving numerous government agencies, private organizations, and pharmaceutical companies nationwide. Through the years, he has served as a consultant to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA/CSAT), Rockville, Maryland, and has been a frequent speaker at association conferences. He also is certified in industrial ergonomics and has authored numerous publications focusing on occupational safety and health.
Besides developing the concept for Pain Treatment Topics, Dr. Leavitt was in 1992 the founding editor (and principal researcher/writer) of Addiction Treatment Forum (http://ATForum.com). Besides this work on AT Forum, encompassing more than 250 articles and peer-reviewed research reports, he has created more than 45 articles appearing in various medical and healthcare journals and websites, many of them focusing on pain management issues. He is a founding member of the International Association for Pain & Chemical Dependency and a member of American Academy of Pain Management.
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