Robert Michael Anthenelli BA, MD

Dr. Anthenelli earned his baccalaureate degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in internal medicine at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, and his psychiatry residency training at UCSD and the San Diego Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center. Additional post-doctoral training included a two-year fellowship in addiction psychiatry research that was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

He was formerly a Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine where he founded and directed the Center for Treatment, Research & Education in Addictive Disorders and the Addiction Sciences Division. While in Cincinnati, he also directed the Substance Dependence Program at the Cincinnati VA which was awarded the Department of Veterans Affairs, Under Secretary for Health’s Award as a Clinical Program of Excellence in Substance Abuse and was selected as a National Tobacco Cessation Clinical Resource Center.