Margaret R. Rukstalis, MD

Addiction Psychiatry

Addiction Psychiatry

VTC Faculty

Carilion Clinic

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Accepting new patients

Offering Virtual Visits

"Let's embrace change with the serenity to accept things we cannot change (past), the courage to change what we can (our thoughts and behaviors) and the wisdom to know the difference."

Background

Medical School

  • Dartmouth Medical School

Fellowships

  • University of Chicago Medical Center
  • University of Pennsylvania Treatment Resource Center

Specialties or Medical Focus

  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Internships

  • Harvard-Boston's Beth Israel
  • Cambridge Health Alliance - Harvard Medical School

NPI

  • 1649629619

Residencies

  • Harvard-Boston's Beth Israel
  • University of Chicago Medical Center

Biography

Dr. Margaret R. Rukstalis is an addiction psychiatrist who joined the Carilion Clinic team in 2022 as the Medical Director of Addiction Psychiatry. Dr. Rukstalis completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado and medical school at Dartmouth Medical School, followed by an internship in Pathology and Transitional Medicine at Harvard Medical School and residency in General Psychiatry at the University of Chicago. She completed a Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship at the University of Chicago and an Addiction Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rukstalis has coauthored more than fifty scientific articles, book chapters and a book. She participates in research and numerous educational activities.

Accepted Insurance

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