VA Opioid Reassessment Clinic
The VA Opioid Reassessment Clinic (ORC) is a multi-disciplinary clinic embedded in primary care that aims to improve function and opioid safety among veterans with chronic pain on long-term opioid therapy for pain who are experiencing problems related to efficacy, safety or misuse of that therapy. The ORC performs initial in-depth assessment and longitudinal management of chronic pain, physiologic opioid dependence, opioid use disorder and co-occurring substance use disorders. It is co-directed by Dr. Ellen Edens (Addiction Psychiatry) and Dr. Will Becker (Internal Medicine/Addiction Medicine). The ORC hosts trainees from a wide variety of disciplines including Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry fellows, Collaborative Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP) trainees, and students.
Affiliated Faculty
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Co-Director, VA Interprofessional Advanced Fellowship in Addiction Treatment, Psychiatry; Co-Director, Opioid Reassessment Clinic, Primary Care; Director, Substance Use Disorders Teleconsultation Program, National Telemental Health Center; Opioid Use Disorder Simulation Subject Matter Expert, Psychiatry; Medical Director, National Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Series, Psychiatry; Associate Fellowship Director, Addiction Psychiatry, Psychiatry