Please choose whichever biographical description best suits your organization or event.

1. Biographical sketch- academic

2. Biographical sketch- brief

3. Less Formal Biographical sketch

_______________________________________________________________________________________

1. Biographical sketch- academic

David Mee-Lee, M.D.

David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist, and is certified by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

Past academic appointments have included clinical affiliations in the Departments of Psychiatry at Harvard University, the University of Hawaii and the University of California, Davis.

Based in Davis, California, Dr. Mee-Lee is involved in training and consultation full-time. For over twenty-five years, he has focused on developing and promoting innovative behavioral health treatment that values clinical integrity, high quality, and cost-consciousness. In addition, he has over twenty-five years experience with dual diagnosis (co-occurring addiction and mental illness) treatment and program development.

Dr. Mee-Lee's clients involve both provider and practitioner groups, as well as managed care organizations. He was a consultant in the first major managed care Medicaid project for substance abuse in Massachusetts, as well as public sector managed substance abuse care in Iowa.

Professional Experience

Dr. Mee-Lee served as Associate Medical Director for Parkside Medical Services Corporation, from 1987-1993.
He was Vice President, Addiction Treatment Programs, for Monarch Health Corporation, from 1985-1987.
From 1986-1993, he was Psychiatric Consultant for New England Telephone's Employee Assistance Program and Medical Department in Boston, Massachusetts.
During 1977-1985 he held the following positions at New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham, Massachusetts: Director, Addictions Treatment Unit; Assistant Chief of Psychiatry; and Director, In-service Education, Department of Psychiatry.
From 1977 to 1996, he continued a limited inpatient and outpatient private practice in psychiatry and addiction medicine before shifting to full-time training and consulting in 1996.

Educational Background

Dr. Mee-Lee earned his medical degree from the University of Queensland, Australia, in 1972. He earned an M.S. in Psychiatry from Ohio State University in 1976.

Professional Affiliations

His professional affiliations include: Co-Chair of The Quality Improvement Council for the American Society of Addiction Medicine; American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry; and American Psychiatric Association.

Dr. Mee-Lee is Chair of the Coalition for National Clinical Criteria. He co-chaired the development of a Treatment Improvement Protocol on Patient Placement Criteria for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. He has been Field Representative of the National Coalition of Addiction Treatment Programs to the Hospital Accreditation Program Professional and Technical Advisory Committee of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Publications and Authorship

Dr. Mee-Lee has published a number of papers and book chapters on addiction. He has developed an instrument for individualized treatment planning, the Recovery Attitude and Treatment Evaluator (RAATE). Dr. Mee-Lee was one of the authors of the Cleveland Criteria; and also the first and second editions of the Criteria. He was the chief Editor of the revised second edition of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria, ASAM PPC-2R, published in April 2001.

________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Brief Biographical Sketch

David Mee-Lee, M.D.

David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist, and is certified by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). He is based in Davis, CA and is involved in full-time training and consulting, both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Mee-Lee is Chief Editor of the Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Criteria, ASAM PPC-2R, which includes criteria for co-occurring mental and substance-related disorders. He is a Senior Fellow for the Co-Occurring Center for Excellence (COCE) for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Dr. Mee-Lee has over twenty-five years experience in treatment and program development for people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.

________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Less Formal Biographical Sketch

David Mee-Lee, M.D.

David Mee-Lee, M.D. is a physician and a board-certified psychiatrist.

For over 25 years he has developed and promoted innovative behavioral health treatment which emphasizes these values important to him:

• clinical integrity
• high quality
• cost-consciousness

He is both a workshop trainer-teacher and a consultant. In addition, he is a researcher and author in the field of addictions and mental health. He has worked with hundreds of organizations, ranging from small mental health centers to private companies, from government departments to large, national, million-dollar behavioral healthcare companies. All organizations are involved in the care and treatment of people with substance abuse disorders. He has been a prominent member of the field's professional organization, The American Society of Addiction Medicine, known as ASAM.

During this same twenty-five years, he has acquired expertise in the field of dual diagnosis (co-occurring substance use and mental disorders). His medical, psychiatric and addictions training began in his home country of Australia. From there it took him to Ohio, Massachusetts, Hawaii and eventually to California. He has traveled to, and trained in almost every US state. His international work has taken him to Australia, Japan, Singapore, Germany, Guam, Puerto Rico and England.

Dr. Mee-Lee has authored a number of book chapters and papers in a variety of professional publications like Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, The Counselor and General Hospital Psychiatry. Currently he is:

• Chair of the Coalition for National Clinical Criteria.
• Chief Editor of the Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders. This is known as the ASAM PPC- 2R. It was published in April 2001. This document has quickly become the standard of care adopted by many US states and treatment organizations.

Brief history of the ASAM Criteria

In the 1980's, Dr. Mee-Lee was one of 3 main authors doing initial work on what was known as the Cleveland Criteria. This work developed into the ASAM Criteria with the first edition published in 1991. The Second, Revised Edition was published in 2001, known as ASAM PPC 2-R.

Dr. Mee-Lee's Professional Credentials

• A board certified psychiatrist (American Board of Psychiatry)
• Certified by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
• Current Clinical appointment: University of Hawaii, School of Medicine
• Past academic appointments: University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Assistant Clinical Professor; Harvard University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Instructor.