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Eugene Vortsman, DO, FACEP

Attending physician; Clinical director
Northwell Health
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra
New York, New York

Dr. Eugene Vortsman is an attending physician, the clinical director of Addiction Medicine and Disease Management for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and an associate professor. Passionate about integrating processes for early identification of addiction as well as promoting harm reduction strategies, Dr. Vortsman works to motivate fellow clinicians and interprofessional team members to humanistically approach substance use disorder and to offer care, treatment, and partnership without stigma and judgment. He also serves as an advisor to various pharmaceutical companies, contributing his expertise to the development of innovative treatments and harm reduction strategies.
As chair of the hospital wide Pain Committee, his responsibilities include improving the implementation of alternative approaches for pain management, including medicinal cannabis, psychedelic education, and holistic therapies and medications. Dr. Vortsman is dedicated to advancing the understanding and safe use of psychedelics in medical settings, emphasizing education and harm reduction to ensure patient safety and well-being. He works to educate others on the cultural, legal, and scientific history of various psychedelic medicines and their potential to address the growing mental and pain health crisis in the United States. In this capacity, he has fostered an environment for interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration to improve overall care for patients while in the hospital and post-discharge.

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