Scott Matthews MD FASAM is a 2023 IAFAT based at the West Haven Connecticut VA Medical Center. Dr Matthews is board certified in Addiction Medicine and completed an Addiction Medicine fellowship at SUNY Buffalo. His research interests include non-invasive brain stimulation, psychedelic therapies targeted to substance use disorders, use of virtual reality as a treatment and training modality, controlled release drug delivery, and the role of the gut microbiome in alcohol use disorder. A physician, scientist, and inventor trained at Yale University and the University of Rochester, his patents include the first successful application of controlled release technology to infectious disease prevention.