Associate Professor and Medical Director
UPMC
Dr. Michael Lynch is an associate professor of Emergency Medicine, Toxicology, and Addiction Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh where he works clinically in several UPMC hospitals. Dr. Lynch is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is currently serving as Medical Director for both Quality and Substance Use Disorder Services at UPMC Health Plan. In January, 2022, he became the first Medical Director of the PA Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. Prior to that, Dr. Lynch was the Medical Director of the Pittsburgh Poison Center for 10 years. He is the founder and director of the UPMC Medical Toxicology Telemedicine Bridge Clinic. Dr. Lynch serves on the Board of Directors of the PA College of Emergency Physicians and is a past board member of the American Association of Poison Control Centers. He served on the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force at the Department of Health and Human Services.
