Holly Russell, MD, MS

Dr. Holly Russell is an associate professor of family medicine and addiction medicine. Dr. Russell’s expertise is in promoting health behavior change including work in physical activity and nutrition promotion, smoking cessation, and treatment of substance use disorder. She is the director for Opioid Safety at the University of Rochester Medical Center and directs the Addiction Medicine Program in the Department of Family Medicine. Her work focuses on increasing access to treatment for opioid use disorder in nontraditional settings and using telemedicine to expand access. She also leads a project using a treatment-based alternative-to-suspension program for teenagers who are caught using e-cigarettes in school.  ​