Addiction and Dual-Disorders Treatment Specialists at BoardPrep Recovery Center®
DIRECTORS
Derek Robben
MD, FAPA, MRO
Medical Director
Derek Robben MD is double-boarded in General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. Before coming to BoardPrep as the full-time Medical Director, Dr. Robben served as the Director of the Addiction Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of South Florida. While working at the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, Florida, in conjunction with his faculty teaching appointment at USF, Dr. Robben trained many psychiatrists in the specialty practice of Addiction Psychiatry, earning him the respect and admiration of his peers for his strong leadership during the heights of the opioid epidemic. Through this work, Dr. Robben became respected as a top specialist in the treatment of addiction and trauma.
Since coming to BoardPrep in 2017, Dr. Robben has been instrumental in the care of each patient. His successful clinical approach has also created significant growth in BoardPrep’s health professionals treatment programs. In that time, hundreds of licensed health practitioners have received the trusted, expert and compassionate care provided by BoardPrep Tampa, without having to leave the State of Florida. The health professionals program has now grown to national recognition, receiving referrals from several other state boards and monitoring programs.
Dr. Robben likes to stay clinically involved with each patient and family that comes BoardPrep’s PHP with housing program, even after the initial evaluation phase. He sees each patient at least weekly or as needed or request and also facilitates many family sessions each month. This level of involvement and dedication is rare among treating psychiatrists at treatment centers and is a testament to the personal connection Dr. Robben attempts to establish with each person and family.
Dr. Robben has been published in peer reviewed journals and has earned the following awards: Faculty Clinical Teaching Award, Outstanding Resident Teacher, Outstanding Student in Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry, Award for Clinical Excellence in Neuropsychiatry Clerkship, Outstanding Radiology Instructor/Preceptor, U.S. Air Force.
Dr. Robben has also been honored by his peers as the “Top Doctor” on Addiction Medicine four years in a row (2016-2019, Tampa Magazine, Physician Voting).
Read my Blogs: What are “Best Practices”? | Medications Used to Treat Addiction and Dual Disorders | Dr. Robben voted Top Addiction Doctor
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Derek Robben
MD, FAPA, MRO
Medical Director
Liz Harden
LMHC, CAP
Executive Director
Graduating from the University of Tampa 1989, Liz Harden began dedicating all aspects of her professional career to addictions and dual-disorders treatment. Well known for her development of award-winning specialty programs for women and people with co-occurring psychiatric illnesses, as the first female and clinically licensed Chief Operating Officer of DACCO (2007 – 2014), Liz’s leadership helped propel the Tampa community-based non-profit agency into the modern healthcare era, benefitting the indigent and the working poor. In 2002, Liz began evaluating, treating and monitoring licensed health professionals with substance use disorders and other psychiatric illnesses. Liz’s passion and energy is born from her own family history of alcoholism and recovery. Having walked in the shoes of despair and hopelessness, watching loved ones suffering from the disease, unwilling to seek treatment, Liz became a trusted guide for those in similar circumstances, assisting loved-ones with court-involved involuntary treatment, when necessary.
Read my Blogs: Don’t Let Addiction Destroy Your Family | Recovery: What Does it Look Like? | Understanding Diagnostic Interplay
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Liz Harden
LMHC, CAP, CCJAP
Executive Director
John Harden
LCSW, ICADC, MPH
Clinical Director
- Addiction Treatment Expert
- Alcoholism and Addiction Recovery Advocate
- Founding Executive Director of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center
- Former UF College of Medicine faculty in Psychiatry, founding member and Senior
- Resident Fellow of the University of Florida Drug Policy Institute at the McKnight Brain Institute
Transformed by personal recovery in 1983, John began helping other young people in treatment at the age of 19. He has dedicated his life and career to helping others recover.
Read my Blogs: In Rehab at 18 | Five reasons parents put their adult kids in rehab | Engaging Young People in Recovery | 5 Things to Ask When Looking for a Rehab | Countering Stigma: No Shame, No Blame | The Myth of Hitting Bottom | Dual Diagnosis | 12 Steps: Why good addiction centers connect clients to AA or NA | How Addiction Hijacks the Brain | What Teens Learn from Vaping | What to Say to your Addicted Friend
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John Harden
LCSW, ICADC, MPH
Clinical Director
Sherri Kincade
MS, LMHC
Director of Operations
Ms. Kincade is and accomplished behavioral health administrator with more than two decades of experience in healthcare leadership roles. She brings operational expertise, with a strong clinical background, and a commitment to achieving best outcomes through evidence-based practices.
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Sherri Kincade
MS, LMHC
Director of Operations
CLINICAL STAFF
Brian Gadbois
MD
Psychiatrist
Dr. Gadbois is board certified in General Psychiatry, as well as Addiction Medicine. He completed his General Psychiatry Residency at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Gadbois received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Florida State University and Bachelors of Science degree from University of Florida. After residency, Dr. Gadbois pursued additional training in Addiction Medicine, becoming one of a very small number of physicians in the US who are double boarded in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Gadbois has significant experience in the effective treatment of PTSD, opioid use disorders, health professionals with co occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders and forensic evaluations of individuals in safety-sensitive positions. Dr. Gadbois is a known to be a great communicator who makes a connection with each of his patients.
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Brian Gadbois
MD
Psychiatrist
Adria Savino
MD
Psychiatrist
Adria Savino MD is double-boarded in General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. She trained at USF, where she enjoyed teaching medical students, earning the Outstanding Resident Teaching award. She returned to Dallas, Texas following matriculation to be near her family. In Dallas, she serves Veterans who struggle with Substance use Disorder and dual diagnosis at the Dallas VA Medical Center. She works in the outpatient clinic and the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program. She served as acting medical director at times, but it was her strong leadership demonstrated as acting medical director during the height of the opioid epidemic that earned her the most respect from her peers. She also created the Staff Morale Committee, which she chairs. Dr. Savino is fluent in both English and Spanish and is known for her keen insight and personable nature.
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Adria Savino
MD
Psychiatrist
Amanda Catchings
PA-C
Physician Assistant
Amanda Catchings-Klaiber is a graduate from Emory University School of Medicine PA program. She earned a Doctorate of Medical Science from Lincoln Memorial University. She has practiced medicine in both psychiatric and emergency medicine for the past 5 years. She works full-time as a PA professor at The University of Tampa.
Amanda joined the South Tampa Psychiatry/BoardPrep team in May 2021.
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Amanda Catchings
PA-C
Physician Assistant
Daniel Skyes
DMD
Counselor
Coming soon!
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Daniel Skyes
DMD, LMHC
Primary Therapist
Meredith Deming
MSW, MPH
Primary Therapist
Meredith received her Master of Social Work Degree (MSW) from the University of South Florida. She further distinguished herself by completing a dual Masters’s program in Public Health, earning her MPH in Community and Family Health. Since 2002, Meredith has specialized as a therapist working with individuals with substance use disorders and dual-diagnosis. Meredith also has rare specialty certification in clinical gerontology/geriatric social work. Meredith is known for her keen and effective insights, as well as her warm and personable nature.
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Meredith Deming
MSW, MPH
Primary Therapist
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