Stuart Gitlow

Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA
Born	New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Rhode Island Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Utah Geisel School of Medicine

Stuart Gitlow (born November 29, 1962) is a general, forensic, and addiction psychiatrist and Past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Biography

Gitlow was born on November 29, 1962. Following completion of his bachelor of science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he earned an M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Pittsburgh and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Rhode Island (Beta Gamma Sigma). His psychiatric and public health training were at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Harvard University for his forensic fellowship.

Gitlow has held a number of prominent professional positions in the medicine and public health communities. He served as medical expert to the Social Security Department's Office of Hearings Operations, President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, American Society of Addiction Medicine delegate to the American Medical Association,, Chair of the AMA's Young Physician Section, and Chair of the American Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health.

In 2005, Gitlow founded the Annenberg Physician Training Program in Addictive Disease under a Grant from the Annenberg Foundation. The program, which he ran largely at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, successfully demonstrated new approaches in educational techniques for medical students. This included the discovery that placing students in the midst of addiction treatment centers, in the role of a patient, enhanced their ability to relate to addictive disease patients while simultaneously improving their level of interest in working with this patient population. From the time the project was formed until its discontinuation in the early 2020's, Gitlow successfully increased the endowment size from the original $12M to nearly $20M.

Politics

Gitlow has twice unsuccessfully sought election to the Rhode Island General Assembly as representative for Woonsocket, Rhode Island district 49.