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Kent T Mathias

Kent T Mathias, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department: MD-PSYCHIATRY
Business Phone: (352) 265-4357
Business Email: kmathias@ufl.edu

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About Kent T Mathias

My name is Dr. Kent Mathias, and I am an assistant professor in psychiatry and addiction medicine and serve as the inpatient attending physician at the UF Health Psychiatric Hospital addiction unit (West). I received my medical degree from the University of Florida after completing my undergraduate education in Georgia where I was a certified firefighter, EMT and deputy coroner. I completed my psychiatry residency at UF where I served as chief resident and was a departmental representative on several committees for the College of Medicine, including the Admissions and Reaccreditation Committees.

I grew up in a medical family with my father being an otolaryngologist who practiced the majority of his time in a small town in Georgia. I got to see the ripple effects that helping people get healthy had on their family and community, which inspired me to want to be a part of something similar. I continuously find it a rewarding and humbling experience to be part of something bigger than myself. I knew when picking a medical specialty, it had to keep me interested and not algorithmic. Psychiatry, in my opinion, is one of the last medical frontiers that is still being explored from a foundational level. There remains so much to be explored and delineated. It is also a specialty that has major ripple effects, talked about above, when we positively affect someone’s mental health. All in all, it is an extremely rewarding specialty.

It’s important to me that my patients know I treat each one of them like I would a family member and do my best to practice within the guidelines of the latest evidence-based literature. I am currently working on research for toxilogical forensic drug testing.

I have special expertise in treating patients for substance induced psychosis, substance induced mood disorders, mood disorders, alcohol and drug detoxification, medication assisted therapy for opiate and alcohol use disorders, dual diagnosis (mental health and addiction patients) and professional health.

When I’m not working, I enjoy running, traveling and eating good food.

Accomplishments

  1. Member

    Gold Humanism Honor Society

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. BMS6813 – Intro Clin Med 3

    College of Medicine

  2. BMS6021 – Pain Intensive

    College of Medicine

  3. PAS5020 – Intro to Medicine 2

    College of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Psychiatry
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Adult Psychiatry

Areas of Interest

  • Alcohol Use Disorder
  • Alcohol Withdrawal
  • Cocaine Intoxication
  • Cocaine Withdrawal
  • Depression
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Marijuana Intoxication
  • Opiate and Opioid Withdrawal
  • Opioid Intoxication
  • Substance Use Disorder

Publications

Academic Articles

  1. Extended urinary opiate detection following ad libitum ingestion of poppy seed pastry.

    Journal
    Journal of analytical toxicology.
    [DOI]
    10.1093/jat/bkaf086.
    [PMID]
    40929133.
    PubMed Publisher’s Site

  2. Pain Predicts Dropout From Substance Use Treatment.

    Journal
    Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs.
    Volume/Issue
    85(3):381-388
    [DOI]
    10.15288/jsad.23-00099.
    [PMID]
    38206669.
    2 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  3. Urine and hair drug test results associated with daily consumption of codeine-predominant poppy seed food products.

    Journal
    Journal of analytical toxicology.
    Volume/Issue
    48(1):27-36
    [DOI]
    10.1093/jat/bkad083.
    [PMID]
    37987376.
    3 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  4. A Preliminary Analysis of Ontogenetic Changes in Cranial Architecture and Mandibular Geometry During the Larval Development of Dytiscus Carolinus Aube (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae).

    Journal
    Georgia Journal of Science.
    Volume/Issue
    70(2):347-354
    [DOI]
    10.1649/0010-065X-70.2.347.
    Publisher’s Site

Presentations

  1. Alive and Thriving, Supporting Physicians with Disabilities.

    National / Invited. [Workshop]. American Psychiatric Association National Conference , New Orleans, LA

  2. Trauma Informed Care Within the World of Social Injustice and COVID-19 Pandemics

    National / Invited. [Workshop]. American Psychiatric Association National Conference , Virtual

  3. Time of Postoperative Discharge Following Inpatient Tonsillectomy: A Comparison of Two Techinques

    National / Invited. [Poster]. American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology , Chicago, IL

Grants

  1. Win-win: A University of Florida model for training addiction medicine fellows and incorporating behavioral healthcare into the primary care of the medically underserved

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN

Education

  1. Residency, Psychiatry

    University of Florida College of Medicine

  2. Residency, Anesthesia

    Yale New Haven Hospital

  3. Medical Degree

    University of Florida College of Medicine

  4. Bachelor of Science

    Georgia College & State University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-4357
Emails:
Business:
kmathias@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
4101 NW 89TH BLVD
 GAINESVILLE FL 32606
Business Street:
4101 NW 89th Blvd
 Gainesville FL 32606