David J. Withers, M.D.

Addiction medicine specialist David J. Withers, MD, currently acts as Associate Medical Director for Marworth, a chemical dependency treatment facility in Waverly, Pennsylvania. As part of the Geisinger Health System, Marworth offers personalized rehabilitation services grounded in the principles of the 12-step program. Dr. Withers oversees the Geisinger Addiction Medicine Residency as Residency Director, a position he has held since the program's founding in 2006. He also shares his professional expertise in addiction medicine through his work as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the Temple University School of Medicine, an appointment he received in 2010.

Prior to joining the team at Marworth, David J. Withers, MD, served as a Medical Director of two New York addiction programs, the Chautauqua County Drug and Alcohol Program and the WCA Hospital Chemical Dependency Program in Jamestown. Dr. Withers was continuously board-certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine from 1988 to 2008. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians in 1994. Dr. Withers has practiced emergency medicine at several New York medical centers, as well as in his private practice.

A recognized expert in the field of addiction medicine, David J. Withers, MD, has written articles and given interviews on the subject in leading news and medical publications; he has also been interviewed about teen addiction on Newsradio 1070 WKOK. In 2011, Dr. Withers was quoted in a New York Times article titled "Rethinking Addiction's Roots, and Its Treatment." In the interview, he discussed the importance of medical residency programs in addiction medicine and the necessity of ensuring that addiction medicine is treated as a serious, rigorous branch of science within the greater medical community.

Holding certification in addiction medicine from the American Board of Addiction Medicine, David J. Withers, MD, received his Doctor of Medicine from The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University in 1980. He completed his surgical internship through the Indiana University School of Medicine.