Raymond F. Anton, M.D.
Distinguished Professor
Charleston Alcohol Research Center Roles:
Scientific Director for Clinical Research
Research Component #1 Principal Investigator
Pilot Core Director

Education

Institution Degree Year Field
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
B.A. 1972 Biosciences
Rutgers School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ M.D. 1976 Medicine
Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT Internship 1977 Medicine
Yale New Haven Hospital & Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT Residency
1980
Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Postdoctoral 1980 Psychiatry

Professional Experience

Year
Position
1980-1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC
1980-1988 Staff Psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC
1984-1988 Director, Psychopharmacology Research, Veterans Admin. Medical Center, Charleston, SC
1985-1991 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
1988-Present Director, Clinical-Neurobiology Laboratories, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
1991-Present Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
1993-Present Director, Alcohol Medication Studies, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, MUSC, Charleston, SC
1995-Present Scientific Director for Clinical Research, Alcohol Research Center, MUSC, Charleston, SC
1998-Present Director of Research, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2001-Present Director, Center for Drug & Alcohol Programs
2002-Present Distinguished University Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC

Awards/Honors

Year
Award/Honor
1991 NIAAA Alcohol Psychosocial Research Review Committee
(Member Clinical & Treatment Subcommittee; Chair, 1993-1994)
1992 NIAAA Working Group on Methodology in Clinical Treatment Research Trials
1992 NIAAA Task Force on Revision of the Treatment Assessment Manual
1996 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (elected member)
1997 American Society of Addiction Medicine (diplomat)
1997 Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry
1999-Present Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1999 Board of Directors, Research Society on Alcoholism
2000 Member, Board of Reviewing Editors, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
2000-Present Chairman, Steering Committee, COMBINE Study
2001 Treasurer, Research Society on Alcoholism
2003 Fellowship, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2005 Vice-Chairman, Board of Trustees, Alcohol Beverage Medical Research Foundation
2006 President-elect, Research Society on Alcoholism
2007 President, Research Society on Alcoholism

Representative Publications

Baros AM, Latham PK, Moak DH, Voronin K & Anton RF. What role does measuring medication compliance play in evaluating the efficacy of naltrexone? Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 31(4):596-603, 2007.

 

Cluver JS, Miller PM & Anton RF. Case studies of the utility of serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (%CDT) in the clinical management of alcoholics. Journal of Addiction Medicine 1(1):44-47, 2007.

 

Jeppsson J-O, Arndt T, Schellenberg F, Wielders JPM, Anton RF, Whitfield JB, Helander A & International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Working Group on Standardization of Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferin. Toward standardization of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) measurements: I. Analyte definition and proposal of a candidate reference method. Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine 45(4):558-562, 2007.

 

Myrick H, Anton RF, Voronin K, Wang W & Henderson S. A double blind evaluation of gabapentin on alcohol effects and drinking in a clinical laboratory paradigm. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 31(2):221-227, 2007.

 

Work Group on Substance Use Disorders (Anton RF). Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with substance use disorders. Supplement to American Journal of Psychiatry 164(4):A5-124, 2007.

 

Wright TM, Baros AM & Anton RF. Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence: Current and on the Horizon In Translation of Addictions Science into Practice: Update and Future Directions, Miller PM, Kavanagh D (Eds). Elsevier-Pergamon, New York, NY, 2007.

 

Wright TM, Myrick H, Malcolm R, Randall P, Boyle E, Henderson S & Anton R. Impact of lifetime alcohol quit attempts and medicated detoxifications on time to relapse during an index alcohol detoxification. Journal of Addiction Medicine 1(1):15-20, 2007.