CHRISTOPHER N. GUDAS, MD, MPH

dr.gudas@chrisgudas.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years experience in treatment of addiction in corrections, civilian outpatient, intensive outpatient, and partial-hospitalization environments, with focus on opiate use disorder and medication-assisted treatment. Additionally, psychiatric evaluation of patients, medical direction of mid-level staff, laboratory oversight, and introduction of telemedicine tools in response to COVID-19.

• 11+ years combined experience working in addiction medicine and public health as clinician and consultant at the intersection of clinical addiction medicine, connected health research, mHealth, clinical trials, traditional public health practice, policy, and social entrepreneurship

• Independently (small scale), and cooperatively (large scale) managed connected health clinical trials and device development

• Authored Institutional Review Board (IRB) research protocols for clinical studies on connected health, wellness initiatives, and medical device evaluation.

• Drove major changes in hospital policy regarding preventive screening using up-to-date analysis of medical literature, clinical content, and best evidence-based practice

• Familiarity and facility communicating with academic, entrepreneurial, governmental, and advocacy work groups

EDUCATION

2018                   AMERICAN BOARD OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE - ADDICTION MEDICINE                                                  

Board Certification in Addiction Medicine (1/1/2018 - 12/31/2027). Certification No. 61-1093                                                                                                                                                                                            

2012-2013         JOHNS HOPKINS - BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH  (M.P.H.)                                                                   BALTIMORE, MD

Academic focus: informatics, mHealth, quality improvement, and general preventive medicine. Social Entrepreneurship in Public Health (SEiPH) board member.                Capstone topic: A Proposed Model For Improving Healthcare Through Ubiquitous Computing

2004-2009       UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL  (M.D.)                                                                                  WORCESTER, MA

Correctional Community Health Clerkship: selected to present lecture at National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) in Las Vegas, April 2005. Volunteer at Worcester Epworth Free Medical Service Program (WEFMSP)                                                                                                   

1997-2002        BROWN UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts Dual Degree (Sc.B., A.B.)                                              PROVIDENCE, RI

B.S. Neuroscience, B.A. Visual Arts; Elected to Sigma Xi science honor society. State registered EMT.

EXPERIENCE

7/2020-current   MIDDLESEX SHERIFF’S OFFICE  (WELLPATH Contractor)                                      BILLERICA, MA

                 Medical Director – MATADOR Program

· Medical Direction of the Medication Assisted Treatment and Directed Opioid Recovery (MATADOR) program for Middlesex Sheriff’s Office

· ACADIA Healthcare Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) site Medical Director and methadone maintenance treatment provider (MMTP).

· Direct patient care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams (clinical, OTP, and jail medical & administrative staff) 

7/2020-current   ESSEX SHERIFF’S OFFICE  (WELLPATH Contractor)                          MIDDLETON, MA

               Medical Director – MAT Program and Dispensary

· Medical Direction of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program and MAT medication dispensary (methadone, buprenorphine) for Essex County Sheriff’s Office 

· ACADIA Healthcare Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) site Medical Director and methadone maintenance treatment provider (MMTP).

· Direct patient care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams (clinical, OTP, and jail medical & administrative staff)

6/2019-7/2020   COLUMN HEALTH                                                                                                   STOUGHTON, MA

              Board Certified Addiction Medicine Attending Physician

· Adult outpatient treatment of substance use disorder and dependency including use of medication assisted treatment (MAT) and coordination with therapy staff. 

· Worked in stand-alone Column Health clinic and via partnership at North Cottage Program, Inc., in Norton, MA.

· Preventive screening of patients via blood work, patient-tailored strategies for MAT, smoking cessation interventions, motivational interviewing as bridge/complement to psychiatric counseling. 

4/2019-4/2020   RECOVERING CHAMPIONS                                                                                       FALMOUTH, MA

        Medical Director

· Directed Medical care of patients at PHP, IOP, and OP levels of care, including oversight of NP and nursing staff.

· Performed psychiatric and medical evaluation of all new patients and medical management while in treatment

· Medical Director of on-site laboratory for toxicology testing

6/2015-7/2019   NORTON HEALTHCARE                                                                                                  NORTON, MA

  Board Certified Addiction Medicine Attending Physician

· Adult outpatient treatment of substance use disorder and dependency including use of medication assisted treatment (MAT).

· Board-certified in addiction medicine 2018.

8/2014-1/2015     INDEPENDENT PHYSCIAN CONSULTANT                                                                                                                           BOSTON, MA

·  In collaboration with Babson Global, Professor Marty Anderson, co-authored Global Surgery living case, focusing on the introduction of laparoscopic surgery in Mongolia by Dr. Ray Price, and a proposed curriculum for global surgery education.                                                                 

7/2012-7/2014   JOHNS HOPKINS – BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH                                                                                BALTIMORE, MD

               General Preventive Medicine Residency – Resident Physician

Clinical fellow working In public health and preventive medicine across Academic, Government, and for-profit settings. Scope included: policy reviews, stakeholder assessments, research design, implementation, and evaluation, public health messaging, systematic literature reviews, IRB authorship, and data analysis.

·  Partners Healthcare (Mass General Hospital) Center for Connected Health. Wrote IRB research protocols for clinical studies surrounding connected health, wellness initiatives, and medical device evaluation. Managed clinical trials. Contributed to several workgroups at center. Consulted with clients to Center around medical implications of connected health. Designed and performed qualitative research on informal caregiving with patients and providers at Partner’s Revere Healthcare Center

·  International Association of Firefighters (IAFF). Served as occupational physician for health and safety department of union organization, helping members with health-related concerns. This included: assisting with medical assessment surrounding presumptive legislation, authoring science documents relevant to occupational disease, and addressing specific work-related health concerns of members via history-taking and correspondence.

·  Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), Division of Environmental Health. Assisted with all aspects of division, including work on inter-state syndromic surveillance collaboration and legislative activity in Annapolis. Authored position papers on bills under consideration. Additionally, assisted office of preparedness and response (OP&R) with nuclear incident planning, including authoring potassium iodide protocol and participating in statewide dress rehearsal for drill.

·  Babson College, School of Business (supported by a Verizon innovation grant). Investigated water transparency and waste bio-digestion with faculty, entrepreneurs with experience in wastewater and bio-digestion, and other preventive medicine physicians. Additionally, collaborated with Global Surgery initiative on outcomes research in International context.

·  Public Citizen (Health Research Group). Called on 20 hospitals to sever relationship with company promoting unnecessary screening programs for their patients, successfully severing many of the relationships. Conducted extensive research regarding best practices surrounding relevant testing.

                        Additional activities and responsibilities included:

·  Developed quality assessment and improved utilization of Welcome to Medicare Visits (WMV) and Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) using Lean Sigma methodology. Improved workflow and staff education and help identify potential to recover nearly two million dollars in unclaimed revenue and dramatically improve preventive services, patient education, and quality of clinical care.

·  Public Health Preparedness training, including certificate receipt for FEMA Emergency Management Institute’s National Incident Management System (NIMS), Hopkins Incident Command System ICS-100 Training for Public Health Departments, and Public Health Preparedness: From Design to Evaluation. Summer, 2012.                                               

10/2010-6/2012 BABSON COLLEGE – F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS                                                                         WELLESLEY, MA

                       Research Associate – Social Innovation Lab (SIL)

                                  Co-producer of “living case” studies, part of Babson MBA curriculum and Babson Global

·  Assisted design of “living case” platform for graduate and inter-organizational education; domestic and international foci, including healthcare project with a Boston-based hospital system.         

7/2010-9/2010   BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER – DEPT. OF OPHTHALMOLOGY                                                                   BOSTON, MA

                                  Resident Physician, Ophthalmology Residency Program

·  After an elective leave of absence, withdrew in excellent standing and on good terms to pursue research and prepare application for Preventive Medicine Residency                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

7/2009-6/2010   TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER – SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE                                                                                              BROCKTON, MA

                     Transitional Intern, Brockton Hospital Transitional Residency Program

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURE

• Board certification in Addiction Medicine – American Board of Preventive Medicine (2018) Certification No. 61-1093        

• Board certification in Preventive Medicine - American Board of Preventive Medicine; ID:053669 (2015)

• Active DEA number (2009); satisfied DEA/X requirement of Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (2014)

• PCSS-MAT Office-Based Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders– American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine (2014)

• Unrestricted/Full MA Medical License (2014-current) 

• Limited MA Medical License (2009-2014) 

• Earned Green Belt - Lean Sigma training (2013): quality assessment and improved utilization of Welcome to Medicare Visits (WMV) and Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) utilizing Lean Sigma methodology. Improved workflow and staff education to help identify potential for recovering nearly two million dollars in unclaimed revenue and dramatically improve preventive services, patient education, and quality of clinical care.

• Public Health Preparedness training, including certificate receipt for FEMA Emergency Management Institute’s National Incident Management System (NIMS), Hopkins Incident Command System ICS-100 Training for Public Health Departments, and Public Health Preparedness: From Design to Evaluation. (2012)

PUBLICATIONS

2009-2013             Gudas C, Gittinger J. 2009-2013 “Cataract” book chapter. In The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 17th-21st ed., edited by Frank J. Domino, 232-233. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams, & Wilkins.

2004                        Phillips GR, Anderson TR, Florens L, Gudas C, Magda G, Yates JR, Coleman DR. 2004. “Actin-binding proteins in a postsynaptic preparation: Lasp-1 is a component of central nervous system synapses and dendritic spines.” Journal of Neuroscience Research. Oct 1;78(1):38-48