The CeDAR Care Team includes top professionals representing decades of cumulative experience in the field of addiction treatment and medicine. CeDAR is dedicated to delivering state of the art evidence-based treatment in a caring, supportive and confidential environment.
Steven Millette, LCAS, CCS Executive Director
Steven has more than 23 years in experience in the behavioral health and addiction services recovery field the roles of clinician, trainer, supervisor and administrator. His competencies include clinical best practice implementation, treatment innovation, 12 step recovery programming and organizational leadership. He previously served as the Executive Director of Treatment Services at Pavillon International in North Carolina andhas held top administrative positions at prominent treatment facilities within the state of Florida, including Hanley-Hazelden. He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Assumption College and his master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Steven is an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (I.C.A.D.C.) and an Internationally Certified Clinical Supervisor (ICCS).
Jonathan I. Ritvo, MD, Medical Director
Dr. Ritvo offers patients more than 30 years of nationally recognized care. Trained at Harvard Medical School and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, he is a board certified addiction psychiatrist and one of the City's Top Doctors (5280 Denver's Magazine). Dr. Ritvo has held numerous leadership positions in the addiction psychiatry residency program at University of Colorado Hospital. He also has served as chair of the American Psychiatric Association's committee on training and education.
University of Colorado School of Medicine Faculty, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Anne Felton, RN, ND, Director of Operations
Anne provides patients with exceptional service in both behavioral healthcare and psycho-social emergency assessment. Anne received her nursing doctorate from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She started working at CeDAR in 2006. Anne co-authored two chapters in the Emergency Nursing Secrets (2nd ed.), has written articles for Denver Women and Addiction Professional and has lectured at numerous conferences.
Michael Dinneen, LCSW, CAC III, Manager, Clinical Operations
Michael's ability to empathetically connect with patients and provide them treatment stems from his broad personal experience and dedication to recovery. Michael has more than 15 years of experience in adult inpatient, intensive outpatient and DUI/offender programs. He is a certified addiction counselor and has a certificate in spiritual direction. In addition, he is an international trainer and mentor for addiction counselors.
D.Jo Lowell, MDiv, Chaplain
As an ordained Presbyterian minister and senior level certified addictions counselor, Rev. Lowell has over twenty years of experience working in the field. She has served as a primary counselor, family program director, director for an outpatient treatment program, parish minister and chaplain in various settings. D.Jo brings a unique set of skills to CeDAR patients and is able to work with a full range of belief systems, both religious and non-religious. She works individually and in groups with patients, helping them understand and integrate the importance of spirituality in recovery and supporting them in their own spiritual journey.
Laura F. Martin, MD, Attending Psychiatrist
Dr. Martin graduated from Wake Forest School of Medicine in 1997 and completed her Residency in Psychiatry at University of Denver School of Medicine in 2002. She is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Psychiatry’s Division of Psychopharmacology at University of Denver School of Medicine.
Dr. Martin has lectured extensively, authored numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and has been an investigator on research grants studying the effects of nicotine in the brain and tobacco cessation. She is also a member of the Colorado Psychiatric Society and the American Psychiatric Association.
University of Colorado School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Charles K. Park, MD, Attending Psychiatrist
Dr. Park graduated from New York Medical College in 2001, completed his General Psychiatry program in 2005 at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and graduated from his Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 2006. He is a board certified psychiatrist. He was a sub-investigator for two different National Institute of Drug and Alcohol research trials evaluating medications to treat methamphetamine addiction. He was also Assistant Program Director for the Addiction Psychiatry Program at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine prior to moving back to Colorado. He has also served as an addiction psychiatrist at the Denver VA, medical director for two different community methadone clinics and an addiction psychiatrist consult in various other residential addiction programs in Colorado and Hawaii.
University of Colorado School of Medicine Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Gregory L. Kirk, MD, Consulting Psychiatrist
With experience in public health, non-profit private medical systems and independent consulting, Dr. Kirk provides a unique perspective on the complex issues surrounding mental health and addictive disorders. Formerly the chair of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine in Denver’s largest non-profit psychiatric hospital, as well as an administrator in Colorado’s largest multi-specialty medical group, Dr. Kirk is experienced as both a healthcare administrator and practicing clinician. Dr. Kirk now serves as a Consultant at CeDAR (Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation), part of the University of Colorado Hospital. Dr. Kirk received his MD from the University of Tennessee Medical School and completed residency in both Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
University of Colorado School of Medicine Faculty, Department of Psychiatry