Medical Director
Benzodiazepine Information Coalition
Christy Huff, MD, is a cardiologist and medical director of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, a nonprofit that educates about the adverse effects of prescribed benzodiazepines. Dr. Huff attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern where she graduated Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed an internal medicine residency at Washington University in St. Louis and a cardiology fellowship at U.T. Southwestern, with a focus in advanced cardiovascular imaging and noninvasive cardiology. Dr. Huff is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and was a private practice cardiologist in Fort Worth,Texas until 2011, when she became a stay-at-home mom after the birth of her daughter. In addition to her work at BIC, Dr. Huff is a member of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention’s Benzodiazepine Action Work Group.
Dr. Huff speaks and writes frequently about her lived experience with benzodiazepines. Her personal experience with protracted benzodiazepine withdrawal led her to realize the serious risks of these medications and the knowledge gaps in the medical community surrounding benzodiazepines. Dr. Huff specifically advocates for better education of physicians regarding the adverse effects of benzodiazepines and how to safely taper patients off these medications. Her research interests include patient-centered benzodiazepine deprescribing and benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction (BIND).
