The Reliant Foundation proudly presents Dr. Ruth Potee "The Physiology of Addiction". 

Dr. Ruth Potee is a board certified Family Physician and Addiction Medicine Physician who works in western Massachusetts.  She attended Wellesley College, Yale University School of Medicine and did her residency at Boston University where she remained an assistant professor of Family Medicine for eight years. She is currently the Medical Director for the Franklin County House of Corrections, the Director of Addiction Services for Behavioral Health Network, and the Medical Director for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District as well as the Co-Chair of the Healthcare Solutions Committee of the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.  She was named Franklin County Doctor of the Year by the Massachusetts Medical Society in 2015.  Dr. Potee engages communities in important discussions surrounding substance abuse through her wide ranging series of talks. For more information on our speaker, please visit ruthpotee.com.

Dr. Potee is a much sought after, thoughtful, engaging speaker. Where September is Recovery Month, her presentation on the “Physiology of Addiction” will be timely. She will have you on the edge of your seats as you learn important, well researched, stigma-reducing information that you likely did not know before. Seating is limited and reservations are required.