Hope, RI - Alan A. Wartenberg, MD, is being recognized by
Continental Who’s Who as a Trusted
Healthcare Professional and in acknowledgment of his outstanding work as an
Addiction Medicine Specialist at MAP Health Management and Zinnia Health Systems.
With over 42 years of experience in the medical field, Dr.
Wartenberg will be starting with Zinnia Health Systems in the coming weeks as
the Assistant Medical Director. An experienced addiction medicine specialist,
Dr. Wartenberg is currently a Medical Director at MAP Health Management,
working with patients in Rhode Island. The mission of MAP Health Management is
to leverage their extensive lived experience in behavioral health and substance
misuse to improve personal connection, community health, and healthcare
outcomes.
Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Wartenberg served as the Medical
Director of the Addiction Recovery Program at Faulkner Hospital in Boston for
14 years and was the Corporate Medical Director of Discovery House, a group of
outpatient opioid treatment programs, for ten years. He recently retired from
the private practice of addiction medicine at the Meadows Edge Recovery Center
in Rhode Island and also retired as a consulting physician in the DVA
Providence Medical Center Opioid Treatment Program.
Dr. Wartenberg has always enjoyed science and taking care of people. He also
enjoys teaching. He has great empathy for people suffering from addiction
and/or mental health issues. The doctor hopes to inspire more physicians to
have a greater understanding and compassion for individuals suffering from
addiction and mental illness. He runs a nine-part seminar (each part 90 minutes
in length) for fellows training in addiction medicine.
Pertaining to his educational pursuits, Dr. Wartenberg received his Bachelor of
Arts degree at New York University and his Medical Doctor (M.D.) degree at the
Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed his rotating internship at
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and his residency in internal medicine at Milwaukee
County Medical Center.
After two years in private practice, Dr. Wartenberg returned to a faculty
fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin as a career teacher in alcohol
and substance abuse. Passionate about his profession, the doctor is
board-certified in addiction medicine by the American Board of Addiction
Medicine (ABAM), assuring the American public that addiction medicine
physicians have the knowledge and skills to prevent, recognize, and treat
addiction. Moreover, he is board-certified in internal medicine by the American
Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led non-profit
independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve
higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.
Achieving fellowship status, Dr. Wartenberg is a Fellow of the American College
of Physicians (FACP) and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of
Addiction Medicine (DFASAM). He is also an affiliated faculty member at the
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University in Providence.
Dr. Wartenberg has published widely in many areas of substance abuse, including
treatment of the elderly, opioid and alcohol detoxification, and medical
complications of addiction.
In his spare time, the doctor enjoys being with his family, including two
grandchildren he hopes to encourage to have a love for microbiology. He also
enjoys walking his dog. He is very involved with his synagogue.
