Mel Pohl, MD, DFASAM, is Chief Medical Officer at The Pointe Malibu Recovery Center and a Distinguished Fellow of ASAM. Certified by ABAM, he also serves as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. An accomplished author, Dr. Pohl has written several books on pain recovery, including A Day Without Pain and The Pain. A sought-after speaker, he filmed a PBS special, The Pain Antidote, in 2015.