Emily Gordon

Emily Gordon is a Primary Care Doctor and Clinician Educator at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (RNJMS).  She attended medical school at RNJMS and trained in Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center.  Emily returned to RNJMS as faculty in 2012, where she sees patients, teaches students and medical residents, and serves as director of the Urban Health, a specialized curriculum for Internal Medicine residents that addresses health disparities in an underserved, urban setting.  She co-founded a primary care-addiction clinic, which serves medically complex patients living with addiction and sequelae of substance use.  In 2019, Emily became Associate Program Director for the RNJMS Addiction Medicine fellowship and helped to start an Addiction Consult service at University Hospital.  Emily has received funding to create curriculum on harm reduction, and is involved in multiple quality improvement projects to optimize medical care for patients with substance use disorders.

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (RJMS), in partnership with University Hospital, provides healthcare services to a diverse urban population within the greater Newark area, many of whom are underserved, vulnerable, and impacted by addiction and overdose.  In 2019, the State of New Jersey funded RNJMS to establish a Center of Excellence for treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).  The Center’s faculty and staff provide mentorship and resources to providers treating OUD throughout Northern New Jersey. The Center also funds a fellowship in Addiction Medicine, training fellows, residents, and students in the treatment of addiction across a wide spectrum of inpatient and outpatient settings, including a prison system, Infectious Disease and Obstetrics clinics, and a low barrier buprenorphine clinic.