Family Medicine Addiction Medicine Drug Rehabilitation

Matthew A. Torrington, M.D.
1315 Lincoln Blvd. Suite 250
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Dr. Matthew Torrington is a Family Medicine physician with a specialty in Addiction Medicine as well as a clinical research physician. He involved in the residential and outpatient treatment of substance abuse disorders as well as clinical research. He has a clinical focus on the treatment of stimulant dependence, opiate dependence and pain.

Dr. Torrington's inpatient work has included participation in safety and efficacy trials for new pharmacotherapies for stimulant dependence as well as investigations in GHB pathophysiology. Dr. Torrington's outpatient work includes medication trials regarding the treatment of both cocaine and methamphetamine dependence, examining pain tolerances and thresholds in opiate dependent patients both before and after treatment; and the study of medications that may alter modified pain responses in opiate dependent individuals. Most recently Dr. Torrington has been collaborating with Dr. Walter Ling in the development of outpatient treatment models for opiate dependence focused on buprenorphine in combination with cognitive behavioral therapy.

A graduate of Bowdoin College in Maine, Dr. Torrington earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College Medical School. In addition, he completed a clinical research fellowship at UCLA's Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP), one of the foremost substance abuse research groups worldwide.

Licensed to practice medicine in the state of California, Dr. Torrington is a board-certified family medicine physician and a certified medical review officer. He also is certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Academy of Pain Management. Dr. Torrington is a member of the CSAM committee on opiate dependence and the Friends Research Institute Institutional Review Board.

Dr. Torrington maintains a private practice in Santa Monica, California specializing in patients with substance use disorders. He also serves as the medical director of the Matrix Institute's narcotic treatment program, the medical director of the Prometa Center in Los Angeles, and a consulting addiction specialist with Summit Centers Malibu.

Contact:

12304 Santa Monica Blvd. #200
Los Angeles, CA 90025