P. Joseph Frawley Addiction and Chemical Dependency Expert Witness CV

P. JOSEPH FRAWLEY, M.D.
P. Joseph Frawley, M.D., Medical Group, Inc.
525 E. Micheltorena St., #107
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(Santa Barbara County, Southern California)

Phone: (805) 730-1580
Fax: (805) 730-1585
Email:

Website: http://www.PJFrawleyMD.medem.com
Areas of Expertise:
20 years experience in diagnosis and treatment of chemical dependency. Experience as medical director of treatment program (13 yrs), design and participation in clinical research in the treatment of chemical dependency, expert witness in chemical dependency and the management of painful conditions associated with chemical dependency and publications in the field.

Credentials:

CURRICULUM VITAE

BORN: May 15,1948
SOCIAL: Married 1980, Four Children
PROFESSIONAL: Private Practice Internal Medicine
Consultations in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine

EDUCATION:
Stanford University, 1966-1971
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
University of Southern California, 1971-1972
Graduate Studies in Physiology and Biochemistry
University of Southern California, 1972-1976
School of Medicine, Medical Doctor
Harbor General Hospital, 1976-1977
Internship - Rotating in Medicine
Sepulveda V.A. Hospital, 1977-1979
Residency, Internal Medicine
California Medical License # G034475, 1977
DEA #AF7626976
Board Certification
Internal Medicine, 1979
Certified in Chemical Dependency by:
California Society for the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, 1983
American Society of Addiction Medicine 1986
American Society of Addiction Medicine 1996 and 2004 recertification
Expert Medical Reviewer
For the Medical Board of California, 1998,
Medical Review Officer
Certified by American Society of Addiction Medicine,1999

HOSPITAL PRIVELEGES:
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, 1979-present
St. Francis Medical Center, 1979-present
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, 1980-present
Rehabilitation Institute, 1992-present

SPECIAL AWARDS:

President of the Medical Honor Society
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1976 (U.S.C.)
Senior Resident of the Year, 1979
Sepulveda V.A.H.
Homecare Physician of the Year, 1998
Santa Barbara Visiting Nurses Association
CARE-ISMA Award June 18,1999
S.B. Cottage Health System

PUBLICATIONS:
Frawley,P.J. (1982) "Alcohol Addiction: Who is in Control?", Schick Laboratories, Los Angeles, Ca.

Frawley,P.J. (1982) "Addiction, Who is in Control?", Schick Laboratories, Los Angeles, Ca.

Peterson,C.M., Polizzi,C.M. & Frawley,P.J. (1982) "Artefactual Increases in Hemoglobins A1a+b in Blood From Alcoholic Subjects", Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 10 (2), March/April, 1986, 219-220, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (letter). Vol.3, 307-308,1986

Frawley,P.J. (1987). "Neurobehavioral Model of Addiction", Journal of Drug Issues, 17, (1&2) Winter/Spring, 1987,29-46

Frawley,P.J. (Winter 1987). "Treatment Outcome: The Medical Director's Tool", California Society forthe Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies NEWS. 14 (3),4-5

Frawley,P.J. (February 1988). "Comments on the APA Position Statement on Psychoactive SubstancesAbuse and Dependence: Update on Marijuana and Cocaine", American Journal of Psychiatry, 145 (2), 273 (letter)

Frawley,P.J. (1988). "Defining Desirable Treatment Outcomes", Alcohol Health and Research World, 12 (3), 1988, 210-213

Frawley,P.J. and Smith,J.W. (1990). "Chemical Aversion Therapy in the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence as Part of a Multimodal Treatment Program: Treatment Outcome", Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 7,21-29

Smith,J.W., Frawley,P.J. & Polissar,L. (1990). Six and Twelve Month Abstinence Rates in Inpatient Alcoholics Treated with Aversion Therapy Compared with Matched Inpatients from a Treatment Registry", 5th Congress of the Internation Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism and Research Society on Alcoholism, Toronto, Canada, June

Smith,J.W. and Frawley,P.J. (1990). "Long-Term Abstinence from Alcohol in Patients Receiving Aversion Therapy as Part of a Multimodal Inpatient Program", Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment,7,77-82

Smith,J.W., Frawley,P.J. & Polissar,L. (1991). "Six and Twelve Month Abstinence Rates in Inpatient Alcoholics Treated with Aversion Therapy Compared with Matched Inpatients from a Treatment Registry", Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 15,862-870

Frawley,P.J & Smith,J.W. (1992). "One Year Follow-Up After Multimodal Inpatient Treatment for Cocaine and Methamphetamine Dependence", Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, November 1992, Vol 9,4

Frawley,P.J. (1992). "Developing Standardized Measures of Treatment Outcome", Alcohol Health and Research World, 15, 3,201-203

Smith,J.W. & Frawley,P.J. (1993) "Treatment Outcome of 600 Chemically Dependent Patients Treated in a Multimodal Inpatient Program Including Aversion Therapy and Pentothal Interviews", Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol 10,pp. 359-369

Frawley,P.J. (1994). "Aversion Therapy", Section XIII, Chapter 4, in Principles of Addiction Medicine, ed. Miller, N.S., American Society of Addiction Medicine, Chevy Chase, Md.

Smith,J.W., Frawley,P.J. & Polissar,L. (1997). "Six and Twelve-Month Abstinence Rates in Inpatient Alcoholics Treated with Either Faradic Aversion or Chemical Aversion Compared with Matched Inpatients from a Treatment Registry", Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol. 16 (10), pp.5 -24

Frawley,P.J. (1999) "Comments on 1979 AMA Guidelines for Physician Involvement in the Care of Substance-Abusing Patients", CSAM News, Summer, Vol 26, No.1,p.16-17

ORGANIZATIONS:
Santa Barbara County Medical Society (1980-present)
Chair, Committee on Physician Wellbeing (1983-1985,1993-1995)
Member Committee on Physician Wellbeing (1983-present)
St. Francis Medical Center
Member, Committee on Physician Wellbeing
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Member, Physician Wellbeing Committee
Istitutional Review Board,alternate
California Medical Association
American Medical Association
California Society of Addiction Medicine (1980-present)
President-elect (1988-1989)
President (1989-1991)
Secretary-Treasurer (1983-1989)
Chair,Committee on Treatment Outcome(1985-1989)
Finance Committee (1983-1997)
American Society of Addiction Medicine (1981-present)
Member, Board of Directors (1993-1996)
Member,Finance Committee (1987-1997)
Chair,Finance Committee(1987,1993-1997)
Chair,Committee on Treatment Outcome (1989-1993)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
California Society for the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, 1982, Chemical Dependency Forum

National Association of Alcoholism Counselors, 1982

Unversity of California at Davis, 1983

AMSA Course: "Aversion Therapy as a Tool in the Overall Treatment program for Alcoholism", Washington, D.C., 1985

"The Cocaine Abuser: Dependency - Identification - Complications", Houston, 1986

AMSA Workshop: "Matching Patient to Treatment: Issues and Solutions", San Francisco, 1986

Improving the Effectiveness of Alcohol & Drug Treatment, Stanford University Medical Center, 2nd Annual Conference on Alcoholism, 1986

The Treatment Outcome Controversy: The Implications of Research for the Clinician; Respondent, California Society for the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Annual Meeting,1988

DRGs and Chemical Dependency: A Critique and Prognosis, American Medical Society on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Annual Meeting, 1988

Medical Treatment of Alcoholism and Traffic Safety, 4th Annual Traffic Safety Conference, 1988

Treatment Outcome Evaluation, Research Society on Alcoholism, Annual Meeting, 1988

The Drug-Alcohol, Crime and Drugs Panel, Republican Platform Committee, Los Angeles, 1988

Aversion Therapy in the Treatment of Chemical Dependency: Patient Selection, Techniques and Results, California Society for the Treatment of Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Annual Meeting, 1989

A Clinical Perspective on Treatment Outcome Research, American Society of Addiction Medicine, 21st Annual Medical-Scientific Conference, 1990

Addiction as a Disease, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1987,1988,1989,1990,1991

Westmont College, 1989,1990

Santa Barbara, Cottage Hospital Chemical Dependency Program Lecturer, 1993 to present

Brain Reward Systems, August 1993

Emergency Addiction Medicine, August 1993

Who Goes to Outpatient and Why, California Society of Addiction Medicine, Patient Placement Criteria, (1992)

Patient Placement Criteria, Treatment Outcome Research, March 1993

Diagnosis of Alcohol Dependence, Lompoc District Hospital, January, 1998

Cocaine and Methamphetamine Dependence, University of California at Santa Barbara, February, 1998

Addiction: A Disease of the Survival System, Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Cottage Hospital of Santa Barbara, February, 2000

RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Chemical Aversion Therapy in the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence as Part of an Overall Treatment Program, Research Protocol #8409 - Research Advisory Panel, State of California (1985)

Patient Placement Criteria, Task Force of American Society of Addiction Medicine

National Association of Addiction Treatment Programs (1989-1991) Patient Placement Criteria Task Force

VA/NIDA Study #1018, A Multicenter Safety Trial of Buprenorphine/ Naloxone for the Treatment of Opiate Dependence. Buprenorphine Office-Based Practice Study (2000-to present)

BRIEF SUMMARY:
Dr. P. Joseph Frawley graduated from Medical School in 1976 as the President of the A.O.A. Medical Honor Society. He completed a Rotating in Medicine Internship at Harbor General Hospital and a Residency in Internal Medicine at the Sepulveda V.A. Hospital where he was named Senior Resident of the Year. He received his Board Certification in Medicine in 1979. After completion of his Residency he undertook from 1979 to 1993 the Medical Directorship of the Schick Shadel Hospital of Santa Barbara which specialized in the treatment of chemical dependency. Dr. Frawley has written a book for patients entitled, "Addiction:Who is in Control?". He has participated in the development of specific treatment programs for cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin dependence and worked as a smoking therapist prior to entering medical school. He is a past president of the California Society of Addiction Medicine and past Board Member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He has been Certified in Addiction Medicine since 1983. Dr. Frawley has served on the Physician Wellbeing Committee for the Medical Society of Santa Barbara as well as the Cottage Hospital and St. Francis Hospital Committees. He is currently engaged principally in the private practice of Internal Medicine, and is one of the attending physicians at the Cottage Hospital Chemical Dependency Program in Santa Barbara, California. In 1998 he was named Homecare Physician of the Year by the Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse Association. He is married since 1980 and has four children.
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