Medical Director
Employee Health and Safety, University of Maryland Midtown Campus
Baltimore, Maryland
As a physician, entrepreneur, and drug policy expert, Dr. Malik Burnett works to advance the broader drug policy reform agenda with the goal of shifting US drug policy from a framework based on criminal justice to one based on public health. He is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Addiction Medicine at the University of Maryland Midtown Campus, where he serves as Chair of the Opioid Taskforce. He serves as Medical Director for the Maryland Department of Health's Center for Harm Reduction Services, and the for Medical Director of the Institute for Behavioral Resources REACH Health Services, Genesis Treatment Centers and A Helping Hand Treatment Center, which are community based opioid treatment programs; he also serves as a consultant for the Maryland Addiction Consultation Service. Additionally, he serves on the American Society of Addiction Medicine Public Policy and Legislative Advocacy Committees. He attended Duke University where he completed a medical degree and a master’s in business administration at Duke's School of Medicine and the Fuqua School of Business, respectively, after completing a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. He earned his MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed his residency training in general preventive medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital and his addiction medicine fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM