Miller-The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine, 7e

Tributes

Terry K. Schultz, MD, FASAM (1938-2019)

Terry K. Schultz, MD, FASAM, and Allan Graham, MD, FASAM, met in 1994 in Washington, DC, while attending an ASAM conference. ASAM EVP/CEO James “Jim” Callahan knew that Graham and Schultz were interested in advancing the intellectual content of ASAM’s meetings and publications. ASAM had just produced its first textbook in 1994 with Nor man Miller, MD, as Editor and Martin “Marty” Doot, MD, (1948-2008) as Associate Editor. Callahan requested Schultz and Graham be coeditors for the second edition of Principles of Addiction Medicine . Both physicians understood that estab lishing the science of addiction medicine was critical to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) accepting the field as a medical specialty, so they accepted Callahan’s request to update the textbook. They served as coeditors for the second edition (1994) along with Bonnie Wilford as Associate Edi tor and returned again as Senior Editors on the third edition (2003) along with Editors Richard “Rick” K. Ries and Michael F. Mayo-Smith and Bonnie Wilford as Associate Editor. Both Graham and Schultz thought that ASAM needed a “booster shot” program of cutting-edge advances in the field. They thought ASAM was large enough to have an interested subgroup of physicians wanting new addiction research and established a biannual symposium for ASAM members called “The State of the Art of Addiction Medicine.” They launched the first symposium in 1995, naturally in Washington, DC. The meeting was a great success, both in content and in attendance, and they were overjoyed. The State of the Art Course allowed ASAM to invite researchers to speak from the DC area (espe cially from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alco holism [NIAAA] and the National Institute on Drug Abuse and policy experts from the Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration) to share their work and findings with clinicians who could take the lessons home and apply them.

The conference also allowed Graham and Schultz to recruit au thors for the third edition of Principles of Addiction Medicine . Dr. Schultz had a unique interest and mastery of addiction neuroscience, far ahead of his time for the subject. He was a primary moving force for ASAM to embrace neuroscience in its conferences and publications. He loved to discuss anything related to the subject and was often the first to ask questions of conference presenters—stimulating academic discussion for all attendees. He was a gifted organizer and shepherd of authors. He served a full career in the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of Colonel. It was Terry Schultz who introduced George Koob, PhD, (ex-U.S. Navy, alcohol and addiction neurosci entist, and now Director of NIAAA) to Shannon Miller, MD, (a USAF reservist) at the time that Shannon Miller and Martha “Marty” Wunsch, MD, were founding ASAM’s new Journal of Addiction Medicine. Shannon Miller invited Dr. Koob to ap ply for the position as Senior Editor of ASAM’s new journal, and Koob was later selected as its first Senior Editor. Without Dr. Schultz, this would have never happened. Graham and Schultz’s textbooks were landmark publica tions and contributed to the prestige of ASAM and the field of addiction medicine. The texts successfully advanced the field by providing a reference textbook on addiction science and addiction medicine treatment, including new information on withdrawal management, addiction treatment outcome stud ies, and research into the genetic and neurobiological aspects of addiction. These remain important cornerstone foci for the textbook today.

David E. Smith, MD, DFASAM Allan W. Graham, MD, DFASAM Shannon C. Miller, MD, DFASAM, DLFAPA

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