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Contributors

UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence Team

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Gloria Baciewicz, MD
Gloria Baciewicz, M.D.
Since 1986, Gloria Baciewicz has specialized in the treatment of addiction. Professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, she serves as an addiction psychiatrist at Strong Recovery. Dr. Baciewicz is certified in addiction medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and board certified in psychiatry, with added qualifications in addiction psychiatry. Dr. Baciewicz is a co-principal investigator for the University of Rochester’s Recovery Center of Excellence.
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Patrick Seche
Patrick Seche, M.S., CASAC

Patrick Seche is the Senior Director of Addiction Services and a Senior Associate faculty member in the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry, and currently oversees three clinics at Strong Recovery, which is a part of Strong Memorial Hospital. On the steering committee for the University of Rochester’s Recovery Center of Excellence, Patrick focuses on substance use disorder, methadone treatment, and community relations.

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Itza Morales-Torres
Itza Morales, M.S.B., CASAC

Itza Morales is the Director of the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) at the University of Rochester Medical Center and the Co-Director of Operations for Addiction Psychiatry services. Itza has worked in addiction treatment since 2008, when she joined Strong Recovery as an addiction therapist. In 2017 Itza became the Program Manager of the OTP, and in 2019 she assumed her current role as the program’s Director.

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Holly Russell, M.D., M.S.

Holly Russell is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Russell is board certified in Addiction Medicine and is the founder and director of the Addiction Medicine program at Highland Family Medicine. For the last three years she has been working on a project looking at how to expand access to treatment for opioid use disorder within primary care settings including the use of telemedicine technology.  ​

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Julie Achtyl of Strong Recovery
Julie Achtyl, M.S., LMHC, Master-CASAC, NCC

Julie Achtyl is the Program Director of the Strong Recovery Outpatient Clinic and a Clinical Coordinator at the University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Addiction Psychiatry services.

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Lisham Ashrafioun, Ph.D.
Lisham Ashrafioun, Ph.D.

Dr. Ashrafioun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester and a Research Investigator at the VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention at the VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System. His research interests and experiences have spanned across distinct and overlapping areas of chronic pain, suicide prevention, and substance use, particularly opioid misuse.

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Dr. George Nasra
George Nasra, M.D., M.B.A.
George Nasra is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where he serves as chief of the Division of Collaborative Care and Wellness.
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Dr. Emily Clark
Emily Clark, D.O.
Emily Clark, DO, is a Senior Instructor at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Clark attended medical school at Kansas City University and completed her residency and fellowship at the University of Rochester. She holds board certifications in General Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry.
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Charmaine Wheatley
Charmaine Wheatley, Artist

Upon graduation from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canadian born performance artist Charmaine Wheatley has been primarily based in New York City since 1997. Her work is held in international museum and library collections; including New York’s Museum of Modern Art. She has received numerous awards and done many Artist In Residencies; most recently at the University of Rochester Medical Center and University of Buffalo both in New York as well, a lifetime AIR of The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA.

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Timothy Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM
Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM specializes in Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine. He is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences and the Director of Toxicology at Strong Memorial Hospital and for UR Medicine.
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Kelly Quinn

Kelly Quinn is the Community Outreach Specialist for Strong Recovery at the University of Rochester. She was promoted from the position of Peer Recovery Specialist where she developed peer led support groups and resurrected projects such as the Patient Advisory Committee which Kelly still remains the staff advisor for.