Elizabeth F. Howell
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Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, MS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Mental Health Institute

Salt Lake City
801-583-2500

  • Elizabeth Howell, MD, MS, Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical) at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, seeing patients at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and University of Utah Hospital. She is the Training Director for the Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine fellowship programs at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Principal Investigator for a NIDA Clinical Trials Network project (CTN-0100) on Opioid Use Disorder. Dr. Howell is Board-certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Her past leadership and service to national professional organizations is recognized with designations as Distinguished Life Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association [APA] (2017-present) and as Distinguished Fellow in the American Society of Addiction Medicine [ASAM] (2016-present). In addition to her education and research, she is an attending on the inpatient Addiction Consult Service at UUH.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Addiction Psychiatry)

  • Elizabeth Howell, MD, MS, Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical) at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah, seeing patients at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and University of Utah Hospital. She is the Training Director for the Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine fellowship programs at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Principal Investigator for a NIDA Clinical Trials Network project (CTN-0100) on Opioid Use Disorder. Dr. Howell is Board-certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Her past leadership and service to national professional organizations is recognized with designations as Distinguished Life Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association [APA] (2017-present) and as Distinguished Fellow in the American Society of Addiction Medicine [ASAM] (2016-present). In addition to her education and research, she is an attending on the inpatient Addiction Consult Service at UUH.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Psychiatry -Primary
    Internal Medicine -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Adult Psychiatry
    Epidemiology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Addiction Psychiatry)

    Education history

    Chief Resident Psychiatry - Medical University of South Carolina Chief Resident
    Psychiatry - Medical University of South Carolina Research Fellow
    Residency Psychiatry - Medical University of South Carolina Resident
    Pediatrics - Medical University of South Carolina Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - Medical University of South Carolina M.D.
    Zoology - University of Georgia M.S.
    Undergraduate University of Georgia B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Book

    1. Kasser CK, Geller A, Howell EF, Wartenberg A (1997). Detoxification, Topics in Addiction Medicine. (Vol. Vol 1). Chevy Chase, MD: American Society of Addiction Medicine.
    2. Watry A, Morgan DW, Earley P, Gallegos K, Howell EF, Irons R, Lenton J, Talbott GD (1995). Guidelines for Problem Physicians. Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners.

    Edited Book

    1. McNicholas L, Howell EF Senior Medical Editor (Eds.) (2004). Buprenorphine Clinical Practice Guidelines. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Book Chapter

    1. Devido JJ, Edens EL, Werner R, Howell EF (2021). Medical Education on Addiction, Chapter 52 . In Brady KT et al (Ed.), American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Sixth Edition (Sixth Edition). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
    2. Howell EF (2001). Psychiatric Disorders. In Guidelines for Problem Physicians. Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners.
    3. Kasser CK, Geller A, Howell E, Wartenberg A (1998). Principles of Detoxification. In Graham AW, Schultz TK (Eds.), Principles of Addiction Medicine (2nd Edition). Chevy Chase, MD: American Society of Addiction Medicine.

    Abstract

    1. Faraj BA, Howell EF, Olkowski ZL, Jackson RT (1993). Cocaine abuse and lymphocyte dopamine uptake [Abstract]. College on Problems of Drug Dependence.
    2. Howell EF, Kane FJ Jr (1993). Outmoded treatments for alcohol detoxification [Abstract]. American Psychiatric Association.

    Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

    1. Howell EF (2021). "Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry Updates."  From the University of Utah Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry fellowships: updates and helpful information about addiction. [Web].
    2. McCauley KM (01/13/2016). Memo to Self: Protecting Sobriety with the Science of Safety [Film]. Salt Lake City, UT: Institute for Addiction Study. Available: http://www.protectingsobriety.com/.
    3. Howell EF (01/01/2014). Addiction Medicine wikisite [open to public]: https://utah.instructure.com/courses/491189 [Web]. Available: https://utah.instructure.com/courses/491189.
    4. Howell EF (01/01/2012). Addiction Fellowship Didactics site. [Web]. Available: https://utah.instructure.com/courses/164633.
    5. Gale GD (2008). Prescription for Addiction [Video]. Salt Lake City, UT: Edward G Callister Foundation. Available: [www.hopetoday.com][inactive link].
    6. Howell EF, Speed J, Ziegler P (06/01/2005). University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Physicians Section site. [Web]. Available: https://utah.instructure.com/courses/158005.
    7. Howell EF (2002). Addiction and Special Issues. Coverage of the American Society of Addiction Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting & Medical-Scientific Conference [Web]. Available: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/433836 [no longer available].
    8. Howell EF, Bauer DW, Sutton M Thompson MB (2001). Service Planning Guidelines: Substance use, abuse and/or dependence in pregnant and post-partum women [no longer posted on web site] [Web]. Arizona Department of Behavioral Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health.

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