Sheila Blume, MD, created an enduring legacy within the modern treatment of addiction. After her medical training at Harvard in the mid-1950s and her psychiatric residency at Central Islip Psychiatric Center in New York, Dr. Blume directed the Charles K. Post Alcoholism Rehabilitation Unit at Central Islip and later served as the director of the New York State Division of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, the medical director for the National Council on Alcoholism, and the medical director of alcoholism, chemical dependency and compulsive gambling programs at South Oaks Hospital.
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