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Michael Botticelli      

Executive Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center

Michael Botticelli is one of the nation's leading addiction experts, and served as the Director of National Drug Control Policy at the White House under President Obama. He was the first person to hold the position who was also in long-term recovery from a substance use disorder and who came from a public health background.

This marks a return to Boston for him, where he previously served as Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, working closely with many BMC experts and others to extend successful models of care developed at BMC across the state and the nation. He has served in a variety of leadership roles for the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors. He was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. He has also co-authored many peer-reviewed articles that have significantly contributed to the field.

Born in Upstate New York, Mr. Botticelli holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Siena College and a Master of Education degree from St. Lawrence University.

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A New Direction on Drugs - CBS News
Top drug official Michael Botticelli says the old war on drugs is all wrong, and wants to refocus the country's drug policy.
Boston Medical Center picks ex-Obama drug czar to run opioid ...
Michael Botticelli, a former director of national drug control policy and a recovering addict, will lead the hospital's new Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine.

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