Samuel M. Silverman M.D., F.A.P.A., F.A.S.A.M.
4151 Laurel Estates Way
Wellington Fl 33449
Cell (860) 841-1641
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Rutgers University, B.A., June 1966
New Brunswick, New Jersey
University of Ghent, M.D., July 1972 Cum Laude
Ghent, Belgium
Externship (Rotating): July 1, 1971 - July 1, 1972,
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut
Residency in Psychiatry: August 1, 1972 - August 1, 1975,
Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut
Chief Residency in Psychiatry: July 1974 - July 1975
Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut
CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology:
General Psychiatry: April 1977 Cert. #16287
Addiction Psychiatry: March 1993 Cert. # 400
Addiction Psychiatry: March 2003 Cert. # 400
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
Certified in Chemical Dependency April 1988, Cert. #1200
American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
Diplomate July 31,2013 # 20131289
Connecticut License - #16628
Florida License - # ME 142869
WORK EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS HELD
Private Practice Psychiatry: (July 1975 -)
Rushford Center Inc.
Part Time Psychiatrist (Telehealth) July 2019 -
Director of Medical Education (2014- July 2019)
Program Director:
American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM)
Fellowship April 2013 - July 2019
Medical Director Addiction Services, February 2001- 2014
Site Director: PA student Program: Springfield College, Quinnipiac University
Site Director: Frank Netter Medical School Quinnipiac University
3rd year Medical Student
TryCycledata Systems
Chief Medical Officer; (August 2018-current)
Institute of Living / Hartford Hospital
Site coordinator in Addiction Psychiatry (IOL residency) (2001- July 2019)
Executive Committee (Past member)
Hartford Hospital
Active Staff Department of Psychiatry (2000-2019)
Consultant:
McKesson Health Solutions (2004- 2007)
Consultant to InterQual Criteria: Develop criteria for levels of care
(Substance Abuse and Psychiatry)
Reckitt Benckiser (2003-2010) Speaker’s Bureau
Academic Appointments:
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor: (July 1996 -)
Frank Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University
Assistant Professor (July 2017-2019)
Past Positions:
University of Connecticut School of Medicine: Department of Psychiatry: Assistant Professor (July 1975 – July 1980)
Director: Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic John Dempsey
Hospital, Farmington, CT (July 1976 – July 1978)
Medical Director: Capitol Region Mental Health Center,
Hartford, CT (July 1978 – July 1980)
Medical Student Curriculum Committee (1996- 2000)
St. Joseph College: Counseling Department
Instructor (July 1976- July 1987)
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center:
Senior Attending Psychiatrist: (1980-1999)
Courtesy Staff (2000-2003)
Psychiatric Consultant (July 2000-July 2001)
Capitol Region Educational Council Residential Program
Committee Memberships:
Institute of Living Residency Training Committee
(July 2003- July 2019)
Institute of Living Executive Committee
(January 2001- 2017)
American Society of Addiction Medicine (CT Chapter)
Chapter President 2014- 2018)
Executive Committee, (January 2002-)
Hartford Hospital Graduate Medical Education Committee
April 2013 - July 2019
Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health:
Appointed January 2000
Connecticut Mental Health Policy Council:
Member of the Council -Public Sector (2001- 2010)
Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council: Member of the Council -Public Sector (1996-2000)
Member of the Treatment Committee (1996)
Co-Chairman Brief Screening Subcommittee (1997-)
American Psychiatric Association:
Member of the Committee on Treatment Services for Addicted Patients (1999-)
Connecticut State Medical Society:
Committee on Addiction Medicine (May 2000-)
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow; American Psychiatric Association (FAPA)
(January 2004)
Distinguished Fellow; American Society Addiction Medicine (DFASAM)
(January 2014)
American Psychiatric Association
Connecticut Psychiatric Association
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
Hartford County Medical Association
Connecticut State Medical Society
Connecticut Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy -
Clinical Member
Approved Supervisor
Family Study Center of Connecticut
Founder and Clinical Member (1976-1993)
President: (1979-1983)
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Connecticut Medicine; Special Edition 2022; Volume 86, Number 1 Pages 35-37
Opioid Overdoses, Vaccine Hesitancy, and You
Jonathan Craig Allen, MD, Samuel M. Silverman, MD
Connecticut Medicine; May 2019 Volume 83, # 5 Pages 233-237
Increasing the Use of Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Mark Kraus MD, Samuel Silverman MD
CCSAD 2015-2019
“ASAM Educational” CT-ASAM’s Approach to Early Career Physician Training in Addiction
Hyannis, MA
“Annual ASAM Educational”
(CT-ASAM, CSMS, ABPM Combined Yale/Rushford Fellowship)
Regional Competition open to residents and fellows to answer question:
How does addiction impact your patients?
National Peer Reviewer:
ASAM Consensus Panel on Use of Buprenorphine in Office-Based
Treatment of Opioid Addiction 2009
Webinar @ Suboxone.com
Buprenorphine in Office Based Treatment
“Need an Oxycontin Fix? The Role of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of
Prescription Narcotic Problems.”
American Psychiatric Association; May 25, 2005, Atlanta, GA
“Office Based Opiate Treatment”
American Psychiatric Association May 5, 2004, New York, NY
“Ambulatory Detoxification in Clinical Practice”
American Psychiatric Association May, 2003, San Francisco, CA
“Ambulatory Detoxification in Clinical Practice”
American Psychiatric Association May 21, 2002, Philadelphia, PA
“The Elephant in the Living Room-Family Systems and Substance Abuse”
New England Institute of Addiction Studies
Major Presentation; June 20, 2002, Rindge, New Hampshire
Chairperson, Editorial Advisory Board;
The Complete Practitioner, A Mental Health Provider
Newsletter (1998-)
"Simulated Families in Family Therapy Training"
Videotape Special Session, May 7, 1975
American Psychiatric Association Convention, Anaheim, CA
"Eliminating the Myth of the ‘Unworkable’ Family”
Panel Discussion, April 3, 1979,
American Orthopsychiatric Association Convention, Anaheim, CA
"Custody in Divorce: Implications for Parent Functioning”
Panel Discussion April 11 1980,
American Orthopsychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada
Producer and Host of "Family Matters" Television show,
West Hartford Access Television, 1981 - 1985
Updated resume –July 20, 2022