Kathryn Cates-Wessel

Ms. Cates-Wessel has 40 years of experience in the substance use disorder field in policy, coalition building, medical education and administration. She is Chief Executive Officer of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and Principal Investigator and Project Director of several federally funded grants including, Providers Clinical Support System- Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (PCSS-MOUD), (www.pcssnow.org) and State Opioid Response and Tribal Opioid Response (SOR-TOR TA) “Opioid Response Network” (www.opioidresponsenetwork.com). Prior to her work at AAAP, she was the Associate Director of Brown University's Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies for over 19 years and Executive Director of Physicians and Lawyers for National Drug Policy, a think tank of leaders from law and medicine advocating for prevention, treatment, and recovery individuals involved with substance use disorders. Prior to Brown University, she was the Associate Director of a residential treatment center for adolescents with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental disorders.