Norman W. Wetterau, MD, FAAFP, FASAM, currently serves as a specialist in addiction medicine, Tricounty Family Medicine, Dansville, N.Y., and Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, N.Y.

An ASAM member since 1985, Dr. Wetterau is President of the New York Society of Addiction Medicine. He currently serves as ASAM's Chairman of the Family Practice Workgroup, ASAM Liaison to the American Academy of Family Physicians, ASAM Representative to the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, Program Committee Member for the Annual Medical-Scientific Conference, and a past member of ASAM's Strategic Planning Task Force.

Through his involvement in an ASAM chapter, Dr. Wetterau has contributed to a number of legislative changes in New York laws, including preventing the passage of a bill supporting medical marijuana usage and achieving the passage of legislation that prevents individuals from being arrested for possession when they call 911 for a drug overdose.