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Thomas Kosten, MD, Psychiatry, Houston, TX

Thomas Richard Kosten MD

Addiction


Director, Division of Alcohol and Addiction Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

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  • 2002 Holcombe BlvdVa Bldg 110, Room 229Houston, TX 77030

  • Phone+1 713-794-7032

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Education & Training

  • Yale University
    Yale UniversityM.A., 1995
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 1983 - 1983
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 1981 - 1983
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1978 - 1981
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1977 - 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2007 - 2026
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 1979 - 2023
  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2014
  • Research Career Award Spanish Psychiatric Association (SPA), 2011
  • Research Career Award American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2011

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Hidden Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic  
    Thomas R Kosten, Ismene L Petrakis, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Neurobiology of Opioid Use Disorder and Comorbid Traumatic Brain Injury  
    Thomas R Kosten, David P Graham, JAMA
  • Cocaine Addictions Vaccine  
    Kosten TR, Thematic Meeting on Addictions, 1/28/2015

Books/Book Chapters

Lectures

  • Cocaine and Methamphetamine: Pharmacology to Pipeline Treatments 
    Anaheim, CA - 1/3/2014
  • Vaccines for Addictions 
    Houston, TX - 1/9/2013
  • Ethical Issues Related to Agonist Therapy for Opoid Addictions 
    Houston, TX - 1/9/2013

Other

Authored Content

  • Innovative Non-Opioids for Chronic Pain: Cannabidiol and KetamineOctober 2019
  • Innovative Non-Opioids for Chronic Pain: Cannabidiol and KetamineOctober 2019

Press Mentions

  • Heroin Antibody Fares Better Than Earlier Therapies That Targeted Its Metabolites
    Heroin Antibody Fares Better Than Earlier Therapies That Targeted Its MetabolitesNovember 1st, 2022
  • Exhibition: ‘The Human Cost: America’s Drug Plague’ at the Bronx Documentary Center, New York
    Exhibition: ‘The Human Cost: America’s Drug Plague’ at the Bronx Documentary Center, New YorkJune 13th, 2021
  • $25 Million NIH Grant Funds Adjuvant Opioid Use Disorder Vaccine
    $25 Million NIH Grant Funds Adjuvant Opioid Use Disorder VaccineApril 21st, 2021

Grant Support

  • Multisite Controlled Trial Of Cocaine Vaccine (1of 6) LEAD Site/ Houston TreatmenNational Institute On Drug Abuse2008–2012
  • Human Methamphetamine Vaccine: Translational Avante Garde AwardNational Institute On Drug Abuse2011
  • Stimulant Pharmacotherapy: Noradrenergic TargetsNational Institute On Drug Abuse2009–2011
  • Methadone StudiesNational Institute On Drug Abuse2009–2011
  • Clinical Methods CoreNational Institute On Drug Abuse2009–2011

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
    Fellow
  • Distinguished Life Fellow
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY
    PAST PRESIDENT & DISTINGUISHED FELLOW
  • College on problems of drug dependence
    Past President and Distinguished Fellow

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