Education:
BS in Computer Science Cum Laude, Boston University
MD, University of Washington School of Medicine
Board Certifications:
Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine
Addiction Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine
Residency:
St. Peter Family Medicine in Olympia, Washington
Joined Pioneer Family Practice:
2011
Medical Interests:
Chronic pain
Substance use disorder
Microdosing of ketamine for pain, depression and transition to buprenorphine from fentanyl
Creative approaches to challenging medical problems
Honors & awards
- SIIA EXCEL Award for “Bending the Curve,” published in Washington State Medical Association’s WSMA Reports, Bronze in the Editorial/Opinion Piece category · 2023
- Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Issued by American Society of Addiction Medicine · 2023
- Grassroots Advocacy Award, Issued by Washington State Medical Association
- Health Care Champions Award for Innovative Community Service, Issued by Thurston County Chamber of Commerce and Thurston Mason County Medical Society
Hobbies:
Classical music, international travel, global health, spending time with her husband and two basset hounds and her grown son who lives in Thailand.
Publications:
with Cundiff C, Murray M, Greenwald M, Wright T, Martin S
Journal of Addiction Medicine · Jun 16, 2023
Prescribing the Buprenorphine Monoproduct for Adverse Effects of Buprenorphine-Naloxone
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord · Mar 1, 2017
with Thompson EC, Au MA, Sawyer D, Baldwin LM, Rosenblatt, RA
J Am Board Fam Med · Nov 12, 2016
Attention-grapefruit!
Education and advocacy activities:
- 2011- present: University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor 2018-present, Clinical Instructor 2011-2017
- 2017-present: American Association of Public Health Physicians, Member, Resolutions, Policies and Legislation Committee
- 2021-present: Washington Society of Addiction Medicine, Board Member at Large 2011-2023, Secretary/Treasurer 2023
- 6/27/2023 UW Medicine Newsroom, Guidelines for opioid treatment drug ignore fentanyl surge
- 4/2023: Ketamine-Assisted Buprenorphine Initiation, Presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, with Tom Hutch, MD and Andrew Herring, MD
- 2/2023: Ketamine Treatment Across the Dose Spectrum, Program Director, 6 hour continuing medical education course, with Rakesh Jain, MD, Steven Mandel, MD, David Dansky, MD, Lindsay Wilkinson, ND, and Hilary Sandell, ND
- 2019-2022: Eliminating the Buprenorphine Waiver, Resolution approved by the Washington State Medical Association, adopted by American Medical Association, ultimately passed by Congress in 2022
- 2/2020: Pew Charitable Trusts, Community Opioid Response and Evaluation grant to Olympia Bupe Clinic at Capital Recovery Center, in partnership with University of Washington Addictions, Drug and Alcohol Institute and St. Martin University
- 6/10/2015: Northwest Public Radio
In Time Of Need, A Treatment For Heroin Addiction Is Hard To Come By, by Rowan Moore-Gerety
http://nwpr.org - 4/26/2015: The Olympian
Lacey doctor seeks subjects for non-narcotic pain control study, by Jerre Redecker
http://www.theolympian.com - 11/22/2014: Seattle Times
As heroin fatalities rise, some see hope in “bupe”, by Sandi Doughton
http://www.seattletimes.com