My Philosophy
“…. knowledge was of little use without wisdom, and that there was no wisdom without spirituality, and that true spirituality always included service to others”
“…the essence of a good physician consisted of capacity for compassion and a sense of ethical, without which qualities the sacred art of healing degenerated into simple charlatanism.”
Isabel Allende in “Daughter of Fortune”
About
Romana Zvereva M.D.
Dr. Zvereva is a Board Certified psychiatrist who completed her Psychiatry Residency and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1998-2003, where she was instrumental in establishing the first ACGME accredited fellowship in Southern California while serving as the first Addiction Psychiatry Fellow.
Since her graduation in 2003, Dr. Zvereva has been employed as a consultant at Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, CA and subsequently at West Los Angeles Hazelden Betty Ford Outpatient clinic until 2021.
Dr. Zvereva has participated in numerous specialized Clinical Diagnostic Evaluations of individuals referred by different professional agencies such as the Lawyers Assistance Program, Nursing, Dental, Medical, and EMI Boards as well as Airspace industry.
Dr. Zvereva received her training through the Cedars-Sinai Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia Program as well as Loma Linda Chronic Pain Program and has a special interest in non-opiate pain management. Through the years, Dr. Zvereva treated patients with substance use disorders in a variety of settings- such as inpatient, residential, sober living, outpatient, department of corrections, county mental health services, as well as skid rows.
Currently Dr. Zvereva works at Santa Paula Behavioral Health Ventura County Outpatient Clinic and teaches an Addiction Psychiatry Course at Ventura County Community Memorial Hospital Psychiatric Residency.
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Fitness for Duty Professional Evaluations of licensed professionals (attorneys, physicians, nurses and pilots).
Resource Links
Treatment programs
The Practice OC Substance Abuse for Doctors
Solution Point Behavioral Health
Information on medical conditions
https://www.cdc.gov - information about sleep hygiene
Medications for treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependence
www.naabt.org - Suboxone provider referral website
www.vivitrol.com –injectable medication for Alcohol Dependence