AVON—Dr. Samuel M. Silverman, medical director of addiction services at Rushford who sees patients at Rushford’s Avon facility, was recently named to Hartford Magazine’s Best Doctors list for 2017.

Providers were chosen by their peers from The Best Doctors in America database, which includes more than 45,000 U.S. doctors in more than 40 medical specialties and 400 subspecialties. The Best Doctors in America database is compiled and maintained by Best Doctors Inc.

Dr. Silverman, board-certified in psychiatry and addiction psychiatry, is accepting new patients at 35 Tower Lane in Avon.

Rushford at Avon offers varying levels of treatment , including medication-assisted treatment for opioid or alcohol addiction, that adapt to patients therapeutic needs, with services that range from once-a-week outpatient therapy to intensive outpatient therapy. All programs are short-term and designed to help the patient either transition out of rehab or prevent the need for that level of care. For more information click here.