DR. STEVE FARBER IS ORIGINALLY FROM NEW JERSEY, ATTENDED MEDICAL SCHOOL AT HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE IN PHILADELPHIA, DID HIS POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND CARDIOLOGY AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND THEN RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. HE PRACTICED CARDIOLOGY FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN CONROE, TEXAS AND NOW RESIDES IN CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA. DR. FARBER IS CURRENTLY PRACTICING HOSPITAL MEDICINE IN EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, WHERE HE CARES FOR MANY PATIENTS WITH BOTH ADDICTION AND PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS. HE HAS BEEN IN RECOVERY SINCE 2007 AND IS THE AUTHOR OF AS SICK AS OUR SECRETS.