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Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM

Director of Addiction Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine
Strong Memorial Hospital
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM serves as Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester and the University of Rochester Medical Center and also serves as Medical Director for Huther Doyle, an outpatient addiction treatment program in Rochester, New York.

He is the Director of Addiction Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at URMC. He previously directed the integrated Addiction/Toxicology Consult Service, which he founded in 2011. Dr. Wiegand has mentored other professionals on program development, including billing and reimbursement. Dr. Wiegand was the initial Program Director for the URMC Medical Toxicology Fellowship and a past Program Director for their Addiction Medicine Fellowship. He founded a Toxicology and Addiction rotation in 2011.

Dr. Wiegand was recently elected President-Elect of ASAM and he has served on the ASAM Board for over 6 years. He regularly presents at the ASAM Annual Conference through lectures and workshops. He also leads and moderates the monthly Addiction Toxicology Case Conference, featuring live interactive discussions with expert panelists on cases that fall into the intersection of Addiction Medicine and Medical Toxicology.

Dr. Wiegand actively mentors ASAM members. His fellows and mentees have gone on to take leadership positions within NYSAM and ASAM and in their communities or institutions. In recognition of his service and leadership at the 2022 ASAM Annual Conference Dr. Wiegand was awarded the ASAM Annual Award.

During his free time, Tim enjoys exercise, which he does with his wife, Bonnie, and the two of them follow an online fitness program as he is trying, and being both successful and unsuccessful, at softening the impact of injuries from sports and the general aging process. Their three kids help remind them of the importance of prioritizing the right things and balancing work and life.

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