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John Umhau, MD, Preventive Medicine, Potomac, MD

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Preventive Medicine • Potomac, MD

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine

Alcohol Recovery Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. John C. Umhau is medical director and founder of AlcoholRecoveryMedicine.com. Previously, as a former Commander in the United States Public Health Service, he served as a medical officer at NIH, FDA, and IHS. He earned a BS at Davidson College, a MD at Wake Forest University and a MPH at Johns Hopkins University, and is a Certified Physician Executive. He completed a residency in Clinical Preventive Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and is board certified in both Addiction Medicine and Preventive Medicine.

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1985 - 1987
  • University of Maryland
    University of MarylandResidency, Family Medicine, 1981 - 1982
  • Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
    Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2021 - 2026
  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1982 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Past President Academy of Medicine of Washington D.C., 2020

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Alcohol use disorder and its treatment with nutrition and medication 
    ISSUP

Authored Content

  • Alcohol use disorder: Treatment with nutrition and medication’sOctober 2022

Press Mentions

  • Doctors Call for Action to Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiencies to Help Fight COVID
    Doctors Call for Action to Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiencies to Help Fight COVIDFebruary 17th, 2021
  • Nurses Urged to Practice 'Evidence-Based Compassion' for Alcohol Use Disorder
    Nurses Urged to Practice 'Evidence-Based Compassion' for Alcohol Use DisorderJune 11th, 2019

Research History

  • Senior Clinical InvestigatorLaboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, (NIAAA) National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland1993 - 2013

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Addiction Medicine
    Member

External Links

  • Linked In profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/john-umhau-md-mph-cpe-5506496/
  • Websitehttps://www.alcoholrecoverymedicine.com/

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