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Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Center Director
SAMHSA/CSAT
Rockville, Maryland

Dr. Yngvild Olsen serves as the Director for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). She has a long history of working within the addiction treatment field to expand access to care and enhance quality. This includes as Medical Director for the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s outpatient substance use treatment services, as the Deputy Health Officer for Maryland’s Harford County Health Department, and as the Vice President of Clinical Affairs for the Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, then the local addiction authority for Baltimore City. From 2011 to 2021, she served as Medical Director for the Institutes for Behavior Resources/REACH Health Services, a comprehensive opioid treatment program in Baltimore City. In addition, Dr. Olsen has previously held numerous senior volunteer leadership positions in the field of addiction medicine, including Vice president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and president of the Maryland Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence. Over her career, Dr. Olsen has written and lectured extensively on opioid use disorder and its treatments, the stigma of addiction, the integration of behavioral health and medical care, and clinical and policy solutions to the overdose epidemic. She draws inspiration from the opportunity to provide care for people with substance use disorders as an addiction medicine specialist and general internist.

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