Edwin A. Salsitz, MD, DFASAM

Attending Physician
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Dr. Edwin A. Salsitz has been an attending physician in the Mount Sinai Beth Israel , Division of Chemical Dependency, New York City, since 1983, and is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is the principal investigator of the Methadone Medical Maintenance (office-based methadone maintenance) research project. Dr. Salsitz is certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM), as well as by the Board of Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease. He has published and lectures frequently on addiction medicine topics.
Dr. Salsitz is a course director for ASAM sponsored buprenorphine trainings,
and is a mentor in the PCSS-MAT mentoring program. He has co-chaired the ASAM Review Course, the ASAM Common Threads Course, the ASAM State of the Art course and is a reviewer for the Journal of Addiction Medicine and Drug and Alcohol Dependence. He is the chair of the ASAM REMS course on safe and effective prescribing of opioids. Dr. Salsitz was the Co-chair of the ASAM CME committee and Chair of the New York Society of Addiction Medicine CME and Education committee.
Dr. Salsitz is a member of the medical advisory panel, for the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services.
Dr. Salsitz is the recipient of the 2014 ASAM Annual Award, and the 2018 ASAM Annual Educator of the Year Award.

Presentation(s):

• The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course- Includes Waiver Qualifying Requirements

  Wednesday, July 25
  1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

• The CO*RE/ASAM Pain Management and Opioids: Balancing Risks and Benefits

  Wednesday, July 25
  6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

• Session 12: Opioids

  Friday, July 27
  10:45 AM – 11:30 AM

• Session 16: Board Exam Preparation

  Friday, July 27
  3:30 PM – 4:15 PM

• Session 20: Pain and Addiction

  Saturday, July 28
  10:00 AM – 10:45 AM