About Us
GARY D. CARR, MD, FAAFP, DFASAM, ABAM Diplomate
Dr. Carr is a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and trained in Family Medicine at the Anniston Family Practice Residency Program in Anniston, Alabama. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice and Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Carr has served as Medical Director of the Mississippi Professionals Health Program, the Professionals Health Network, and the Washington State Physician Health Program.
Dr. Carr speaks nationally and internationally on Adult and Adolescent Addiction, Healthcare Professionals with potentially impairing illness and related topics. He has addressed such groups as the Southern Medical Association, the Citizens Advocacy Committee in Washington, D.C., the American Society of Addictive Medicine (ASAM), the Federation of State Physician Health Programs (FSPHP), the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) in Reykjavik, Iceland and the AMA/BMA/CMA International Conference on Physician Health in London, England.
Dr. Carr is a member of the state and national chapters of both the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Medical Association (AMA). Dr. Carr worked with the Federation of State Physician Health Programs to develop guidelines for the 46 member states He is Past-Chair of the ASAM Physician Health Committee and was a principle author of the current twelve ASAM Public Polices of Healthcare and Other Licensed Professionals with Potentially Impairing Illness. Dr. Carr is a Past-President of the Federation of State Physician Health Programs.
Gary D. Carr, MD is the CEO and Medical Director of Live Oaks Addiction Professionals, Inc. He also serves as Medical Director of the Professionals Health Network – An organization envisioned and developed by Dr.Carr available to assist Mississippi licensed healthcare professionals who struggle c Addiction and/or Psychiatric Illness. He is an active member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) where he was a lead author of that organizations Public Policies regarding licensed professionals with potentially impairing illness. Dr Carr was also a lead author of the Federation of State Professionals Health Programs (FSPHP) Guidelines as well as a lead author for the Federation of State Medical Board’s (FSMB) policies on Impaired Physicians and Professional Sexual Misconduct.
Our Mission and services
Mission
Dr Carr is passionate about his mission to assisting patients and families with addiction. He works to educate patients, families, educators, and society to transition from a mindset of “good and bad” to “illness and wellness. His vision is a society that sees all persons with addiction treated with the respect, dignity, care and compassion we would afford those with any other life-threatening illness. Dr. Carr makes himself available to all organizations or committed groups of people dedicated to bringing truth, light, reason and common sense to this historically stigmatized illness of Addiction.
Services Provided at Live Oaks
a) Evaluate, diagnose and treat patients with Addiction and Co-occurring Psychiatric/Mood Disorders
b) Trauma Assessment and Treatment
c) Physical Examination
d) Detox Medications
e) Medication management including Vivitrol, and Suboxone when indicated
f) Referrals for Intensive and Residential Treatment when indicated.
g) Pharmacogenetic Testing
h) Family Consultations
i) Referrals for mental health counseling service providers in the area.
j) Individualized treatment to meet the unique needs of each individual
k) Continuing Care to maintain success
l) Family Education and support.
m) Development of life balance involving mind, body and spirit
Other services:
-Expert legal testimony in matters involving Additive Illness
-Performs audits for national Physician and Professionals Health Programs (PHPs)
-Able to serve as an Addiction Consultant to PHPs, Treatment Centers, Medical Schools, Medical Boards, corporations and other entities5)
-Provide consultant on behalf of disenfranchised healthcare professionals recovering from potentially impairing addiction and/or mental/emotional illness.
-Knowledgeable and experienced speaker on matters of addiction and professionals health.
Evidence Based Care
Live Oaks professionals work to stay abreast of the latest in evidence-based care. We have a strong commitment to 12-Step Programs (eg. AA / NA). We also understand recovery support meetings is often not enough to address the complex needs of each individual patient. Our model merges traditional 12-Step care with scientifically proven mental health strategies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Individual Therapy, Group Therapy, Couples Therapy, Relaxation Techniques, Ego State Therapy, EMDR Therapy and medication as indicated.
“The prism through which we will ultimate view addiction – a Chronic Brain Disease - is only now being built”.