The Many faces of Shame and How it Affects Recovery — Dr. Susan Blank, MD
Andy Knight
Dr. Susan Blank, MD is the founder and chief Medical officer for the Atlanta Healing Center. She is a well know psychiatrist in the Atlanta area and is president of the Georgia society of Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Blank will speak on “The many faces of Shame and how it affects Recovery.” And also “Unresolved Grief associated with the Relapse of a Loved One”
She will answer any questions you may have about Alcohol, Adderalls, and meds that our loved ones are taking that can be so dangerous.
Dr. Susan Blank can be heard nationwide every Tuesday on her weekly radio show “Detailing Addiction” on America’s Web Radio.
Dr. Blank is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia, she completed a residency in Psychiatry and Neurology at Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her training in Forensics at the University of Virginia, and her training in Addiction Medicine in Atlanta at the Talbott Recovery Campus. She also completed a Fellowship and Advance Fellowship training in Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine.
Dr. Blank is President of the Georgia Society of Addiction Medicine and serves on the Advisory Board of the Georgia Physician’s Health Program. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for The Georgia Council on Alcohol and Drugs and Let’s Be Clear Georgia. Dr. Blank and Dr. Lori Karan co-authored the chapter on Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction for the ASAM Patient Criteria released in September 2013. Dr. Blank is a contributor to the ASIPP Guidelines, March 2017, and is a member of the Technical Expert Panel for PCPI Preventive Care guidelines for Tobacco Cessation, Influenza Immunizations and Alcohol Screening.
She a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Board of Addiction Medicine and the American Board of Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and a Certified Medical Review Officer.