1970s

Barry S. Solof, M.D. ’74, is national chair of the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s committee on Geriatric Alcoholism and Substance Use and physician-in-charge of addiction medicine for Southern California Permanente Medical Group in West Covina, Calif. Previously, Solof served as medical director of adult and adolescent chemical dependency treatment programs at Edgemont Hospital in Los Angeles and Tustin Medical Center in Orange County, Calif., and for Alternatives, a gay and lesbian program at Glendale (Calif.) Memorial Hospital. He spoke recently on the medical aspects of chemical dependency at a conference organized by Save Our Selves, a group that encourages a self-empowerment approach to recovery from drug and alcohol abuse.