Dr. Edwin A. Salsitz has been an attending physician in the Beth Israel Medical Center, Division of Chemical Dependency, since 1983, and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is the principal investigator of the Methadone Medical Maintenance (office-based methadone maintenance) research project. Dr. Salsitz is certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM), as well as by the Board of Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease. He has published and lectures frequently on addiction medicine topics.