Meet Our Team

Scott Weiner, MD, MPH

Executive Director, POPIMedical Director, Brigham Comprehensive Opioid Response Education Program

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  • [nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” quote=”As a palliative care physician, I deal with opioids on a daily basis and I see the benefits. But there are also many downsides. There is a need to appropriately utilize medication and mitigate the negative effects of addition and misuse. POPI both from an innovation standpoint and the intersection of so many strengths that Brigham health has provides an enormous opportunity for great collaborative work.” name=”Mark Zhang DO, MMSc”]
  • [nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” quote=”There are opportunities with this program to improve patient outcomes through collaboration, share resources, improve personalized practices in clinical settings and mentor next generation innovators and resources.” name=”Richard Urman, MD, MBA”]
  • [nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” quote=”It is increasingly clear that pain management in today’s era can be challenging, and that multi-disciplinary efforts across specialties are needed. The B-CORE program provides the unique opportunity for healthcare professionals across disciplines to collaborate on both direct patient care and innovative research projects. I hope to see POPI continue to provide forums for clinicians and researchers to meet and connect, and identify opportunities for support and funding of new pain- and opioid-related research.” name=”Lily Li, MD”]
  • [nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” quote=”POPI is a great platform to collaborate on how to create diversity in innovation by equitably assessing pain in vulnerable communities and integrating public health into health care delivery.” name=”Esteban Gershanik, MD, MPH, M.SC.”]
  • [nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” quote=”POPI has helped me to find collaborators in the pain area. And I hope to find more collaborators in addiction treatment to build a collaborator network.” name=”Joji Suzuki, MD”]
  • [nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” quote=”Research in this area is critical to support evidence based care for bedside nurses as we work to improve patient outcomes.” name=”Christine Murphy PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP”]

Innovators

Linda Aglio

Associate Director, Intraoperative Clinical Neurophysiology, MD, MS

Michael Barnett

Assistant Professor of Medicine, MD

Peter Chai

Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology, M.D.

Christopher Connor

BWPO Physician, M.D. Ph.D.

Juan Herrara Escobar

MD, MPH Research Director in Long Term Outcomes in Trauma

Esteban Gershanik

MD, MPH, MSc

Christopher Gilligan

BWPO Physician, M.D.

Michael Groff

Vice-Chariman Clinical Neurosurgery, M.D.

Valerie Hruschak

Research Fellow

Seoyoung Kim

BWPO Physician, MD, ScD

Tanya Laidlaw

BWPO Physician, MD, PhD

Cheryl Lang

Project Manager (465)

Martina Lang-Stuart

Director of Development

Lily Li, MD

Clinical Research Fellow

Elisabetta Mezzalira

POI Research Trainee

Charles Morris

Associate Chief Medical Officer

Christine Murphy PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP

Program Director Psychiatric Nursing Resource Service

Srdjan Nedeljkovic

Attending Pain Mgmt. Physician, MD

Katherine Palm

Injury Prevention and Outreach Coordinator

Athena Petrides

Medical Director for Pathology Informatics, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Schnipper

Medical Doctor, MD, MPH

Kristin Schreiber

Attending Anesthesiologist, MD, PhD

Samata Sharma

BWPO Physician, MD

Jacqueline Slavik

Administrative Director, Ph.D

Joji Suzuki

Staff Psychiatrist, MD

Anu Swaminathan

Director, Scientific Programs & Partnerships, Ph.D

James (Trey) Toombs

Senior Program Manager, Ph.D

Stephanie Yacoubian

Thoracic Anesthesiologist, MD

Jason Yong

MD, MBA

Li Zhou

Associate Professor, MD, PhD

Mark Zhang DO, MMSc

Medical Director - Digital Innovation Hub, Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Program Director - Partners Clinical Informatics and Innovation Fellowship, Palliative Care Physician - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute