Professor McLellan Tapped for Deputy Drug Czar
April 11, 2009 – 10:24 am —
A. Thomas McLellan
According to WaPo, another Penn professor has been tapped by Obama for a nomination:
If confirmed, A. Thomas McLellan will serve as deputy drug czar, or, more formally, as deputy director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Considered a leading expert on on addiction and substance abuse, he is currently a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and CEO of the Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia. He was the principal developer of widely used methods to assess for addiction severity and treatment success — the Addiction Severity Index and Treatment Services Review — which both have been adopted worldwide. He has worked with the nation’s VA hospitals, has previously advised the ONDCP, the World Health Organization, the Partnership for a Drug Free America and the American Psychiatric Association, among others.
Above Average Jane has more on the story.
Has anyone been keeping an exact count? So far there are a few who have served on the Transition (Kevin Werbach, John Moreno, Laurie Robinson) and then a couple who have left for DC — Ed DeSeve from Fels and now A. Thomas McLellan.
