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Denver Addiction Specialists

31 Doctors Found
Of the 30 Addiction Specialists in Denver shown on this page:
  • 26 Board certified
  • 6 Award winners
  • 41 Reviews
  • Average rating is 2.9 stars
  • Average wait time is 20.9 minutes

Top Addiction Specialists in Denver, CO

Michael H Gendel, MD

Michael H Gendel, MD

  • Currently 2.5 of 4 stars
(4) (1)
Michael Gendel
3300 E 1st Ave
Ste 590
Denver, CO 80206
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • 35 years experience
  • Board certified
  • Short wait time

Michael H Allen, MD

  • Currently 4 of 4 stars
(1) (0)
University of Colorado
4200 E 9th Ave
Denver, CO 80220
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 30 years experience
  • Rated 4 stars by patients
  • 4 star hospital
  • Board certified
Lori D Holland, DO
Kaiser Permanente - Executive Center Mental Health
4851 Independence St
Ste 270
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 12 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
  • Board certified
  • 3 star medical school
Alfred J Richter, MD

Alfred J Richter, MD

  • Currently 1 of 4 stars
(2) (0)
Saint Anthony Central Hospital
4231 W 16th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • 34 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
  • Board certified
  • Completed fellowship
Thomas P Beresford, MD
Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System
1055 Clermont St
Ste 116
Denver, CO 80220
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • 36 years experience
  • Board certified
  • 4 star medical school
  • America's Leading Expert
Guri Singh, MD

Guri Singh, MD

  • Currently 2 of 4 stars
(10) (7)
Guri Singh
9141 Grant St
Ste 130
Denver, CO 80229
  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
  • 4 star hospital
Edmund Casper, MD

Edmund Casper, MD

  • Currently 1 of 4 stars
(1) (0)
Edmund Casper, MD
3400 E Bayaud Ave
Ste 210
Denver, CO 80209
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Medicine
  • 47 years experience
  • 3 star medical school
  • Short wait time
Joseph T Sakai, MD
Joseph T Sakai, MD
4200 E 9th Ave
# C268-35
Denver, CO 80220
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 12 years experience
  • Board certified
  • Completed fellowship
Michael S Sturges, MD
Michael S Sturges, MD
4900 Cherry Creek South Dr
Ste A
Denver, CO 80246
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 40 years experience
  • 4 star medical school
Kenneth L Weiner, MD
Kenneth L Weiner, MD
1830 Franklin St
Ste 500
Denver, CO 80218
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 32 years experience
  • America's Top Doctor
  • 3 star medical school
John A Menninger, MD

John A Menninger, MD

  • Currently 4 of 4 stars
(1) (0)
John A Menninger, MD
4141 E Dickenson Pl
Denver, CO 80222
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 24 years experience
  • Rated 4 stars by patients
  • 3 star medical school
  • Short wait time
Kaiser Permanente
10350 E Dakota Ave
Ste C
Denver, CO 80247
  • Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • 38 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
  • 4 star medical school
Jane A Kennedy, DO

Jane A Kennedy, DO

  • Currently 4 of 4 stars
(1) (0)
Jane Kennedy
1894 Vine St
Denver, CO 80206
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 28 years experience
  • Rated 4 stars by patients
  • Board certified
  • 3 star medical school
Sandra E Loftin, MD
Sandra E Loftin
1693 Quentin St
Aurora, CO 80045
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 13 years experience
  • Board certified
  • Completed fellowship
Steven L Wright, MD

Steven L Wright, MD

  • Currently 4 of 4 stars
(6) (5)
Porter Adventist Hospital
950 E Harvard Ave
Ste 660
Denver, CO 80210
  • Family Medicine
  • Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • 30 years experience
  • Patients' Choice Award
  • 4 star hospital
  • Board certified
Gregory L Kirk, MD
Rocky Mountain Psychiatry Consultants
2036 E 17th Ave
Denver, CO 80206
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 14 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
  • Board certified
William B Swafford Jr, MD

William B Swafford Jr, MD

  • Currently 4 of 4 stars
(1) (0)
William B Swafford, MD
1827 Gaylord St
Denver, CO 80206
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • 27 years experience
  • Rated 4 stars by patients
  • Board certified
  • 3 star hospital
Thomas J Crowley, MD
University of Colorado
4200 E 9th Ave
# C268
Denver, CO 80262
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 47 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
  • 3 star medical school
  • America's Leading Expert
Carol E Traut, MD
Denver Health Medical Center
777 Bannock St # MC-3450
Denver, CO 80204
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 35 years experience
  • Board certified
  • 4 star medical school
Elizabeth Cookson, MD
Stout St. Clinic
2100 Broadway
Denver, CO 80205
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 24 years experience
  • Board certified
  • 4 star medical school
Douglas M Ikelheimer, MD
Denver Health Medical Center
777 Bannock St # MC-0116
Denver, CO 80204
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 12 years experience
  • Board certified
  • 3 star medical school
Jonathan I Ritvo, MD
Eating Disorders Center-Colo
501 S Cherry St
Ste 650
Denver, CO 80246
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 36 years experience
  • Top Doctor
  • Board certified
  • 4 star medical school
Maria K Mcgrane, MD
Maria K Mcgrane, MD
610 Garrison St
Ste U
Denver, CO 80215
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 30 years experience
  • 4 star medical school
Carolyn C Ross, MD

Carolyn C Ross, MD

  • Currently 1 of 4 stars
(1) (1)
Carolyn Ross, MD
1890 Gaylord St
Denver, CO 80206
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
  • Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • 29 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
  • Board certified
  • Completed fellowship
Richard D Roark, MD
Kaiser Permanente -Highline Chemical Dep.
10350 E Dakota Ave
Ste C
Denver, CO 80247
  • Family Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • Addiction Medicine
  • 41 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
Joseph L Christenson, MD
Eating Disorders Center-Colo
950 S Cherry St
Ste 1010
Denver, CO 80246
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 25 years experience
  • Board certified
Charles A Shuman, MD

Charles A Shuman, MD

  • Currently 4 of 4 stars
(2) (0)
Denver Health Medical Center
667 Bannock St
Unit 9
Denver, CO 80204
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 9 years experience
  • Rated 4 stars by patients
  • Board certified
  • 3 star medical school
Christian C Thurstone, MD

Christian C Thurstone, MD

  • Currently 2 of 4 stars
(10) (4)
Christian C Thurstone, MD
777 Bannock St # MC-3440
Denver, CO 80204
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 11 years experience
  • Board certified
  • 4 star medical school
Ivor Garlick, MD
Ivor Garlick, MD
1211 S Parker Rd
Ste 100
Denver, CO 80231
  • Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - Addiction Medicine
  • 37 years experience
  • 4 star hospital
  • Completed fellowship
Michael B Levin, MD

Michael B Levin, MD

  • Currently 4 of 4 stars
(1) (0)
Michael B Levin, MD
4900 Chry Crk S Dr
Ste G
Denver, CO 80246
  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • 21 years experience
  • Rated 4 stars by patients
  • Board certified
  • 4 star medical school
What are Addiction Medicine Specialists?

An addiction medicine specialist is a doctor who treats patients with addictions to substances like drugs and alcohol, or in some cases, behaviors like gambling. Many of these specialists also treat the diseases that stem from these addictions.

These physicians are specially trained to prevent and treat the disease of addiction via psychiatric means, or other fields of medicine like family or internal medicine.

Some of the treatments that addiction medicine specialists perform or oversee are:

  • detoxification
  • rehabilitation
  • harm reduction
  • abstinence-based treatment
  • individual/group therapy
  • halfway houses
  • withdrawal symptom treatments
  • acute intervention
  • long term therapies to prevent relapse

The area of Denver, CO has a population of approximately 958,706 people. There are 31 addiction specialists near Denver, which gives it a ratio of 1 addiction doctor per 30,926 residents or a ratio of 1 addiction doctor per 13,096 households. There are 405,963 households in Denver.