Van Lewis King, M.D

Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Southeast Balto. Drug Treatment Program
Medical Director, Addiction Treatment Services

Education

1974-78, B.S. Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Senior Honors Thesis: Protein Crosslinking Studies Using Peroxidase and Phenolic Compounds.

1983-87, M.D.University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY.

1987-88, Transitional Medical Internship, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Boston, MA.

1988-91, Psychiatry Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1990-91, Chief Resident, Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Employment

Summer Research Fellowships, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1984, 1985
Staff Psychiatrist, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC), 1991- 6/93.

Duties included: consultation-liaison psychiatry; rotations on the inpatient psychiatry unit; psychiatry consultant to ATS methadone maintenance clinic; psychiatry consultant to Archway substance abuse research program, NIDA-ARC; psychiatry consultant to Center for Addiction and Pregnancy; psychiatry consultant to Comprehensive Treatment Center (evening drug abuse treatment clinic), JHBMC; Attending Psychiatrist, Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit.

 Medical Director, Addiction Treatment Services-BBRC Bldg, JHBMC, 7/1993-present
Psychiatry consultant to Archway substance abuse research program, NIDA-ARC, 7/1993-present
Psychiatry and methadone treatment consultant to Center for Addiction and Pregnancy, JHBMC, 7/1993-present
Attending Psychiatrist, Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit; rotations on the inpatient psychiatry unit, JHBMC., 7/1993-present

Academic Positions

Instructor in Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1991-6/94
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 7/1994-present

Honors and Awards

Benjamin Rush Prize, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1987
APA Research Colloquium for Young Investigators, Substance Abuse Research Subgroup, 1996

Professional Memberships and Certifications American Psychiatric Association, 1989-present
Maryland Psychiatric Society, 1991-present
Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, June 1993
Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1994-present
American Psychopathological Association, 1996-present

Publications

King, VL, Horowitz, IR (1993) Vaginal Anesthesia Associated with Fluoxetine Use (letter). Am. J. Psychiatry, 150, 984-985.

King, VL, Brooner, RK, Bigelow, GE, Schmidt, CW, Felch, LJ, Gazaway, PM (1994) Condom Use Rates for Specific Sexual Behaviors among Opioid Abusers Entering Treatment. Drug and Alcohol Depend., 35, 231-238.

Kidorf, M, Brooner, RK, King, VL, Chutuape, MA, Stitzer, ML (1996) Concurrent validity of cocaine and sedative dependence diagnoses in opioid-dependent outpatients, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 42: 117-123.

Kidorf, M, Brooner, RK, King, VL (1997) Motivating methadone patients to include drug-free significant others in treatment: a behavioral intervention, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 14: 23-28.

Brooner RK, King VL, Kidorf M, Schmidt CW, Bigelow GE (1997) Psychiatric and substance use comorbidity among treatment-seeking opioid abusers, Archives of General Psychiatry, 54: 71-80.

King, VL, and Stuntz, RC (1997) Gender Dysphoria and Dyssocial Behavior, in Schlesinger, LB, and Revitch, E, (eds), Sexual Dynamics of Anti-Social Behavior, Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.

Kidorf, MS, Brooner, RK, King, VL. (1997) Motivating methadone patients to include drug-free significant others in treatment: a behavioral intervention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14: 23-28.

Kidorf, MS, Brooner, RK, King, VL, Stoller, K, Wertz, J. (1998) Predictive validity of cocaine, sedative, and alcohol dependence diagnoses. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 66: 168-173.

Brooner, RK, Kidorf, MS, King, VL, Stoller, K. (1998) Preliminary evidence of good treatment response in antisocial drug abusers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 49: 249-260.

Kidorf, MS, Hollander, JR, King, VL, Brooner, RK. (1998) Increasing employment of methadone maintenance outpatients: an intensive behavioral intervention. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 50: 73-80.

King, VL, Brooner, RK. (1999) Assessment and treatment of comorbid psychiatric disorder, in Strain, EC, and Stitzer, ML (eds), Methadone Treatment for Opioid Dependence, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, pg. 141-165.

Kidorf, MS, King, VL, Brooner, RK. (1999) Integrating psychosocial services with methadone treatment, in Strain, EC, and Stitzer, ML (eds), Methadone Treatment for Opioid Dependence, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, pg. 166-195.

Brooner, RK, Kidorf, MS, King, VL, Beilenson, P, Svikis, D, Vlahov, D. (1998) Drug abuse treatment success among needle exchange participants. Public Health Reports 113, supplement: 129-139.

King, VL, Brooner, RK, Kidorf, MS, Mirsky, AF. (1999) ADHD and treatment outcome in opioid abusers entering treatment. J Nerv Mental Dis 187: 487-495.


E-mail contact: kingvl@jhmi.edu

Updated: 8/8/2000
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