Saeed Ahmed, MD, is an Addiction Psychiatrist, serves as the Medical Director of West Ridge Center at Rutland Regional Medical Center, Vermont. After graduating from Sindh Medical College Karachi, Pakistan, he completed Adult Psychiatry residency at Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, followed by the Addiction Psychiatry fellowship at the Boston University Medical Center/ VA Boston Healthcare System. During his residency, Dr. Ahmed served as a Chief Resident as well as on various committees of the residency program. He has been actively involved with the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in various capacities including APA diversity leadership fellow and a fellow member at the APA Council on Addiction Psychiatry. He is also a member of the membership committee of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP). Being a former AADPRT Nyapati Rao/Francis Lu International Medical Graduate (IMG) Fellow, Dr. Ahmed has a distinct interest in mentoring IMGs, who seek residency/fellowship training in the United States. He currently provides addiction treatment services at West Ridge Recover clinic as well as to the inpatient psychiatry unit for people with and without co-occurring disorders. In addition to his clinical work, his research focus is on substance use disorders, specifically, micro-induction of Buprenorphine / Naloxone, investigating off-label medications “repurposing” in substance use disorders, increasing access to and reducing barriers to the utilization of available treatments for substance use disorders.