Dr. Samuel A. Amen, MD, DABAM, FASAM, a Board Certified Addictionologist, has joined the team of highly skilled physicians at the Ramos Center for Interventional & Functional Pain Medicine, located in Sarasota, FL. As an Addiction Medicine specialist, Dr. Amen is equipped to provide state-of-the-art, evidence-based, medication-assisted therapy for opioid dependence in an office-based setting. Although the Ramos Center does not typically accept patients who consume high dosages of opioids into their practice, Dr. Amen will manage opioid therapy for high-risk patients suffering from chronic pain who are willing to reduce their opioid consumption to a manageable level or cease it altogether. Using a multi-factorial approach, he will help prevent, identify, and treat opioid dependence in pain patients. Dr. Fabian Ramos stated that incorporating an Addiction Medicine Specialist into the Ramos Center’s multi-modality pain medicine practice further affirms their commitment to assist their community in combating the opioid epidemic. Dr. Amen will provide his unique specialty at all convenient Ramos Center locations, including Bradenton, Sarasota, Venice, Englewood, Port Charlotte, Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, FL.