Medical Director's 2010 Summary

The steady growth of Kolmac since 2004 has translated into the doubling of its size in the past 4 years. We now have over 800 active patients and are now admitting patients at the rate of 2000 per year. We continue, nevertheless to do intake evaluations within 24 hours and have avoided waiting lists for admission by expanding the size of our offices when necessary.

Some of the program enhancements in 2010 were:

• A morning program is now available in our DC office at 14th and K Streets

• The addition of Dr. Paulo Negro to the staff as Associate Medical Director allowed us to expand our ability to manage the co-morbid psychiatric issues of our patients in the continuing care as well as in rehabilitation phase of treatment

• The support of additional onsite 12 Step and SMART recovery support group meetings

• The expansion of our Relapse Prevention program in our Towson office

Our top priorities for 2011 include:

• Enhancement of our program for young adults, who have increased to over 25% of our patients

• The further expansion of our psychiatric services by hiring psychiatric nurse practitioners to assist Dr. Negro

• Addressing more substantially the co-morbid nicotine addiction of our patients

• Integrating our treatment services more closely with Sheppard Pratt Hospital

• Exploring the advisability of a new office in downtown Baltimore

I continue to work actively with patients at all of the Kolmac offices. I have been gradually turning over the day to day operations to other clinicians so that I can concentrate on training the staff in our version of interpersonal group psychotherapy as well as working on developing new programs and making presentations on addiction in the community.

Sincerely,

George Kolodner, M.D.

Medical Director

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