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Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, director of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center, struggled with his own addiction in the past.

Teitelbaum, a former pediatrician, lost his medical license and family due to his substance abuse before seeking treatment and achieving sobriety.

UF Health recently opened a new, larger Florida Recovery Center campus in Gainesville to expand patient care.

For Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, his work as the director of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center isn't just something he was trained to do. As a former drug addict and alcoholic, himself, he understands the battles his patients go through every day.

Teitelbaum, vice chair of UF's Department of Psychiatry and chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine, celebrated 29 years of sobriety on Aug. 22.

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