Emergency Medicine - Department of Emergency Medicine - University at Buffalo

Department chair Robert McCormack.

Podcast: Combatting the Opioid Crisis

As a young emergency medicine doctor, Joshua Lynch was struck by how unprepared ERs were to help patients with opioid use disorder. After losing family members to overdose, he knew he had to act. In this episode of Driven to Discover, he shares how MATTERS—the treatment program he founded—is becoming a national model in the fight against the opioid epidemic.

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Department News

Faces and Voices

“Our program offers truly diverse training given the affiliation with multiple sites, offering different perspectives, techniques and styles of practice.”
10/5/21
Christian DeFazio, MD
Clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine
“I looked forward to coming to work everyday in residency and continue to as an attending!”
4/3/19
Brian Monaco, MD
Clinical instructor of emergency medicine
“The residency is fantastic. It exposes our residents to a wide range of practice settings and patient populations.”
2/3/22
Samuel Cloud, DO
Assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine
“Our residency program offers an incredible breadth of hands-on experience.”
2/16/22
Josette Teuscher, MD
Clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine
“The diversity of our hospitals, commitment to teaching by our faculty, and strong training in ultrasound, telemedicine and prehospital care are all major positives of our program.”
1/11/22
Ronald Moscati, MD
Clinical associate professor emeritus of emergency medicine
“We are truly invested in preparing and guiding our residents to be very competent practitioners.”
2/17/22
Amanda Werthman-Ehrenreich, MD
Clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine
“The program’s clinical strength comes from the concentration of centers of excellence.”
2/17/22
William Dice, MD
Clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine

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