Howard A.heit MD, FACP, FASAM

Dr. Howard A. Heit is board certified in internal medicine (diplomate) and gastroenterology/hepatology (diplomate). He is also diplomate in addiction medicine by the American Board of Addiction Medicine and is certified as a medical review officer.

He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Dr. Heit is also a member of the American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine and its annual scientific meeting planning committee.

Dr. Heit was cosection coordinator, author, and an editor on "Pain Management and Addiction Medicine" for the second and third edition of ASAM's textbook Principles of Addiction Medicine. He also coauthored two chapters in the fourth edition of Bonica’s Management of Pain. Dr. Heit served as chair of ASAM's scientific program "Common Threads: Pain and Addiction" from 2000 to 2005.

Dr. Heit is a founding board member and treasurer of the International Association for Pain and Chemical Dependency. He is the recipient of the Marie Nyswander Award, which is given at the International Pain and Chemical Dependency Conference to an individual who has helped to build a bridge between pain and addiction and who has been a spokesperson for the compassionate and humane treatment of patients with pain.