Board of Directors
Anika Alvanzo, MD, MS, FACP, DFASAM
Biography
Anika Alvanzo, MD, MS, FACP, DFASAM is a
graduate of the George Washington University School of Medicine and
Health Sciences, holds a master’s degree in biostatistics from Virginia
Commonwealth University, and is board certified in Internal Medicine and
Addiction Medicine. Dr. Alvanzo is the Managing Partner of Uzima
Consulting Group, LLC, which provides addiction-related consultation,
training, and expert witness testimony and a physician consultant to the
Behavioral Health Administration in the Maryland Department of Health.
She is a Distinguished Fellow of ASAM, a Past President of the
Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine, and currently serves as Chair
of the ASAM Annual Conference Program Planning Committee and Secretary
for the ASAM Board of Directors.
Dr.
Alvanzo has over 15 years of experience in the field of Addiction
Medicine. She was previously the Eastern Region Medical Director for
Pyramid Healthcare, Inc overseeing medical treatment in residential and
outpatient addiction
treatment programs in Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. Prior to this,
Dr. Alvanzo spent twelve years as faculty in the Divisions of General
Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine at Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine where she held a variety of
clinical leadership roles, including Associate Medical Director and
Medical Director of the comprehensive, opioid treatment programs on the
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical and Johns Hopkins Hospital campuses,
respectively, and director of the multidisciplinary
inpatient addiction consultation service serving the Johns Hopkins
Hospital Department of Medicine. In addition to her clinical work, Dr.
Alvanzo has served as an expert on National Institutes of Health,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, National
Quality Forum, and PEW Research Center panels regarding opioids and
integration of recovery-oriented care in various settings.