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Director
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA
Rockville, Maryland
Dr. Yngvild Olsen serves as the Director for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). She has a long history of working within the addiction treatment field to expand access to care and enhance quality. This has included work as Medical Director for the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s outpatient substance use treatment services, Deputy Health Officer for Maryland’s Harford County Health Department, Vice President of Clinical Affairs for the Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Medical Consultant to the Maryland Behavioral Health Administration, and the Baltimore City Health Department, and as a clinical expert to the Maryland Addiction Consultation Service at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. From 2011 to 2021, she served as Medical Director for the Institutes for Behavior Resources/REACH Health Services, a comprehensive outpatient substance use disorder treatment program in Baltimore City.
Dr. Olsen has held numerous senior volunteer leadership positions in the field of addiction medicine, including as vice president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, president of the Maryland Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, and president of the Maryland/DC Society of Addiction Medicine. She also has served on the boards of the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence-Maryland, and Stop Stigma Now. Dr. Olsen has written and lectured extensively on opioid use disorder and its treatments, the stigma of addiction, the integration of behavioral health and medical care, and clinical and policy solutions to the overdose epidemic. She draws inspiration from the opportunity to provide care for people with substance use disorders as an addiction medicine specialist and general internist.
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Thursday, April 13, 2023
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM