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. In 2004, he co-authored When Painkillers Become Dangerous, Hazelden Publishing. In 2005, he co-authored Pain-Free Living for Drug-Free People, Hazelden Publishing. Prior to joining Hazelden, Seppala held a private practice and served as a psychiatric consultant to several addiction treatment centers in the Portland, Oregon, and Twin Cities areas. Seppala had previously served at Hazelden as chief medical director from 2002-2007. For the past two years, he has maintained a private addiction medicine practice in Portland, Oregon and served as medical director and CEO at Beyond Addictions of Beaverton, Oregon, an outpatient treatment and recovery services program. Seppala is a board member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and a national expert on addiction treatment. He has appeared as a guest on the CBS-TV "Early Show" 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:
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