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On a hospital addiction consult service, John Huerta, MD, FASAM, evaluates inpatients undergoing substance withdrawal and manages medication therapies across medical and surgical wards. An internist who finished an internal medicine residency followed by a specialized addiction medicine fellowship, he advises clinical teams on acute withdrawal care and addiction neuroscience. Huerta, who collects vintage blueprint drawings of municipal infrastructure, also collaborates with bedside staff to standardize inpatient protocols.