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

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Huntsman Mental Health Institute

501 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City , UT 84108
801-583-2500
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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 Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine)
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 Internal Medicine -Adjunct Associate Professor
Psychiatry -Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Adult Psychiatry
Epidemiology
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine)
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Addiction Psychiatry)

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Babbel DM, Liu P, Chen DR, Vaughn VM, Zickmund S, Bloomquist K, Zickmund T, Howell EF, Johnson S (2024). Inpatient opioid withdrawal: a qualitative study of the patient perspective. Internal and emergency medicine, 19(5), 1291-1298.

Book

  1. Kasser CK, Geller A, Howell EF, Wartenberg (1997). Detoxification, Topics in Addiction Medicine. Vol 1, No. 2.
  2. Watry A, Morgan DW, Earley P, Gallegos K, Howell EF, Irons R, Lenton J, Talbott G (1995). Guidelines for Problem Physicians.

Edited Book

  1. McNicholas L, Howell EF (Senior Medical Editor (2004). Buprenorphine Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Book Chapter

  1. Devido JJ, Edens EL, Werner R, Howell E (2021). Medical Education on Addiction, Chapter 52 .
  2. Howell E (2001). Psychiatric Disorders.
  3. Kasser CK, Geller A, Howell E, Wartenberg (1998). Principles of Detoxification.

Abstract

  1. Faraj BA, Howell EF, Olkowski ZL, Jackson R (1993). Cocaine abuse and lymphocyte dopamine uptake.
  2. Howell EF, Kane FJ J (1993). Outmoded treatments for alcohol detoxification.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Howell E (2021). "Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry Updates." From the University of Utah Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry fellowships: updates and helpful information about addiction.
  2. McCauley K (2016). Memo to Self: Protecting Sobriety with the Science of Safety.
  3. Howell E (2014). Addiction Medicine wikisite [open to public]: https://utah.instructure.com/courses/491189.
  4. Howell E (2012). Addiction Fellowship Didactics site.
  5. Gale G (2008). Prescription for Addiction.
  6. Howell EF, Speed J, Ziegler P (2005). University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Physicians Section site.
  7. Howell E (2002). Addiction and Special Issues. Coverage of the American Society of Addiction Medicine 33rd Annual Meeting & Medical-Scientific Conference.
  8. Howell EF, Bauer DW, Sutton M. Thompson M (2001). Service Planning Guidelines: Substance use, abuse and/or dependence in pregnant and post-partum women [no longer posted on web site].

News & Podcasts

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