FACULTY
Alicia Carrasco, MD, MA, FASAM
Dr. Carrasco is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She completed residency at UCSF and stayed in San Francisco doing primary care and hospital work in the safety net system before moving to Boise. She has helped implement primary care-based medication for addiction treatment services in San Francisco, Nampa, and the Boise VA, and has run numerous buprenorphine trainings trainings, including regional trainings through the Society for General Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians, and Project ECHO Idaho.
Dr. Carrasco recently stepped into the role of Associate Chief of Staff for Primary Care, leading primary care services at the Boise VA and its community-based clinics across Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Idaho. Previously, Dr. Carrasco was core faculty with the University of Washington Boise Internal Medicine Residency, implementing a substance use disorder curriculum for residents and serving as medical director of the resident clinic at the Boise VA. S co-founded the University of Washington Boise Addiction Medicine Fellowship, serving as Associate Program Director for the fellowship's first few years. Dr. Carrasco also founded the Idaho chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, serving as president of the Idaho Society of Addiction Medicine during its first year.
Jacob Harris, MD, FASAM
Dr. Harris is Board-certified in psychiatry, internal medicine and addiction medicine. He co-founded the University of Washington Boise Addiction Medicine Fellowship with Dr. Carrasco and was the Fellowship's first Program Director. He is currently the Addiction Medicine Director at the Boise VA Medical Center, overseeing the inpatient addiction medicine consult service, the outpatient addiction psychiatry clinic, and the 18-bed residential SUD Program. He works with addiction medicine fellows, psychiatry residents, internal medicine residents, and medical students and enjoys teaching all aspects of addiction medicine from acute treatment of delirium tremens to exploration of trauma and its influence on substance use.
Nari Hsiu, DO, FASAM
Dr. Hsiu is a psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician at the Boise VA Medical Center. She completed psychiatry residency training through the University of Washington, Idaho Advanced Clinician Track and addiction medicine training through the University of Washington Boise Addiction Medicine Fellowship. Her clinical interests include ambulatory detoxification clinic, addiction medicine bridge clinic, addiction medicine inpatient consultation, and general outpatient psychiatry with a focus on co-occurring mental health disorders and substance use disorders. Dr Hsiu is a lemon-flavored-anything-enthusiast and enjoys bike-commuting to work when it is between 65-80 deg F outside.
Nina Abul-Husn, MD, MPH
Dr. Nina is a dual Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician and Addiction Medicine Specialist. Her full-scope general medicine training provides her the ability to provide comprehensive medical care for people of all ages, though her passion and dedication lies in helping those with substance use and mental health conditions.
She has an extensive background in the life sciences, having graduated from Indiana University with a degree in biochemistry and microbiology, as well as a background in public health and tropical medicine, having graduated with a Master’s degree from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She completed her medical training and has been practicing in the Treasure Valley since 2012.
Dr. Nina is passionate about helping patients navigate the complexities of substance use and mental health with a warm and understanding approach. She strives to create a safe and nurturing environment where healing and growth can flourish and believes that every step forward, no matter how small, is a success worth celebrating. Dr. Nina is committed to providing compassionate care and support to individuals on their journey to recovery and is dedicated to supporting her patients every step of the way. She serves as Medical Director of Raise the Bottom Opioid Treatment Program.
Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Nina is an avid backcountry pilot with a deep appreciation for exploration. When she is not caring for patients, she can be found flying her Cessna through the rugged mountains of Idaho and the remote wilderness of Alaska. Whether tracing winding river canyons, navigating among towering peaks, or landing in small volcanic lakes, she is drawn to the freedom, challenge, and sense of discovery that aviation provides. For Dr. Nina, flying is both an adventure and a reflection of the same curiosity and resilience that shape her approach to medicine.
Norm Litchfield, MD, FASAM
Dr. Litchfield is a board-certified Adult Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine Specialist. He graduated from East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine with a focus in rural primary care before completing psychiatry residency training at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Following medical training, he moved to Boise with his husband to be closer to family and the great outdoors of Idaho. He worked for seven years as the medical director for the inpatient psychiatry unit at the Boise VA Medical Center before joining St. Luke's Health System in 2021 as the Lead Psychiatrist for the inpatient psychiatry consult service and Medical Director of Addiction Medicine within the Behavioral Health Service Line. Dr. Litchfield divides his clinical time at St. Luke's between the inpatient psychiatry and addiction medicine consult services at hospitals located across Southwest and Central Idaho, outpatient psychiatry clinics located in Boise and McCall, and the inpatient psychiatry unit at Canyon View Behavioral Health Unit in Twin Falls.
Dr. Litchfield is a faculty member with the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he teaches medical students, residents and fellows in the UW-Boise Psychiatry Residency and Addiction Medicine Fellowship Programs. He is a founding board member and current president of the Idaho Society of Addiction Medicine, a chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
Todd Palmer, MD, FASAM
Dr. Palmer has been a family physician since 1989 and has been a faculty member at the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho (FMRI) based at the federally qualified health center Full Circle Health since 1998. He achieved board certification in addiction medicine in 2015 and has been the faculty lead for development and implementation of the addiction medicine curriculum at FMRI and oversight of their controlled substances policies and protocols. He was the first buprenorphine waivered prescriber at Full Circle and championed the integration of a robust MAT program into clinical care there. He is the medical director of the University of Idaho’s ECHO program on chronic pain and opioid misuse, recruited their expert panel, and has also used this forum to help train over 150 Idaho providers in MAT, when the buprenorphine X-waiver was required. He has been active in Idaho state policy related to controlled substances.
In his free time, Dr. Palmer loves taking trainees rafting on Idaho's beautiful rivers and performing with the Post Void Residuals, a band of Full Circle faculty, residents and graduates.
