Derek M. Blevins, MD

Dr. Blevins is originally from southwestern Virginia. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, where he majored in biology and Spanish. Prior to attending medical school, he worked as a research assistant on NIH-funded clinical trials for medications for alcohol, cocaine, and methamphetamine use disorders at UVA. Dr. Blevins then attended medical school at the American University of the Caribbean in St. Maarten. He returned to UVA where he completed the general psychiatry residency program and served as Chief Resident. He then completed the Columbia University addiction psychiatry clinical fellowship and NIDA-funded T32 substance use disorder research fellowship. His research interests include neuromodulation, particularly rTMS, for substance use disorders and comorbid conditions, as well as pharmacologic treatments of alcohol, opioid, and stimulant use disorders.