Adam Bisaga, MD
Adam Bisaga, MD
Dr. Adam Bisaga is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Center, and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.Dr. Bisaga was a recipient of a Career Development Award and a Principal Investigator on several R01s and Center Grant Projects funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse in the area of addiction pharmacotherapy development. His research interests include development of human laboratory and clinical trial models and testing medications to treat opioid, cocaine, and tobacco use disorders. Besides his research contributions Dr. Bisaga’s has been actively involved in teaching medical students and practitioners. He is a Co-Director of an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship and he is directing a Mentoring Program to train physicians in medication-assistant treatment of addictions (PCSS-MAT). He has been working with UN Office of Drug Control on the development of substance abuse treatment guidelines and conducted trainings for addiction practitioners internationally. In addition to the research and teaching work at the University, Dr. Bisaga also maintains a private practice in addiction psychiatry.