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Scott Weiner,MD, MPH |
Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, of the Department of Emergency Medicine, was recently named a Nesson Fellow by the Nesson Fellowship Committee.
The H. Richard Nesson Fellowship at BWH was established in 1997 to recognize Nesson's 15 years of extraordinary leadership as president of the hospital and his lifelong commitment to public and community health. The two-year fellowship is awarded annually to outstanding and promising health care professionals interested in health care policy, local or state community health research or other community clinical care that addresses society's critical and emerging health care needs. Weiner's fellowship project will be to create the Brigham Comprehensive Opioid Approach Program (BCOAP).
Weiner's research focuses on improving health care involved with opioids and has helped to create the Massachusetts Hospital Association ED prescribing guidelines, working with the state on their Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and conducting research on guidelines and screening for opioid risk. As the director of the BCOAP, Weiner will help create and adopt new opioid prescription guidelines for the hospital, work with multiple specialties to encourage safer prescription practices and work at the community level to improve patient education and outreach.
