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Andrej Kastelic, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

HEAD
CENTER FOR TRX DRUG ADDICTION
LJUBLJANA, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Andrej Kastelic, MD, PhD is the head of the National Center for the Treatment of Drug Addiction in Ljubljana (Slovenia, EU) and teacher for Addiction, Psychiatry and Mental Health at University of Ljubljana.

He works as a consultant for developing addiction treatment programs in communities and custodial setting for UNAIDS, UNODC, WHO, EU, Council of Europe – Pompidou Group, OSCE, Global Found… He has been involved as a consultant and/or principal trainer in developing treatment and harm reduction programs in Armenia, Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Island, Latvia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Turkey and some Caribbean countries.

He has serves as editor-in-chief of SEEA Addictions, and as a member of the editorial board of European Addiction Research and Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems. He is the author of more than 300 books and articles on drug addiction and WHO guidelines for treating drug users in custodial settings.. Dr Kastelic has organized or chaired more than 40 international conferences including Global Addiction Conferences, World Conference on Opiate Addiction, International Harm Reduction Association Conference, EUROPAD and European Association of Addiction Therapists Conference, 30 SEEAnet Conferences and Symposia, Vanguard Conferences and has participated in more than 300 international conferences with more than 1000 lectures from this field.

Andrej is the President of Global Addiction Association and serves as Secretary General of the European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association is a founding member of the World Federation for the Treatment of Opiate Dependence, President of the SEEAnet , and a founding member of International Society on Addiction Medicine (ISAM).

He has received: AATOD Nyswander Award in 2001, Gold Reflection Award in 2002, Slovene Ministry of Justice Award 2005 and EUROPAD “Chimera” Award in 2008.

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