Speaker Information
Yngvild Olsen, M.D. currently serves as Medical Director for the Institutes for Behavior
Resources/REACH Health Services, and as a consultant on integrated care initiatives in Baltimore
City. Dr. Olsen previously served as the Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Medical Director
for the Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc.
Enrique Olivares, M.D. is Director of Addictions at ValueOptions, Inc. Dr. Olivares served as
Chief of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical Center from 2008-2015. He is board
certified in adult psychiatry and addiction medicine.
Eric Strain, M.D. serves as Director of The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Research
at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His areas of expertise include: addiction psychiatry
services, substance abuse and substance abuse research.
Marc Fishman, M.D is Medical Director of Maryland Treatment Centers. His clinical specialties
include treatment of drug-involved and dual-diagnosis adolescents and opioid dependence in
adolescents and adults. His research work has focused on models of care and treatment
outcomes in adolescent addictions, in particular opioid dependence.
Sunil Khushalani, M.D. serves as Service Chief of the Co-Occurring Disorders Program at
Sheppard Pratt Health System. He specializes in working with patients who have both addictions
and other major psychiatric disorders. He was recognized in 2014 by the Castle Connolly Top
Doctors List.
George Kolodner, M.D. is an addiction psychiatrist who specializes in outpatient treatment of
substance use disorders. After leaving the Navy in 1973, he designed and implemented the first
intensive outpatient addiction treatment program in the country – the Kolmac Clinic – where he
continues to serve as the medical director.
Christopher Welsh, M.D. is Medical Director of the Substance Abuse Consultation Service and
the Comprehensive Recovery Program at University of Maryland Medical Center. His clinical
work is mainly in the areas of addiction and dual diagnosis. He has also worked with the
Baltimore City Department of Health on the needle-exchange and opioid overdose prevention
projects.