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Marvin D. Seppala, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
National expert on addiction treatment, pharmacological treatments and integration of evidence-based practices. Ability to speak in layman's terms on the complicated disease of addiction.
Marvin D. Seppala, MD, is chief medical officer at Hazelden, and serves as adjunct Assistant Professor at the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies. His responsibilities include overseeing all interdisciplinary clinical practices at Hazelden, maintaining and improving standards for evidence-based practices, and supporting growth strategies for Hazelden's residential and nonresidential addiction treatment programs and services throughout the country.
Seppala attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and is a graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He obtained his M.D. at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, serving his residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in addiction at University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis.
Seppala is author of Clinician's Guide to the Twelve Step Principles, a McGraw-Hill/Hazelden book published in 2002. He co-authored When Painkillers Become Dangerous, Hazelden Publishing, in 2004, followed by Pain-Free Living for Drug-Free People, Hazelden Publishing, in 2005. He is also the author of Prescription Painkillers: History, Pharmacology and Treatment, Hazelden Publishing (2010).
Seppala served as a board member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) for several years and is a national expert on addiction treatment. He has appeared as a guest on CBS's The Early Show, CNN, and National Public Radio. He has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal.
Dr. Seppala in the news
CNN Health Addiction: The disease that lies 7/11
FOX News.com Could Anyone Have Saved Amy Winehouse From Herself? 7/11
KATU-TV in Portland, OR explores the grip of painkiller addiction. 7/11
FoxNews.com: Amy Winehouse Latest Singer Rushed Through Rehab to Keep Tour Cash Flowing. 6/11
AOL Daily Finance: The Real Tab for Rehab : Inside the Addiction Treatment Biz. 6/11
MPRnews: Is prescription drug abuse an epidemic? 3/11
USA TODAY: Florida raids target sellers of pain pills 2/11
Marvin D. Seppala, MD, talks with CNN's Sanjay Gupta, MD about dangers of alcohol 11/10
Newsweek: Why we should worry about the epidemic of painkiller abuse 8/10
NPR's Talk of the Nation: Alcoholics Anonymous: 75 Years of 12 Steps 7/10
Newsweek: Mel Gibson Is a Jerk 7/10
Minnesota Medicine: The Addicted Physician 2/10
