Mel Pohl, MD, FASAM is Vice President of Medical Affairs and Medical Director of Las Vegas Recovery Center (LVRC), the only private freestanding, medically managed inpatient detoxification and addiction treatment facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a major force in developing LVRC's Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program. Dr. Pohl is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (FASAM). He is a nationally known public speaker and co-author of The Caregiver's Journey: When You Love Someone with AIDS (Hazelden, 1990) and Staying Sane: When You Care for Someone with Chronic Illness (Health Communications, 1992). Dr. Pohl resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.