John Moritz

Background

About John Moritz

I have been an internist-hospitalist (Certified-American Board of Internal Medicine) for nearly 20 years, with a demonstrated history leadership and working in the hospital & health care industry. I had the privilege of serving as the Medical Director for our hospitalist team at Sarasota Memorial Hospital for 5 years. I am also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine for FSU. A few years ago, I started to develop a growing professional discontent for the lack of specialized addiction care our SUD patients received. As I studied the problem from both health system and provider perspectives it became clear that there exists a huge disconnect between the demand for specialized treatment and availability. Moreover, there exists a massive chasm between the science of addiction and what is practiced in clinics throughout America. REFORM begins at home. So thusly energized and committed to be part of the solution, I vigorously hit the books and conferences to educate myself about the problem of Substance Use Disorder. I went on to become Board Certified in Addiction Medicine through the American Board of Preventative Medicine. For the last year I have been engaged in a mid-career pivot from traditional hospitalist to clinical investigator and addiction specialist. I recently joined a small group of like-minded neuroscientists and clinicians from the FSU College of Medicine campus in Tallahassee and here in Sarasota. We have collaborated to augment our understanding of SUD from both clinical and basic science perspectives, and this is a daunting yet most exciting endeavor! I am dual boarded by the American Board of Internal Medicine and The American Board of Preventative Medicine – Addiction Medicine. I have been elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and I am an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at FSU College of Medicine (SRQ Campus).