Staff Physician
Ophelia Medical Group
Richard Paul Paczynski, MD is a native of Western NY and a graduate of Mayo Medical School; he currently works full time with Ophelia Medical Group and is based in Pennsylvania. Rich completed residency in neurology and fellowships in critical care and stroke at Washington University in St. Louis. He has participated in both bench and clinical research over the years with special interest in management of neurological emergencies, neurotoxicology and medical management of substance use disorders. He is the proud father of two wonderful daughters who also work and study in the medical profession; the research presented at this conference is dedicated to their generation.
The opioid overdose crisis presents special challenges to our understanding of addiction as brain disease. A durable solution requires an artful combination of medical intervention, psychological support and optimized social services. As an ASAM member Dr. P is honored to present at the Society’s 54th Annual Conference in the nation’s capital. He is inspired by the opportunity to respond to OUD with a truly multidisciplinary and international plan of action. He believes that the medical profession, engineers, and society at large need to respond to OUD in earnest, much as we responded to HIV/AIDS and acute stroke in previous decades.
