Background
Smith, David Elvin was born on February 7, 1939 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Son of Elvin W. and Dorothy (McGinnis) Smith.
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Smith, David Elvin was born on February 7, 1939 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Son of Elvin W. and Dorothy (McGinnis) Smith.
Intern, San Francisco General Hospital, 1965;
fellow pharmacology and toxicology, University of California, San Francisco, 1965-1967;
associate clinical professor occupational medicine, clinical toxicology, University of California, San Francisco, since 1967;
director psychopharmacology study group, director Institute of Health, University of California, San Francisco, 1966-1970;
associate clinical professor, research physician Medical School, University of California, San Francisco
practice specializing in toxicology/addiction medicine, San Francisco, since 1965. Physician Presbyterian Alcoholic Clinic, 1965-1967, Contra Cost Alcoholic Clinic, 1965-1967. Director alcohol and drug abuse screening unit San Francisco General Hospital, 1967-1968.
Co-director California drug abuse information project University of California Medical Center, 1967-1972. Founder, medical director Haight-Ashbury Free Med.Clinic, San Francisco, since 1967. Research director Merritt Peralta Chemical Dependency Hospital, Oakland, California, since 1984.
Medical director California State SubstanceAbuse Superior vena cava syndrome. Chairman National Drug Abuse Conference, 1977. Member California Governor's Commision on Narcotics and Drug Abuse, since 1977.
National health adviser to former United States President Jimmy Carter. Member President Clinton's Health Care Task Force on Addiction and National Health Reform, 1993. With Office Drug Abuse Policy, White House Task Force Physicians for Drug Abuse Prevention.
Director Benzodiazepine Research and Training Project, Substance Abuse and Sexual Concerns Project, Pickersgill Consultancy and Planning Research and Training Project. Visiting associate professor of University Nevada Medical School, since 1975. Consultant numerous federal drug abuse agys.
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Member Physicians for Prevention White House Office Drug Abuse Policy, 1995. President Youth Projects, Inc. Founder, Chairman of the Board, president National FreeClin.
Council, 1968-1972. Member American Medical Association (alternate delegate), CMA (alternate delegate), American Society on Addiction Medicine(board directors, president 1995), San Francisco Medical Society, American Public Health Association, California Society on Addiction Medicine (president, board directors), American Society Addiction Medicine, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Millicent Buxton. Children:Julia, Suzanne, Christopher Buxton-Smith, Sabree Hill.