Mark Kraus is a General Internist at Franklin Medical Group/Trinity Healthcare of New England in Waterbury, Connecticut, Past Vice President and a Board Member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), a Distinguished Fellow of ASAM and a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Kraus is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, does clinical research in and teaches Addiction Medicine and General Internal Medicine to Yale and St. Mary’s Hospital Primary Care General Internal Medicine Residents. Dr. Kraus has written numerous articles and chapters about Addiction and has lectured nationally and internationally on the subject.
In addition to being a former Vice-President of ASAM, Dr. Kraus was a member of ASAM’s Legislative and Finance Committee, Co-Chair of the Patient Advocacy Task Force and Chairman of ASAM’s Consensus 42-CFR Action group (AAAP, AOA-AM, AMERSA), Chairman of ASAM’s Development Committee for Strategic Planning and former Co-Chair of and current member of ASAM’s Public Policy Committee. Dr. Kraus is a member of the steering committee of the Coalition of Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) and current Treasurer and Board Member of COPE. Dr. Kraus was Co-Chair of the Physician’s Task Force on Education for AMERSA.
Dr. Kraus has been a member of the Primary Care Physician’s Work Group for NIDA, the Expert Panel of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for the Addiction Medicine Education Summit meetings, the Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council and the Connecticut Mental Health Policy Council. He serves as a Mentor in the Physician Clinical Support System for Buprenorphine, Methadone and Medical Assisted Treatment for Opiate Dependence.
Dr. Kraus is a founder and past President of ASAM’s Connecticut Chapter, the former Director of Addiction Medicine at two Hospitals in Waterbury, Connecticut. He is currently Chairman of the Connecticut State Medical Society’s Addiction Medicine Committee and Chief Medical Officer of Connecticut Counseling Centers, Inc.
