Kimberly Sue, MD, PhD
she/her/hers
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine); Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Selected Publications
- Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative studyChayama K, Ng C, Fleming T, Small W, Sue K, McNeil R. Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study. Harm Reduction Journal 2023, 20: 126. PMID: 37679789, PMCID: PMC10483728, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00862-2.
- Improving the Health of People Who Inject Drugs Through COVID-19–Related PoliciesHill K, Thakarar K, Eslinger H, Prosperino L, Sue K. Improving the Health of People Who Inject Drugs Through COVID-19–Related Policies. Public Health Reports 2023, 138: 862-864. PMID: 37610106, PMCID: PMC10576482, DOI: 10.1177/00333549231192468.
- Recognition and Treatment of Wounds in Persons Using Xylazine: A Case Report From New Haven, ConnecticutDowton A, Doernberg M, Heiman E, Barelli P, Golden M, Wang H, Leventhal J, Morford K, Sue K. Recognition and Treatment of Wounds in Persons Using Xylazine: A Case Report From New Haven, Connecticut. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2023, 17: 739-741. PMID: 37934550, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001198.
- Changing approaches to treating opioid withdrawal in the USAHughes M, Edinoff A, Sue K. Changing approaches to treating opioid withdrawal in the USA. The Lancet Psychiatry 2023, 10: 378-380. PMID: 37167986, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00145-1.
- Perspectives of Clinicians and Staff at Community-Based Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Settings on Linkages With Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine ProgramsSue K, Chawarski M, Curry L, McNeil R, Coupet E, Schwartz R, Wilder C, Tsui J, Hawk K, D’Onofrio G, O’Connor P, Fiellin D, Edelman E. Perspectives of Clinicians and Staff at Community-Based Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Settings on Linkages With Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine Programs. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2312718. PMID: 37163263, PMCID: PMC10173026, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.12718.
- Doing Our Best in a Broken System: The Urgent Need for Expansion of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatments in the United StatesCohen S, Tilley J, Yocheved A, Sue K. Doing Our Best in a Broken System: The Urgent Need for Expansion of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatments in the United States. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2023, 17: 495-496. PMID: 37579123, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001143.
- Safety in solitude? Competing risks and drivers of solitary drug use among women who inject drugs and implications for overdose detectionRosen J, Glick J, Zhang L, Cooper L, Olatunde P, Pelaez D, Rouhani S, Sue K, Park J. Safety in solitude? Competing risks and drivers of solitary drug use among women who inject drugs and implications for overdose detection. Addiction 2022, 118: 847-854. PMID: 36468191, PMCID: PMC10073256, DOI: 10.1111/add.16103.
- Violence at Rikers Island: Does the Doctor Make It Worse? A Clinician Ethnographer’s Work Amidst Carceral Structural ViolenceSue K. Violence at Rikers Island: Does the Doctor Make It Worse? A Clinician Ethnographer’s Work Amidst Carceral Structural Violence. Culture, Medicine, And Psychiatry 2022, 1-20. PMID: 36445550, PMCID: PMC9707201, DOI: 10.1007/s11013-022-09812-2.
- Xylazine and Overdoses: Trends, Concerns, and Recommendations.Alexander RS, Canver BR, Sue KL, Morford KL. Xylazine and Overdoses: Trends, Concerns, and Recommendations. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 112: 1212-1216. PMID: 35830662, PMCID: PMC9342814, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.306881.
- The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioidsIvsins A, Fleming T, Barker A, Mansoor M, Thakarar K, Sue K, McNeil R. The practice and embodiment of “goofballs”: A qualitative study exploring the co-injection of methamphetamines and opioids. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2022, 107: 103791. PMID: 35830749, PMCID: PMC10894463, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103791.
- Using a structural vulnerability framework to understand the impact of COVID‐19 on the lives of Medicaid beneficiaries receiving substance use treatment in New York CityZhen‐Duan J, Gade N, Falgas‐Bagué I, Sue KL, DeJonckheere M, Alegría M. Using a structural vulnerability framework to understand the impact of COVID‐19 on the lives of Medicaid beneficiaries receiving substance use treatment in New York City. Health Services Research 2022, 57: 1104-1111. PMID: 35340033, PMCID: PMC9111318, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13975.
- Characterizing stimulant overdose: A qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of “overamping”Mansoor M, McNeil R, Fleming T, Barker A, Vakharia S, Sue K, Ivsins A. Characterizing stimulant overdose: A qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of “overamping”. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2022, 102: 103592. PMID: 35114520, PMCID: PMC9381030, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103592.
- A Plea From People Who Use Drugs to Clinicians: New Ways to Initiate Buprenorphine Are Urgently Needed in the Fentanyl EraSue KL, Cohen S, Tilley J, Yocheved A. A Plea From People Who Use Drugs to Clinicians: New Ways to Initiate Buprenorphine Are Urgently Needed in the Fentanyl Era. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2022, 16: 389-391. PMID: 35020693, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000000952.
- Harm Reduction in Health Care SettingsChan CA, Canver B, McNeil R, Sue KL. Harm Reduction in Health Care Settings. Medical Clinics Of North America 2022, 106: 201-217. PMID: 34823731, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2021.09.002.
- Harm Reduction for All Drugs and All People? The Government Isn’t Sure.Gardner, Tracy and Kimberly Sue. Harm Reduction for All Drugs and All People? The Government Isn’t Sure. Filter Magazine. April 21, 2022
- Amid an overdose epidemic, we must make drug use saferSue, Kimberly and Pickering, Elle. Amid an overdose epidemic, we must make drug use safer. Harvard Public Health. August 30, 2022.
- To Save Lives From Opioid Overdose Deaths, Bring Methadone Into Mainstream MedicineAdams, Zoe, Noa Krawczyk, Rachel Simon, Kimberly Sue, Leslie Suen, Paul Joudrey. “To Save Lives From Opioid Overdose Deaths, Bring Methadone Into Mainstream Medicine.” Health Affairs Forefront. May 27, 2022.
- Black Pain Matters: Prioritizing Antiracism and Equity in the Opioid EpidemicEssien UR, Ifidon A, Sue KL. Black Pain Matters: Prioritizing Antiracism and Equity in the Opioid Epidemic. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2021, 16: 638-639. PMID: 34613902, PMCID: PMC8494278, DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3703.
- Supporting Any Positive Change: Harm Reduction as an Integral Pillar of Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentSue K. Supporting Any Positive Change: Harm Reduction as an Integral Pillar of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. 2021, 143-159. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80818-1_10.
- Bringing Harm Reduction into Health Policy — Combating the Overdose CrisisSue KL, Fiellin DA. Bringing Harm Reduction into Health Policy — Combating the Overdose Crisis. New England Journal Of Medicine 2021, 384: 1781-1783. PMID: 33983692, DOI: 10.1056/nejmp2103274.
- Health and Safety for Everyone: Former City Jail Physicians on the Crisis at Rikers and BeyondThill, Zoey and Sue, Kimberly. Health and Safety for Everyone: Former City Jail Physicians on the Crisis at Rikers and Beyond. Gotham Gazette. October 13, 2021.
- Smoking and hospitalisation: harnessing medical ethics and harm reductionSue K, Applewhite D. Smoking and hospitalisation: harnessing medical ethics and harm reduction. Journal Of Medical Ethics 2019, 45: 483. PMID: 30846491, DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2018-105065.
- Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration and the American Opioid CrisisSue, K. Getting Wrecked: Women, Incarceration and the American Opioid Crisis. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2019.
- How to Talk with Patients about Incarceration and Health.Sue K. How to Talk with Patients about Incarceration and Health. AMA Journal Of Ethics 2017, 19: 885-893. PMID: 28905729, DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.9.ecas2-1709.
- Structural Vulnerability: Operationalizing the Concept to Address Health Disparities in Clinical Care.Bourgois P, Holmes SM, Sue K, Quesada J. Structural Vulnerability: Operationalizing the Concept to Address Health Disparities in Clinical Care. Academic Medicine : Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges 2017, 92: 299-307. PMID: 27415443, PMCID: PMC5233668, DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001294.