Medical School: University of Michigan Medical College
Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Certified by: American Society of Addiction Medicine

Dr. Kleanthous joined Brighton Hospital in March 2004. His primary specialty is Family Practice with a secondary specialty in Addiction Medicine. In addition to his work at Brighton, Dr. Kleanthous runs a substance abuse treatment group for older adults at Chelsea Hospital.

Because of the expertise and commitment of Dr. Kleanthous and our other long term drug treatment experts, we are mending lives.  Our multidisciplinary medical team of drug and alcohol treatment specialists know that chemical dependency is a disease – not a weakness.  We center our long term drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs around treating every patient with compassion, dignity and clinical excellence, because this is how you deserve to be treated.  We know this because many members of our addiction treatment team are also in recovery, or are adult children of alcoholics.  In fact, approximately one-half of Brighton's employees were admitted to our drug and alcohol treatment programs first as patients before joining our staff.  When it comes to recognizing drug and alcohol problems in his patients, "It's hard to fool me", says Dr. Menestrina, M.D., FASAM, Director of the Detox Center.  "I've been there, I can relate."

All Brighton Hospital addiction treatment experts receive annual service excellence training.  This is reflected by patient satisfaction scores exceeding 90 percent.  Plus, having established America's first Fellowship in Addiction Medicine in a clinical setting, we lead the nation in the medical education of long term drug and alcohol treatment programs.  In addition, we help expand the understanding and knowledge of addiction treatment through regular rotations of nursing, medical and social work students.  These are some of our unique advantages in guiding our patients to recovery.  Welcome to hope.  Welcome to the experts at Brighton Hospital, a nationally leading, drug and alcohol rehabilitation center offering programs for both short and long term treatment.