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Faculty in the Media

Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, M.D., adjunct instructor of emergency medicine, and Jesse Pines, M.D., director of the Office of Clinical Practice Innovation, were featured by several media outlets for their research finding a rising number of opioid prescribing in U.S. emergency rooms.

Their research appeared in The Huffington Post, Medical Xpress, Science Codex, Science Daily, MedicalResearch.com, Emaxhealth, Medical News Today, PBS Newshour, PsychCentral, The Times of India, WSKG-TV (Binghamton, NY), Authint Mail, News-Medical, WTOP, Medscape Medical News, ABC5 News (Des Moines, IA), CBS8 (San Diego, CA), FOX8 (New Orleans), HealthDay, NewsChannel 5 (TN), Philly.com, WHBF-TV (Rock Island, IL), WMBB (NW FL), CBS News, WTSP (Tampa Bay, FL), Pharmacy Times, and MPR.

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