Dr Karl Schmidt

Dr Karl Schmidt

Karl Schmidt holds an honours degree in Dutch Literature, an MBChB from the University of Pretoria and an MFamMed degree from the University of the Witwatersrand.  His experience includes General Practice and work in Intellectual Disability and Forensic Psychiatry services; he became a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs in 2001.  For the past 9 years he has worked at the Community Alcohol and Drug Service in Dunedin, including the past four years as Lead Opioid Clinician for the Otago Community Alcohol and Drug Service and the Southland Drug and Alcohol Specialist Service.  His special interests include the neurobiology of dependency and medical safety within the context of opioid-assisted treatment, with particular focus on the identification and treatment of HCV infection.
 

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