Andrew Saxon, MD
Personal Statement
My area of expertise is addiction psychiatry.
Department Affiliations
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Scholarly Expertise
Teaching Philosophy
My training philosophy involves serving as a role model for my trainees as well as generally apply a supportive, Socratic method.
- NIDA Clinical Trials Network: Pacific Northwest Node
- Improving the implementation of smartphone-based contingency management in medical settings for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder: a qualitative analysis of patient and clinician experiences
- Improving opioid use disorder treatment using contingency management via mHealth
- Impact of medical and recreational marijuana laws on cannabis, opioids and psychiatric medications: national study of VA patients, 2000 – 2024
- Preventing addiction related suicide
- Evaluating the Stepped Care for Opioid Use Disorder Train-the-Trainer (SCOUTT) Program
- Collaborating to Heal Addiction and Mental Health in Primary Care (CHAMP)
Recent Publications
Prazosin in the Pharmacologic Management of Alcohol Use Disorder.
(2026 Nov)
Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci 6(6): 100806
Raskind MA, Saxon AJ, Simpson TL
(2026 Nov)
Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci 6(6): 100806
Raskind MA, Saxon AJ, Simpson TL
Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Prescribing in Veterans Health Administration Patients: 2013-2022.
(2026 Sep 28)
J Gen Intern Med
Mannes ZL, Wall MM, Stohl M, Malte CA, Olfson M, Livne O, Fink DS, Simpson T, Wisell CG, Keyhani S, Martins SS, Cerdá M, Sacco DL, Gutkind S, Maynard CC, Sherman S, Saxon AJ, Hasin DS
(2026 Sep 28)
J Gen Intern Med
Mannes ZL, Wall MM, Stohl M, Malte CA, Olfson M, Livne O, Fink DS, Simpson T, Wisell CG, Keyhani S, Martins SS, Cerdá M, Sacco DL, Gutkind S, Maynard CC, Sherman S, Saxon AJ, Hasin DS
Relationships between cannabis and cocaine use in a randomized trial of combined buprenorphine and naltrexone for DSM-IV cocaine dependence.
(2026 Dec)
Addict Behav 183(): 108817
Smith CL, Pelagio A, Schmidt A, McPherson S, Rodin N, Stark BC, Hosseini MA, Miguel AQC, Saxon AJ
(2026 Dec)
Addict Behav 183(): 108817
Smith CL, Pelagio A, Schmidt A, McPherson S, Rodin N, Stark BC, Hosseini MA, Miguel AQC, Saxon AJ
Relationship between depression on cocaine craving over time amongst patients in a trial evaluating the use of buprenorphine on cocaine use.
(2026 Sep)
Drug Alcohol Depend Rep 20(): 100460
Rodin NM, Smith CL, Ryan R, Miguel AC, Saxon AJ, McPherson SM
(2026 Sep)
Drug Alcohol Depend Rep 20(): 100460
Rodin NM, Smith CL, Ryan R, Miguel AC, Saxon AJ, McPherson SM
Association between state cannabis laws and opioid outcomes: A systematic review.
(2026 Jul 1)
Drug Alcohol Depend 284(): 113167
Fink DS, Gorfinkel L, Gutkind S, Bachowski D, Mannes ZL, Livne O, Malte C, Bruzelius E, Olfson M, Martins SS, Cerdá M, Keyhani S, Saxon AJ, Wall M, Hasin DS
(2026 Jul 1)
Drug Alcohol Depend 284(): 113167
Fink DS, Gorfinkel L, Gutkind S, Bachowski D, Mannes ZL, Livne O, Malte C, Bruzelius E, Olfson M, Martins SS, Cerdá M, Keyhani S, Saxon AJ, Wall M, Hasin DS
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