Sunspire Health Texas Appoints Dr. Victor Vines as Medical Director
June 19 2018 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Sunspire Health Texas, a community-based addiction treatment
center within Sunspire Health’s nationwide network of treatment
facilities offering personalized treatment and addiction recovery
services, announced the appointment of Victor Vines, MD, as Medical
Director. In this role, Dr. Vines will oversee medical and
psychiatric care for patients in residential treatment for
substance use and behavioral addictions at Sunspire Health
Texas.
With more than 29 years of medical and behavioral health
experience, Dr. Vines specializes in assessing and treating
licensed professionals employed in safety sensitive careers, such
as healthcare professionals, pilots, attorneys, and other licensed
professionals. He has been involved in the development of protocols
and best practices for detox management in people with addiction to
alcohol, opioids and benzodiazepines, and previously founded Denton
County’s Caduceus 12 step meeting for recovering professionals.
Prior to his role at Sunspire Health Texas, Dr. Vines served as
Associate Medical Director at The Greenhouse in Grand Prairie as
well as Staff Addictionologist at the Santé Center for Healing in
Argyle, among other leadership positions at industry and academic
organizations.
“We’re delighted to have Dr. Vines join our team of experienced
and passionate behavioral health professionals to help lead and
grow our unique professionals program that provides discreet,
evidence-based evaluation and treatment for professionals
experiencing addiction or impairment challenges that put their
careers, reputation or licensing at risk,” said Selena Stockley,
Executive Director of Sunspire Health Texas. “Dr. Vines’ impressive
medical credentials and extensive addiction treatment expertise
will be an important addition to Sunspire Health Texas as we
continue to serve patients and our communities with comprehensive
and quality programs that enable lasting recovery.”
"I am thrilled to take on this new role at Sunspire Health
Texas, joining a team of dedicated and inspired professionals with
demonstrated success in helping people achieve long-term sobriety
and disease management,” said Dr. Vines. “I look forward to
overseeing and building on the established professionals program,
leveraging my extensive experience treating healthcare and other
high-performing and safety sensitive professionals in order to
provide the highest quality care to patients and families.”
Dr. Vines is a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction
Medicine and a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction
Medicine. Prior to his career in addiction medicine, he practiced
obstetrics and gynecology, receiving a Medical Doctorate degree
from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
About Sunspire Health
Sunspire Health is a nationwide network of accessible and
affordable community-based addiction treatment facilities that
offer personalized treatment plans for people of all walks of life,
meeting them where they are and guiding them through recovery.
Sunspire’s mission is to be a source of hope, knowledge, and
support for people and their families affected by substance use
disorders. Our vision is to change the course of the addiction
crisis and set the standard for quality treatment in the United
States. Our facilities offer an array of addiction recovery
services across the United States and are able to provide the full
spectrum of care including detox, residential and outpatient
treatment programs in settings that are designed to promote
healing. What distinguishes Sunspire Health facilities is that each
one provides quality care for substance use and co-occurring mental
health disorders from experts and specialists in the field of
addiction medicine and mental health counseling provided in a
location near you. Our treatment teams utilize the latest advances
in addiction medicine and draw on therapeutic modalities that are
evidence-based, meaning that extensive studies and research prove
that these methods are effective at treating addiction. For
additional information, please visit:
https://sunspirehealth.com/
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