Dr. Kenneth Morford
Internal Medicine & Addiction Medicine
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Dr. Kenneth Morford is an internal medicine & addiction medicine physician at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Episode # 24 • 17 Oct 2023
Treating OUD in the Fentanyl Era: ASAM Treatment Week
Keep saving lives by prescribing methadone and buprenorphine. Learn how initiations of each have changed in the era of high-potency synthetic opioids (HPSOs) like fentanyl and how to continue to provide person-centered care to people with opioid use disorder. We’re joined by Dr Melissa Weimer, @DrMelissaWeimer (Yale University). This episode is in honor of National Addiction Treatment Week (treataddictionsavelives.org).
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Kenneth Morford, MD, is an internal medicine and addiction medicine specialist who treats patients with addiction disorders, including alcohol and opioid use disorders, alongside general medical conditions. His mission is to integrate addiction medicine into primary care and improve medical education surrounding addiction.
Additionally, Dr. Morford is the program director of the Collaborative Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP) Program. CHAMP aims to enhance behavioral health and addiction medicine training for Yale health professional students, primary care residents, and faculty. He also serves as an associate program director for the Yale Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program.
Dr. Morford is an assistant professor and clinician educator at Yale School of Medicine.
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