Dr. Ayman Fareed is a well-known, board-certified clinician and academician. He has worked as an Associate Professor and previous Director of Addiction Fellowship Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine and as a psychiatrist and Medical Director at Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) since January 2007.

Dr. Fareed was the Chief Medical Officer of a 110–bed drug and alcohol treatment facility in Georgia. Previously, he completed a Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and a psychiatry residency at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt program. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in both general psychiatry and addiction psychiatry. Dr. Fareed is also certified in addiction medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM).

Dr. Fareed has written and published many research articles, book chapters, and books. He also served as a grant reviewer for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Center for Disease Control (CDC).