JohnChristianUmhauMDMPH, CPE, FASAM
Preventive Medicine • Potomac, MDPublic Health & General Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine
Alcohol Recovery Medicine
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Office
AlcoholRecoveryMedicine.com
Telemedicine
Potomac, MD 20854Phone+1 240-801-3636
Summary
- Dr. John C. Umhau is medical director and founder of AlcoholRecoveryMedicine.com. Previously, as a former Commander in the United States Public Health Service, he served as a medical officer at NIH, FDA, and IHS. He earned a BS at Davidson College, a MD at Wake Forest University and a MPH at Johns Hopkins University, and is a Certified Physician Executive. He completed a residency in Clinical Preventive Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and is board certified in both Addiction Medicine and Preventive Medicine.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1985 - 1987
University of MarylandResidency, Family Medicine, 1981 - 1982
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 2024 - 2027
FL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2021 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
AZ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2019 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1982 - 2025- American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Past President Academy of Medicine of Washington D.C., 2020
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 6 citationsMental Health Care Utilization and Psychiatric Diagnoses in a Sample of Military Suicide Decedents and Living Matched ControlsArthur T. Ryan, Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Holly C. Wilcox, John C. Umhau, Patricia A. Deuster
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2020-09-01 - 13 citationsPPARγ activation by pioglitazone does not suppress cravings for alcohol, and is associated with a risk of myopathy in treatment seeking alcohol dependent patients: a r...Melanie L. Schwandt, Nancy Diazgranados, John C. Umhau, Laura E. Kwako, David T. George
Psychopharmacology. 2020-05-22 - 13 citationsLower Serum Magnesium Concentrations are associated With Specific Heavy Drinking Markers, Pro-Inflammatory Response and Early-Stage Alcohol-associated Liver Injury§.Vatsalya Vatsalya, Khushboo Gala, Maithili Mishra, Melanie L. Schwandt, John C. Umhau
Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2020-03-19
Authored Content
- Alcohol use disorder: Treatment with nutrition and medication’sOctober 2022
Press Mentions
Doctors Call for Action to Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiencies to Help Fight COVIDFebruary 17th, 2021
Nurses Urged to Practice 'Evidence-Based Compassion' for Alcohol Use DisorderJune 11th, 2019
Research History
- Senior Clinical InvestigatorLaboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, (NIAAA) National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland1993 - 2013
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Addiction MedicineMember
External Links
- Linked In profilehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/john-umhau-md-mph-cpe-5506496/
- Websitehttps://www.alcoholrecoverymedicine.com/
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