Mark Leeds, D.O. is an osteopathic physician with over 26 years of experience in family medicine and over two decades of experience in treating medication and drug dependence and addiction. He graduated from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1996 and completed his residency in Family Medicine at Westchester General Hospital in 1999. He is accepting new patients.

Dr. Leeds has extensive clinical experience with difficult benzodiazepine tapering cases, protracted withdrawal, and BIND (Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological Dysfunction). His concierge telemedicine practice in Fort Lauderdale specializes in benzodiazepine and psychiatric medication tapering — including antidepressants, antipsychotics, gabapentinoids, and z-drugs — as well as opioid dependence treatment and alcohol use disorder. His practice serves patients who have been underserved by traditional healthcare models — those physically dependent on prescribed medications who need a physician who understands that dependence is not addiction.

Dr. Leeds holds a distinctive clinical perspective: that tapering is the optimal approach for any drug that causes physical dependence, when an established tapering protocol exists. Drawing from the Ashton Manual, Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines, The Sinclair Method, and other evidence-based protocols, this unified tapering philosophy informs every treatment plan. Physical dependence on prescribed medications is a medical condition requiring gradual, patient-directed tapering, not addiction treatment paradigms.

Dr. Leeds serves on the medical advisory board of the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition and hosts The Rehab Podcast on the Mental Health News Radio Network, where he interviews experts including physicians, best-selling authors, and filmmakers working in the addiction, recovery, and deprescribing space. His approach prioritizes patient comfort, safety, and autonomy, with treatment often extending over several months depending on the medication and history of use.