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Herbert Kleber, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Division on Substance Abuse,
New York State Psychiatric Institute
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Dr. Kleber has been a pioneer in research and treatment of substance abuse for over 35 years. From 1968 to 1989, he founded and headed the Drug Dependence Unit at Yale University. He then served for 2 ½ years as the Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the White House.
In 1992, Dr. Kleber founded at Columbia University the Division on Substance Abuse, now one of the leading centers in the country. He heads a number of projects on new methods to treat individuals with cocaine, heroin, prescription opioids, alcohol, or marijuana problems.
Dr. Kleber is the author of more than 200 papers, and the co-Editor of the American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment. He has received numerous prestigious awards, two honorary degrees, is listed as one of the “Best Doctors in America” and “Best Doctors in New York,” and was elected in 1996 to be a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science.
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Undergraduate: Dartmouth College, B.A., 1956
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College, M.D., 1960
Internship: Health Center Hospital, University. PA., Rotating, 1960 - 1961
Residency: Yale University, New Haven, CT., Psychiatry, 1961 - 1964
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• Addiction Psychiatry
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Address:
NYS Psychiatric Institute
Room 3713 Unit/Box:66
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-543-5570
Fax: 212-543-6018
hdk3@Columbia.edu
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1. Kleber HD: Pharmacologic Treatments for Heroin and Cocaine Dependence. . American Journal on Addictions 2003; 12 : S5-S18
1. Kosten TR, George TP, Kleber HD: The Neurobiology of Substance Dependence: Implications for Treatment, in Clinical Textbook of Addictive Disorders, 3rd ed. Frances RJ, Miller SI, Mack AH, eds., Guilford Press, New York, NY, 2005
1. Martinez D, Broft A, Foltin RW, Slifstein M, Hwang DR, Huang Y, Perez AI, Frankle WG, Cooper T, Kleber HD, Fischman MW, Laruelle M: Cocaine Dependence and D2 Receptor Availability in the Functional Subdivisions of the Striatum: Relationship with Cocaine-Seeking Behavior.. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004;29(6): 1190-1202
1. Galanter M, Kleber HD, eds.: Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, 3rd edition
, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC, 2004
1. Collins, ED, Kleber HD, Whittington RA, Heitler, NE: Anesthesia - assisted vs Buprenorephine or Clonadine - Assisted Heroin Detoxification & Naltrexone Induction.. JAMA 2005;294: 903 - 913
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