Dr. Barbara A. Krantz
Chief Medical Officer
Hanley Center
Dr. Barbara Krantz has practiced medicine in South Florida for over
twenty-seven years. As Chief Medical Officer at Hanley Center, West
Palm Beach, Florida, she draws from a wealth of experience in
addiction medicine and family medicine.
Prior to joining Hanley Center in 2001, Dr. Krantz was the
Medical Director for the Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies. She
had earlier been the Medical Director at Cornerstone, a substance
abuse treatment program at Wellington Regional Medical Center, and
maintained a private family practice that included pediatrics and
geriatrics.
Dr. Krantz has also served as Clinical Assistant Professor of
Behavioral Medicine at Nova Southeastern University in North Miami
Beach, and in 1999 developed the Inner City Outreach Program and
the Medical Mobile Unit of West Palm Beach, the first such project
undertaken in Palm Beach County. Dr. Krantz has had institutional
affiliations including St. Mary’s and Good Samaritan Hospitals in
Palm Beach County. She is Founder and Board President of His Great
Commission, Inc., providing free medical screening, outreach and
referral, and basic medical care primarily to Caribbean-American
and Hispanic residents of Palm Beach County.
Dr. Krantz is a member of numerous medical associations
including the American Society of Addiction Medicine. She is widely
consulted as an addictionologist and has lectured on the
biochemistry of the brain as it relates to addiction, the disease
concept of chemical dependency, and signs and symptoms that
emergency room physicians can look for in identifying addicted
patients. She is currently teaching at the University of Miami
School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University as an assistant
professor of Biomedical Sciences, was a mentor at Nova Southeastern
University and teaches in the Hanley Center professional
program.
Dr. Krantz received a Bachelor of Science degree and was class
valedictorian at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. At
the University of Miami (Florida) she graduated Phi Kappa Phi with
a Master of Science degree and was class valedictorian. After
studying at Des Moines University, Health Sciences, she served an
internship at the Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in
North Miami Beach. She completed her family practice residency at
Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital. In 2006 Dr. Krantz was certified
by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC) as a
Medical Review Officer. Certified MROs evaluate drug and alcohol
test results in the workplace.