To learn more about the escalating public health problems created by street drug xylazine, as well as treatment implications for clinicians, we interview hospital medicine specialist Varun Malayala, MD, MPH, FACP, FHM, and Edward C. Traver, MD.
Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC
Contributing Writer
Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC, is an Atlanta-based journalist, licensed psychotherapist, and Ayurvedic health coach, creator of the body-positive wellness company Bettie Page Fitness, and author of 2 books – The Little Book of Bettie: Taking a Page from the Queen of Pinups and Bettie Page: The Lost Years. She holds a BS in psychology from Georgia State University and an MA in counseling psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. Tori has also managed a medical practice and was instrumental in developing Georgia’s multispecialty telemedicine program. Photograph courtesy of Brooklyn Brat Images.
