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Clinical Director of Addiction Medicine and Disease Management
Northwell Health, Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra
Queens, New York
Dr. Eugene Vortsman is an attending physician and the clinical director of Addiction Medicine and Disease Management for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center at Northwell Health. Passionate about integrating processes for early identification of addiction as well as promoting harm reduction strategies, Dr. Vortsman works to motivate fellow clinicians and interprofessional team members to humanistically approach substance use disorder and to offer care, treatment and partnership, without stigma and judgment.
As chair of the hospital Pain Commitee, his responsibilities include improving implementation of alternative approaches for pain management, including medicinal cannabis and holistic therapies and medications. In this capacity, he has fostered an environment for interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve overall care for patients while in the hospital and post-discharge.
Dr. Vortsman is passionate to find every possible tool to help patients suffering with pain and addiction. The field of psychadelic assisted psychotherapy has the potential to revolutionize treatment of mental health. He extends his passion for mental health into the ED where he truly focuses on addiction and psychiatric problems by actively being involved in research and educating his residents on these growing epidemics
Friday, September 9, 2022
2:40 PM – 3:30 PM