Briarwood Detox Center

About Our team

The people who will be looking after you

Not everyone who works here — the people whose job answers a question you are probably asking. Who runs treatment, who signs off medically, who is on the floor at night, and who picks up when you call.

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Leadership

The people accountable for how treatment runs, across all three brands.

  • Mathew Gorman
    Mathew Gorman Chief Executive Officer
  • Farai Musariri
    Farai Musariri VP Treatment Operations
  • Colleen Culton
    Colleen Culton VP Talent and Clinical Development
  • Chris Popovich
    Chris Popovich Head of UR and Clinical Compliance
  • Blanca Garcia
    Blanca Garcia VP Recovery Housing Operations
  • Lisa Garceau
    Lisa Garceau VP Revenue Operations
  • Ryan Becks
    Ryan Becks Regional Director

Medical and nursing

Who signs off on your care and who is on the floor while you detox.

  • Dr. Manohar Vajja
    Dr. Manohar Vajja, MD Medical Director
  • Roberto D'lorm
    Roberto D'lorm Nurse Practitioner
  • Reagan Rudder Nurse Lead Briarwood Detox Austin

Admissions

Whoever picks up when you call. One of these three, at any hour.

  • Joshua Rivas Admissions Manager
  • Michael Kerr Admissions Coordinator Lead
  • Lori Fletcher Admissions Coordinator

Hospitality

Food, comfort and the parts of a stay that are not clinical.

  • Michael Anderson
    Michael Anderson Hospitality Director

Any of them would rather you called than wondered

Admissions is answered around the clock, and the person who picks up can tell you what a stay actually looks like without you committing to anything.

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Straight answers

Who will be looking after you

Who is on site during detox?

Licensed nursing staff around the clock with physician oversight, plus counselors and recovery support staff. Continuous nursing is the thing that separates medical detox from stopping on your own, and it is why admissions are answered at any hour.

How medically assisted detox works
Will a doctor see me?

Yes. A medical assessment on admission sets the withdrawal protocol, and physician oversight continues through the stay. The protocol is set by what you are withdrawing from, which is why the assessment comes before the plan.

Everything we detox from
Can I keep seeing my own doctor or therapist?

Where it helps, yes, and the team will coordinate with them if you ask and sign a release. Substance use records are covered by stricter federal rules than general medical records, so nothing is shared without your written consent.

Is staff available at night and on weekends?

Yes. Detox is staffed continuously, every day, and admissions is answered 24 hours a day. Withdrawal does not keep office hours.

How admission works, step by step
Who decides what happens after detox?

You do, with a recommendation from the clinical team based on the assessment. The referral into treatment or sober living is arranged before discharge rather than left as a list of numbers.

What comes after detox
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