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Scott Teitelbaum MD

FRC Medical Director won ASAM Annual Award

Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, vice chair of addiction medicine and Pottash Professor in the University of Florida departments of psychiatry and neuroscience, began the year off right with a national award from the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Teitelbaum, who is the medical director at the UF Health…

Celebrating distinction with endowed professorship

The University of Florida Health Science Center held it’s fifth annual Celebrating Distinction ceremony to recognize those faculty members who have recently been named to an endowed professorship or chair. The event was held October 26, 2016 in the DeWeese Auditorium at the McKnight Brain Institute. The Department of…

Our Treatment Team

The UF Health Florida Recovery Center has the largest academic addiction team of any in the United States that provides treatment, advocacy, education and research in support of those who seek recovery from addiction. Many of our world-class addiction medicine specialists, addiction psychiatrists and therapists are in recovery. Our experts have helped…

Mainstream medicine misses cases of substance abuse, UF experts say

If addiction is a disease, why do families refer far more patients to specialists and treatment programs than internists, or emergency room physicians or family doctors do? Those questions and others were raised by a groundbreaking five-year national study recently released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance…

Physicians & Health Professionals

Helping those in safety-sensitive professions We take great pride in our proven ability to help physicians, dentists, pharmacists and nurses all over the United States overcome addiction and return to successful careers. The UF Health Florida Recovery Center has earned their trust as the hub for national addiction experts in…

Partial Hospitalization Program

The partial hospitalization program with housing, or PHP, may be the ideal course to take once an individual has successfully completed drug or alcohol detox. For those who do not need a drug or alcohol detox, the PHP may be the first line of treatment for addiction.

Evaluations

At UF Health, our evaluation team has provided comprehensive multi-day evaluations for people from all over the United States. Call 352.265.5549 to schedule. When you refer your patient, our team of experts will determine if a comprehensive multi-day evaluation is appropriate. An independent medical examination, or an…