Dr Torrington is a board certified by the American Academy of Family Medicine and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. He is a distinguished fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, a member of the Committee on Treatment of Opioid Dependence of the California Society of Addiction Medicine, and is a certified Medical Review Officer. Dr. Torrington maintains a private practice focusing on the longitudinal disease management of addiction and pain.
Dr Torrington’s clinical focus is the treatment of stimulant use disorders, alcohol use disorders, opiate use disorders, and pain. As a participant in the development and implementation of significant research studies, he has served as Principal Investigator, co-investigator, and study physician for numerous clinical trials. For over fifteen years, Dr Torrington has been involved in the clinical use, clinical research, and education of physicians regarding various formulations of buprenorphine.
In 2007, Dr. Torrington started a treatment venue in association with Common Ground Westside in Santa Monica, CA providing no-cost, low-barrier care to people with addiction issues. Since 2016 when the venue was subsumed by the Venice Family Clinic, where Dr. Torrington has continued to support the effort, and provide care pro bono to those in need, while also delivering clinical instruction to numerous providers new to Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Torrington has contributed to many inpatient, outpatient and residential treatment centers providing a wide range of treatment to those in need.
Addiction: What’s the Problem? What To Do About It?
Addiction is a brain disease that responds to comprehensive individualized multimodal treatment over time. This treatment should biological, psychological, social, spiritual and nutritional. Providing comprehensive patient focused care on demand can save lives and decrease the massive detriment impulse control disorders wreak on our society. This presentation will enhance the participants understanding of the epidemiology, biological mechanisms and the strategies which can be utilized to address substance use disorders in our environment today. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Define and identify the multimodal aspects of the etiology and treatment of substance use disorders.
- Define the basic biology of impulse control disorders and the diagnostic criteria.
- Describe the rationale for medication assisted treatment and two appropriate times to use it.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Live Interactive Webinar
09:00 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT
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About the speaker
Matthew A. Torrington, MD
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