Vice President, RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery
RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey
Michael Litterer, CHES, CPS, FHELA
Michael Litterer is the Vice President at the RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) Institute for Prevention and Recovery (IFPR). A Fellow of the NJ Healthcare Executive Leadership Academy (FHELA), a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS), he holds a degree in Public Health from William Patterson University and has over 19 years of experience in the field of community health with a special focus on substance use prevention and recovery.
Michael oversees all IFPR programs and services implemented by a team of 200 skilled and passionate professionals all working to address community health. IFPR programs and services include individual and environmental prevention programs, early intervention services, clinical efforts to enhance pain practices and opioid prescribing, tobacco and nicotine recovery services, hospital and community-based peer recovery supports, case management services, and professional training. These data-driven programs take a person-centered approach to preventing and addressing trauma with a special emphasis on social determinants of health (SDoH).
Michael is the system Chairperson of the EPIC Social Care Workgroup that leads efforts to coordinate implementation of all community-based services system wide that utilize the electronic health record. Michael is a proud member of the multidisciplinary RWJBH Corporate Tackling Addiction Task Force (TATF), which is aimed at holistically addressing the chronic disease of addiction. The Task Force works to reduce the stigma associated with substance use disorder and increase the system’s capacity to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. The TATF coordinates all substance use-related education, training, policy development and patient care.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Sunday, April 3, 2022
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
