Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:	David Mee-Lee, M.D. M.S. (Australian equivalent is M.B., B.S.)
Address:	4228 Boxelder Place, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A.
Phone:	(530) 753-4300
Fax:	(530) 753-7500
E-Mail:	david@DMLMD.com
Voice Mail:	(916) 715-5856
Web Address:	www.DMLMD.com
Place of Birth:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Education:

1972	M.B., B.S. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Queensland, Australia
1976	M.S. Master of Science in Psychiatry, Ohio State University (completed during psychiatric residency)

Postdoctoral Training:

Internships and Residencies:

1973 Jan.-Dec.	Rotating Internship, Royal Brisbane Hospital and Redcliffe Hospital, Queensland, Australia
1974-1976	Resident in Psychiatry, Harding Hospital, Worthington, Ohio Affiliate Resident, Dept. of Psychiatry, Ohio State University
1976-1977	Resident in Psychiatry, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA. Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Licensure and Certification:

1972	Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certificate No. 181 845 9
1973	Queensland, Australia Medical License
1975	Federated Licensing Examination (FLEX)
1976	Massachusetts Medical License Registration No. 39114
1978	American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certificate No. 18395
1984	Certified Alcoholism Counselor, MA
1986	Certified in alcoholism and other drug dependencies by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), Certificate No. 790
1992	Hawaii Medical License No. MD - 8094
1993	Certificate of Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry (subspecialty of Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) Certificate No. 281
1996	Re-certified in alcoholism and other drug dependencies by examination of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Certificate No. 790
1997	California Medical License No. C 043378

Academic Appointments:

1980-1985	Clinical Instructor in Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine (Family Medicine), Boston University
1983-1984	Adjunct Professor, Institute of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency Andrews University, Michigan
1983-1987	Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
1987- 1999	Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
1993- 1995	American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certificate No. 18395
1995-	Clinical Instructor, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
1999- 2002	Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California at Davis School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Hospital Appointments:

1977-1987	Psychiatrist New England Memorial Hospital (NEMH), Stoneham, MA
1987-1993	Consulting Psychiatrist Southwood Community Hospital, Norfolk, MA
1990-1993	Clinical Associate in Psychiatry The Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1993-1999	Consultant in Psychiatry The Massachusetts General Hospital
1993-1996	Psychiatrist Castle Medical Center, Kailua, HI

Awards and Honors:

1967-1972

Commonwealth University Scholarship, Australia

Major Committee Assignments:

1982-1985	Medical Records Committee, NEMH (Chairperson, 1982)
1982-1985	Treasurer, Medical Staff, NEMH
1984-1985	Medical Staff Quality Assurance Committee (Chairperson), NEMH
1986-1989	Massachusetts Governor's Appointee to Special Commission to examine procedures of admitting drug-alcohol patients by insurance companies
1987-1992	Massachusetts Governor' Appointee as member of the Alcoholism and Drug Rehabilitation Advisory Board, Dept. of Public Health
1989-1992	Massachusetts Governor's Appointee as Chairman of the Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Advisory Council
1990-1993	Member, Professional and Technical Advisory Committee of the Hospital Accreditation Services Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
1991	Liaison Group, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Study of State Program Standards, Licensing Certification, Accreditation and Reimbursement Requirements for Drug Abuse Treatment
1992-1994	Member, Clinical Advisory Board American Biodyne, Inc. San Francisco, CA
1992-1993	Member, Clinical Advisory Committee, MCC Managed Behavioral Care, Inc. and Uni. of Minnesota School of Public Health project, Minneapolis, MN
1992-1993	Member Drug Treatment Service Evaluation Project Advisory Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs, Seattle, WA
1992-1993	Editorial Advisory Board Member, ADDICTION AND RECOVERY International Publishing Group, Cleveland, OH
1992-1993	Member, Research Committee of National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) Education and Research Foundation, Arlington, VA
1993	Editorial Review Committee Member, THE COUNSELOR, Official Publication of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Arlington, VA
1994-	Editorial Board Member, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT MEDQUEST Communications, Inc., Cleveland, OH
1994-1995	Member, Substance Abuse Task Force, Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances
1998-	Professional Advisory Council Member Caron Foundation, Wernersville, PA
2001-	Editorial Board Member The Dual Network, Foundations Associates, Nashville, TN
2002-	Advisory Board Member, eGetgoing/CRC, San Jose, CA

Memberships, Offices and Committee Assignments in Professional Societies:

1972-1973	Australian Medical Association
1977-	American Psychiatric Association
1977-1993	Massachusetts Medical Society
1977-1993	Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
1981	American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
1981-1993	Member, Committee on Alcoholism and Addiction Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
1985-1987	Member, Committee on Standards and Economics of Care, ASAM
1985-1987	State Chairperson for Massachusetts, ASAM
1986-	American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
1987-1991	Regional Director Region III, ASAM
1987-1991	Chairperson, Committee on Standards and Economics of Care, ASAM
1987-	Member, Budget and Finance Committee, and Core Curriculum Committee, ASAM
1988-1991	Member, Nomination and Awards Committee, ASAM
1990-1998	Member, Nomenclature Committee, ASAM
1991-	Chairperson, Section on Standards and Economics of Care, ASAM
1991-	Chairperson, Criteria Committee, ASAM
1993-1996	Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association
1994-1996	Hawaii Medical Association
1994-1996	Honolulu County Medical Society
1994-	American Medical Association
1996-	California Society of Addiction Medicine
1997-	Central California Psychiatric Society
1997-	California Psychiatric Association

Major Research Interests:

Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Addiction Illness (Dual Diagnosis)
Evaluation and Efficacy of Addiction Treatment
Cost-effective Systems of Treatment; Individualized Treatment
California Psychiatric Association

Teaching Experience:

1977-1981	As Director of Inservice Ed. organized & conducted seminars and conferences for Dept. of Psychiatry, New England Memorial Hospital
1977-1985	Psychiatric consultant to Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (Malden Office) Taught psychiatric aspects of vocational rehab.
1980-1985	Organized and taught psychiatric course work and rotations for Family Practice Residency, New England Memorial Hospital as Clinical Instructor in Family Medicine, Boston University
1981-1985	Responsible for staff development of Addictions Treatment Unit New England Memorial Hospital, of which I was Director
1983-1990	Supervision and teaching within the Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School System
1986-1993	Teaching faculty of Norman E. Zinberg Center for Addiction Studies, Harvard Medical School and The Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge
1990-1993	Teaching psychiatric residents within the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School System Boston, MA
1996-	Full-time training and consulting, Davis, CA

Clinical and Hospital Service Responsibilities:

1977-1985	Psychiatrist, inpatient and outpatient general psychiatric work (consultation/liaison, short term inpatient hospitalization, long term outpatient and psychotherapy) New England Memorial Hospital, Stoneham, MA (NEMH)
1977-1985	Psychiatric consultation and supervision, NEMH Outpatient Department
1977-1985	Psychiatric consultant to vocational counselors, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, Malden Office
1986-1993	Psychiatric Consultant, New England Telephone Employee Assistance Program and Medical Department, Boston, MA
1992-1993	Consultant, Mental Health Management of America, Managed Medicaid Project, Boston, MA

Major Administrative and Consultant Responsibilities:

1980-1985	Assistant Chief of Psychiatry New England Memorial Hospital, (NEMH) Stoneham, MA
1981-1985	Director, Addictions Treatment Unit, New England Memorial Hospital
1984-1985	Corporate Medical Director, New Day Centers, Inc., St. Joseph, MI
1984	Acting Chief of Psychiatry and Director Human Services, NEMH
1985-1987	Vice President, Addictions Treatment Programs Monarch Health Corporation, Marblehead, MA
1987-1993	Associate Medical Director Parkside Medical Services Corporation, Park Ridge, IL
1993-1996	Medical Director, Community Systems, Behavioral Medicine Services, Castle Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
1993-1998	Addiction Specialist Corporate Consultant Merit Behavioral Care Corporation, St. Louis, MO
1996-1997	Medical Consultant, Community Systems, Behavioral Medicine Services, Castle Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
1996-	Fulltime Consultant, DML Training and Consulting, Davis, CA

PUBLICATIONS

Mee-Lee, David: "Alcoholism and Substance Abuse: An Overview of Rehabilitation Problems" In Alcoholism and Substance Abuse: Trends and Choices. A Special Report of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. May, 1983.

Mee-Lee, David: "The Recovery Attitude and Treatment Evaluator - An Instrument for Patient Progress and Treatment Assignment" Proceedings of the 34th International Congress on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. pp. 425-428. Aug. 4-10, 1985 . Calgary , Alberta , Canada .

Hoffmann, Norman G; Halikas, James A; Mee-Lee, David: "The Cleveland Admission, Discharge, and Transfer Criteria: Model for Chemical Dependency Treatment Programs" Cleveland, Ohio: The Northern Ohio Chemical Dependency Treatment Directors Association, 1987.

Mee-Lee, David: Medical Mainstream. The U.S. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence - regular contributor of such topics as : "Cost Clouds Medical Horizon Vol. 11, No. 12, Dec. 1987; "Transcending the Disease Debate" Vol. 12, No. 4, April 1988; "How Will We Classify Alcoholism?" Vol. 12, No. 9, September, 1988; "Accepting Managed Care" Vol. 14, No. 5, May, 1990.

Mee-Lee, David : Book Review on "Recent Developments in Alcoholism Vol. 4" General Hospital Psychiatry. Vol. 10, No.1, Jan. 1988. pp 76-77.

White, William T; Mee-Lee, David: "Substance Use Disorder and College Students - Inpatient Treatment Issues: A Model of Practice" J. of College Student Psychotherapy. Vol. 2, No. 3/4 1988. pp. 177-203.

Mee-Lee, David: "An Instrument for Treatment Progress and Matching: The Recovery Attitude and Treatment Evaluator (RAATE)" J. of Substance Abuse Treatment. Vol. 5, No. 3, 1988. pp. 183-186.

Mee-Lee, David: "Diagnostic Dilemmas in Working With Dually Diagnosed Clients" The Counselor. January/February, 1991. pp. 10-12.

Mee-Lee, David: "Understanding Research on Dual Diagnosis" Professional Counselor. 5(6), June, 1991, pp. 36-37.

Hoffmann, Norman G; Halikas, James A; Mee-Lee, David; Weedman, Richard D: "Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders" American Soc. of Addiction Medicine. Washington , D.C. 1991.

Mee-Lee, David: "The ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for Adolescent Addictions Treatment" Addiction and Recovery. January/February, 1992, pp. 20-23.

Mee-Lee, David:” Dual Diagnosis and the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria" The Counselor. March/April, 1992, 14-17.

Mee-Lee, David; Cates-Wessel, Kathryn L: "Introduction to Addictions Disorders - What They Didn't Teach You In Medical School" Joint project between Project ADEPT at Brown University , the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the American Medical Association (AMA). Teaching materials (CME module with slides) to aid in training primary care physicians in alcohol and other drug problems, 1992.

Mee-Lee, David: "Patient Placement Criteria for Chemical Dependency - Progress Toward Validation" Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow. Vol. 5, No. 2, March/April, 1993, pp. 28-31.

Hoffmann, Norman G; Mee-Lee, David; Arrowood, Alice A: "Treatment Issues in Adolescent Substance Use and Addictions: Options, Outcome, Effectiveness, Reimbursement, and Admission Criteria" ADOLESCENT MEDICINE: State of the Art Reviews. Vol. 4, No. 2, June, 1993, pp. 371-390.

Mee-Lee, David: "Managed Care and Dual Diagnosis" in "Treating Coexisting Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders - A Practical Guide" Ed. Norman S. Miller. Hazelden Educational Materials, Center City , MN 1994.

Mee-Lee, David: "Placement Criteria and Patient-Treatment Matching" Section IX, Chapter 3 and "Caring for Patients in a Changing Environment" Section X, Chapter 1 in "Principles of Addiction Medicine" American Society of Addiction Medicine Inc., Chevy Chase, MD. September, 1994.

Mee-Lee, David: "Matching in Addictions Treatment: How Do We Get There from Here?" in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Special Issue: "Treatment of the Addictions: Applications of Outcome Research for Clinical Management" Vol. 12, No. 2, The Haworth Press, Inc. New York . 1995.

"The Role and Current Status of Patient Placement Criteria In the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders" The Recommendations of a Consensus Panel. Co-Chairs: Lee Gartner and David Mee-Lee, M.D. Treatment Improvement Protocol. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. 1995.

Renz, Ellen A, Chung, Richard, Fillman, T. Orvin, Mee-Lee, David, Sayama, Mike: "The Effect of Managed Care on the Treatment Outcome of Substance Use Disorders" General Hospital Psychiatry, 17, 287-292, 1995.

McGee, Michael D, Mee-Lee, David: "Rethinking Patient Placement: The Human Services Matrix Model for Matching Services to Needs" J. of Substance Abuse Treatment. Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 141-148, 1997.

Mee-Lee, David: “ASAM and AMBHA: Striving Toward Agreement” Behavioral Health Management, Vol.17, No. 6, pp. 19-23, 1997.

Mee-Lee, David: "Use of Patient Placement Criteria in the Selection of Treatment ", Chapter 7, pp. 363 –370, Section 5: Overview of Addiction Treatment in "Principles of Addiction Medicine" Second Edition. American Society of Addiction Medicine Inc., Chevy Chase , MD. 1998.

Mee-Lee D, Shulman GD, Fishman M, Gastfriend DR , and Griffith JH, eds. (2001). ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders, Second Edition-Revised (ASAM PPC-2R). Chevy Chase , MD : American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc.

Mee-Lee, David (2001): “Treatment Planning for Dual Disorders”. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Skills Vol.5. No.1, 52-79.

Mee-Lee, David (2001): “Persons with Addictive Disorders, System Failures, and Managed Care” Chapter 9, pp. 225-265 in “Managed Behavioral Health Care Handbook”, E. Clarke Ross, Editor. Aspen Publisher, Inc., Gaithersburg , MD.

Mee-Lee D, Shulman GD (2003): “The ASAM Patient Placement Criteria and Matching Patients to Treatment ", Chapter 5 in Section 4, Overview of Addiction Treatment in "Principles of Addiction Medicine” Eds Graham AW, Schultz TK, Mayo-Smith MF, Ries RK, Wilford BB, Third Edition. American Soc. of Addiction Medicine Inc., Chevy Chase , MD.

Gastfriend, D.R. & Mee-Lee, D. (2003): “The ASAM Patient Placement Criteria: Context, Concepts and Continuing Development” in “Addition Treatment Matching – Research Foundations of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria.” Journal of Addictive Diseases , 22 , Supplement Number 1, 2.

Mee-Lee, David (2005): “ASAM's placement criteria: What's new” Behavioral Health Management Volume 25, No. 3. May/June 2005

Miller, S.D., Mee-Lee, D., & Plum , B. (2005): “Making Treatment Count: Client-Directed, Outcome Informed Clinical Work with Problem Drinkers.” In J. Lebow (ed.). Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy . New York : Wiley.