Doctor of Medical Science, Los Angeles. Director of Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Center. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Karen Miotto is also director of medical services at the University of California in the area of drug abuse, as well as Director of the Opioid Dependence Treatment Program.

Dr Miotto is frequently invited to give presentations at local and international conferences on the subject of addiction. She conducts research in the treatment of addictive diseases. She is also the winner of the career development of the National Institute of Drug Addiction and is involved in several studies on the subject of drug addiction.