Board-certified in Addiction Medicine with an MD earned at Medical College of Georgia in 2000, Thomas W. Meeks MD practices adult psychiatry at the UC San Diego Health Hillcrest campus on West Arbor Drive in 92103. Clinical work centers on co-occurring substance use and mood disorders, with outpatient appointments scheduled through the UC San Diego Health Psychiatry – Hillcrest clinic directly across Arbor Drive. A Brain & Behavior Research Foundation young-investigator grantee, Dr. Meeks has published on geriatric psychiatry and late-life addiction, bringing a research-informed approach to medication management. Inpatient consultation-liaison work runs through the Department of Psychiatry team that rounds at Hillcrest Medical Center at UC San Diego Health on the Arbor Drive campus. Common referrals include alcohol use disorder, benzodiazepine taper supervision, and dementia-related behavioral symptoms in older adults. The highest-acuity work combines long-acting naltrexone or buprenorphine initiation with psychiatric stabilization for patients transitioning from medical detox into outpatient maintenance.