Welcome to the ninth episode of the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine’s Health Matters Podcast! In this episode, our host Sheylan Spencer, DO, will discuss bridging the gap between primary care and addiction medicine in behavioral health.

Adina Elise Bowe, MD, went to medical school at the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. She completed the Vandalia Health CAMC Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residency and later went on to complete an addiction medicine fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Bowe’s special interests reside in treating medically complex, dually diagnosed individuals with addiction disorders in rural communities. She is an advocate for the integrated care model of health delivery. Dr. Bowe is an active member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association, as she is passionate about integrated care and substance use disorders treatment. She has co-led workshops at the AAAP and APA that are geared toward training psychiatrists in how to engage family physicians and internists in addiction treatment, and she is a Providers Clinical Support System and Medication-Assisted Treatment trainer for medical facilities in rural West Virginia.

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