Medical Staff

The Refuge A Healing Place offers 24/7 medical care for all of our clients. Our talented, dedicated staff consists of ASAM certified physicians and licensed nurses. Medical staff provides both medical and psychiatric care including assessment, diagnosis, medication management and administration. The Refuge Medical Staff takes pride in individualized care.

Douglas J. Davies, MD, ASAM, Medical Director

Dr Davies is fellowship trained in Addiction Medicine and certified by The American Board of Addiction Medicine. He maintains appointments on the staffs of both The University of Florida and Florida State University and regularly lectures and mentors medical students, patients and family members on topics that he is passionate about, including healing from tobacco addiction and the physical, emotional and spiritual underpinnings of the disease we call addiction. He serves full time as the medical director of The Refuge and offers a no judgment, no pressure healing energy to all who cross his path. Fully integrated as a key member of an exceptional team of nurses, consultant physicians and therapists, he has developed an awareness of how to engage and welcome into the light of recovery patients suffering from trauma and addiction, through personal experience, professional training, elder mentoring and a clear understanding that at the core we are all connected.

Tom Antonek, PhD Psychologist

Dr. Antonek is an accomplished licensed psychologist with over 30 years of clinical experience and is fully licensed to practice psychology in the states of Florida and Indiana. He has graduate training (M.S. from Fordham University and Ph.D. from Ball State University) in counseling, clinical, and educational psychology as well as marital and couples counseling. Dr. Antonek has been specializing in the area of substance abuse treatment since 1981. He also has extensive therapy experience with adult addicts in treatment at inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, residential treatment facilities, university counseling centers, and prison settings. Dr. Antonek has dedicated his entire adulthood to working in the field of mental health and addictions treatment and believes it to be a great honor to be a part of the healing process.