Steven Batki, MD
Steven L. Batki, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry, in Residence, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine and Chief of the Addiction Recovery Treatment Services and Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Research Program at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), where he also directs the UCSF Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
Dr. Batki is engaged in addiction research, training, and clinical services. Dr. Batki’s research and clinical interests include pharmacologic treatment for addiction to alcohol, opioids, and stimulants. His work focuses on psychiatric and medical disorders that co-occur with addiction, such as such as PTSD, traumatic brain injury (TBI), schizophrenia, and HIV/HCV. He has published extensively on clinical research in addiction and co-occurring disorders. He chaired the SAMSHA CSAT Treatment Improvement Protocol No. 37, Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with HIV/AIDS, and Treatment Improvement Protocol No. 43, Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence.
Dr. Batki's current research is supported by the Department of Defense and NIDA. His DoD projects are examining the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorders in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as in veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). Dr. Batki is also conducting NIDA-funded research on the pharmacotherapy of methamphetamine dependence. Recently completed NIDA and NIAAA work has included the study of hepatitis C treatment in injection drug users and the pharmacological treatment of alcohol dependence in schizophrenia. Prior research has also focused on the treatment of opioid use disorders.
Dr. Batki also serves as Consulting Addiction Psychiatrist to Alta Mira Recovery Programs, a private substance use disorder residential rehabilitation program.