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We've all seen the signs of addiction in San Francisco. What is harder to identify is the cause.
Breaking the Cycle
SF General Hospital Foundation
Before the ACT, patients suffering complications from alcohol and drug use were treated for immediate medical conditions but the underlying root causes...were not addressed.
Kaiser hooks up S.F. General Hospital with $3M to address root cause of addiction
SF Business Times
The staggering national toll of the opioid epidemic, combined with new knowledge about the nature of addiction, has increased demand for cutting-edge addiction treatment.
Expanding Access to Cutting-Edge Care
UCSF Department of Medicine 2019 Annual Report
ACT has increased staffing from 50% time of one attending physician, one patient navigator, and two fellows in 2019, to 100% time of one attending physician, three patient navigators, and four fellows in 2020.
Substance Use Trends in SF through 2019
Dept. of Public Health, San Francisco, CA
It's time to treat addiction in emergency rooms and hospitals
by Dr. Leslie Suen
What addiction treatment works best? UCSF doctors share
Lack of Institutional Support a Top Reason Why Doctors Hesitate to Treat Addiction
A Disaster in Plain Sight

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Emergency Department Visits and Trends Related to Cocaine, Psychostimulants, and Opioids in the United States
Leslie W. Suen, Thibaut Davy‑Mendez, Kathy T. LeSaint, Elise D. Riley and Phillip O. Cofin
Implementing Heart Plus: Design and Early Results of a Novel Comanagement Clinic for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy
Jonathan D. Davis, Lurit Bepo, Leslie W. Suen, Megan M. Mclaughlin, Meredith Adamo, Elizabeth Abbs, Grace Lemke, and Soraya Azari
A Mixed-methods Evaluation of an Addiction/Cardiology Pilot Clinic With Contingency Management for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy
Sarah Leyde, Elizabeth Abbs E, Leslie W. Suen, Marlene Martin, Andres Mitchell A, Jonathan D. Davis and Soraya Azari
Patient and Staff Perspectives on the Impacts and Challenges of Hospital-Based Harm Reduction
Leah Fraimow-Wong L, Marlene Martín, Larissa Thomas, Ro Giuliano, Oanh Kieu Nguyen, Kelly Knight and Leslie W. Suen
National Prevalence of Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders Among Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations
Leslie W. Suen, Anil N. Makam, Hannah R. Snyder, Daniel Repplinger, Margot B. Kushel, Marlene Martin and Oanh Kieu Nguyen
Treatment of Inpatient Opioid Withdrawal with Short‑Acting Full Agonist Opioids at a Safety‑Net Hospital
Gabriela Steiner, Leslie W. Suen, Marlene Martin, Sasha Skinner, Pierre Crouch, Oanh K. Nguyen, Kristin Slown, and Alexander Logan
Clinical Progress Note: Management of the Hospitalized
Alexander A. Logan, Lawrence A. Haber and Marlene Martín
Follow-up and Reasons for Extendedrelease Naltrexone Discontinuation for Alcohol Use Disorder After Hospital Initiation
Marlene Martin, Manuel Seraydarian, James Gasper and Triveni DeFries
Early Results of Implementing Rapid Methadone Titration for Hospitalized Patients: A Case Series
Marlene Martin, Taylor Baisey, Sasha Skinner, Leslie Ly, Kristin Slown, Kristin Harter, Oanh Kieu Nguyen, Scott Steiger, and Leslie W. Suen
Facilitators and Barriers of Alcohol Goals for Latinx Men Hospitalized with Alcohol Use Disorder Seen by an Addiction Consult Team
Mariam S. Carson, Alein Y. Haro-Ramos, Naomi López-Solano, Carla Fernandez, Marcus Cummins, Alicia Fernandez, Triveni DeFries and Marlene Martin