ABOUT THE TRAINERS:

Dr. Jason M. Jerry, M.D.:  Current Corporate Medical Director for The Watershed Addiction Treatment Programs in Delray Beach, Florida.  Received his medical training at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Medical center, Miami, Florida.  Clinical positions held include Staff Psychiatrist and Medical Director for The Watershed Addiction Treatment Programs, and Psychiatrist and Partner for Windmill Psychiatric Associates, P.A., Weston Florida.  Received his B.A. in Biology, Magna Cum Laude from the University of Toledo, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo.

Dr. Arthur Rosenblatt, M.D.:  Current Staff Psychiatrist for The Watershed Addiction Treatment Centers in Boynton Beach, Florida.  Clinical positions held include ER Physician for Oswego Hospital, Oswego, N.Y., Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, N.Y., and Flushing Hospital, Queens, N.Y.; Staff Physician for Health Insurance Plan of Greater N.Y., N.Y., Home Health Care Physician, New Rockwell, N.Y., and Westchester Square Hospital, Bronx, N.Y.  Education and postgraduate training include B.S from State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., Medical Degree West Visayas State College of Medicine, Fellowship, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, and General Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.

Dr. Manuel B. Montes De Oca, M.D.: Professional Experience includes: Current Attending Psychiatrist in Addiction/detoxification & Rehabilitation for The Watershed Addiction Treatment Programs; Prior Attending Inpatient Unit at Richard Young Psychiatric Hospital, Kearney, Nebraska; Attending Psychiatrist Chronic Unit, Dorothea Dix (Bangor Mental Health Institute); and Attending Psychiatrist Inpatient Acute Care Unit, Pen Yan Memorial Hospital, Geneva, N.Y. 

Dr. Jodi E. Star, M.D.:  Academic Administrative Positions include: Current Directro of Medical Student Education in the Behavioral Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University at University of Miami School of Medicine; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Medical Student Director, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, and Director of University of Florida Autism program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida.  Education and Postdoctoral Training:  B.S. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; M.D. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Triple Board Chief Resident; and Triple Board training program in Pediatrics/Psychiatry/child Psychiatry offered through Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.

COURSE SYNOPSIS: Participants in this training will: 1.  Learn the signs and symptoms of intoxication and withdrawal of various drugs of use and abuse; 2.  Be introduced to the neuro-physiology of the brain and effects drug have on the brain; and 3.  Be introduced to the treatment protocol of drugs of abuse and medications used with various mental health issues.