CHRISTOPHER N. GUDAS, MD, MPH

dr.gudas@chrisgudas.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years experience in treatment of addiction in corrections, civilian outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial-hospitalization, telemedicine, and in-home settings, with focus on opiate use disorder (OUD) and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Additionally, psychiatric evaluation of patients, medical supervision of mid-level staff (APCs), laboratory oversight, introduction of telemedicine in response to COVID-19, and virtual Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) re-entry.

• 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

• Primary Investigator for INITIATE study of long-acting injectable (LAI) MOUD in the pre-trial population of a MA jail

• Established clinical rotation for Brigham and Women’s Hospital Addiction Medicine fellowship across MA jails

• Member of Braeburn Advisory Board for OUD Treatment in the Criminal Legal System

 EDUCATION

2015                   AMERICAN BOARD OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE - ADDICTION MEDICINE                                                  

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

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

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

5/2024-current   BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL                                                                                                      

                       Clinical Preceptor – Hospital Addiction Medicine Fellowship

·       Established clinical rotation for Brigham and Women’s Hospital Addiction Medicine fellowship across MA jails/HOCs in collaboration with Spectrum Health Systems (for accompanying DOC component in MA prisons)

·       Expose fellows to unique challenges and heterogenous addiction treatment landscape "behind the wall"

10/2022-current PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE  (CPS Healthcare)                                      PLYMOUTH, MA

                       Medical Director – MOUD Program

·       Started Opioid Treatment Program (novel OTP licensure) for Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, providing Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) to inpatient population, supervision of medical staff (NP), and collaborating with clinical/behavioral care team.

·        Development of program clinical guidelines, buprenorphine prescribing, and introduction of methadone to OTP Feb 2023 

7/2022-10/2022 CPS HEALTHCARE – VIRTUAL COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY CLINIC (CRC)                       QUINCY, MA

·       Helped introduce novel virtual clinic providing Federal Bureau of Prison (FBOP) inmates continuity of care through virtual follow up (MAT/MOUD, Mental Health, Psychiatry) upon release

·       Goal of eliminating wait times for follow up care upon release, reducing recidivism, and preventing relapse by promoting further prevention to high-risk population, at high-risk time of transition.

1/2022-2/2024   AWARE RECOVERY CARE                                                                                          CONCORD, MA

                       Medical Director – Massachusetts

·       Provide leadership and direction to MA ARC behavioral health provider team in all aspects of clinical practice for in-home addiction treatment (IHAT), including supervision of weekly case review, patient coordination with outside entities, and determining appropriate ASAM level of care. Supervise MA Integrated Health Service Director (IHSD).

·       Preset to monthly education for up to 500 employee participant/attendees

·       Represented Aware during Single Case Agreement (SCA) review as part of utilization review for major insurance payer

·       Assisted with AWARE’s In Home Withdrawal Management (IHWM) development

·       Reported to CEO and VP of Integrated Health; coordinate with other state medical directors

7/2021-current   BRISTOL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE  (CPS Healthcare)                           NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA

                       Medical Director – MOUD Program

·       Started Opioid Treatment Program (novel OTP licensure) for Bristol County, providing Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) to inpatient population, overseeing medical staff, and collaborating with clinical/behavioral care team.

·       Developed program clinical guidelines, patient consent, diversion protocols, and patient program handbook. 

7/2021-current   MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE  (CPS Healthcare)                                      BILLERICA, MA

                       Medical Director – MATADOR Program

·       Medical Direction of the Medication Assisted Treatment and Directed Opioid Recovery (MATADOR) program for Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, as CPS Healthcare contractor (was retained after contract change with Wellpath June 2021)

·       Currently collaborating on long-acting injectable (LAI) study for the pre-trial MOUD population in collaboration with the Sheriff’s Department and researchers from NYU, Tufts, and Baystate Medical Center.

7/2020-7/2021   MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE  (Wellpath)                                               BILLERICA, MA

                       Medical Director – MATADOR Program

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

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

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

7/2020-current   ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE                                                                        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. First as Wellpath contractor, currently as county contractor

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

·       Assisted with acquisition of independent County OTP licensure and transition from contractor (ACADIA) license

·       Supervision of three NP clinical staff

·       Introduction of long-acting injectable (LAI) MOUD for OTP patients

·       Expansion of OTP to satellite site (Farm pre-release)

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 & PRESENTATIONS

2025                        Overdose Prevention Research Summit. Sponsored by Massachusetts Department of Public Health & Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS). Participant on panel for “Incarcerated and recently released people.” November 17, 2025. Henry Hogan Center, College of the Holy Cross.

2025                        Rottapel RE, Stopka TJ, Friedmann PD, Hoskinson RA Jr, Englander D, Calhoun N, Senst T, Gudas C, Koutoujian PJ, Farabee D. A protocol for a randomized comparison of extended-release versus sublingual buprenorphine among pre-trial detainees in jail. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Oct 27;20(1):88.

2025                        Massachusetts Statewide Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) Summit. Presented on Intercepts 2/3 (Initial Detention and Court Hearings) alongside Hon. John Julian and Dr. Dara Drawbridge. October 15-16, MA Probation Service Training and Operations Center, Clinton, MA

2025                        “Provider’s Corner: Medical Application and Best Practices of MOUD within a Correctional Setting,” Implementation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder within a Correctional Framework – Peer Exchange. Opioid Response Network (ORN) sponsored 2-day conference at Essex County Sheriffs Department. Hosted other Sheriff Departments from California, Minnesota, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

2025                        Braeburn Advisory Board: OUD Treatment in the Criminal Justice System meeting: Served as advisor with other healthcare leaders from around the US regarding implementation of long-acting injectable buprenorphine (LAIB) in a correctional context.

2024                        Gudas C, Friedmann, P “MOUD in MA Corrections: Research and Reality,” Massachusetts chapter of American Society of Addiction Medicine (MASAM) SUD Pearls for Practice conference; Waltham, MA

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.

2005                        Brewer, Gudas, Csikesz. Invited to present on introducing medical student training into Massachusetts Department of Corrections. National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) conference in Las Vegas, April 2005

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