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  • Dr. Alexis LaPietra is an Emergency Medicine, Pain Management, and Addiction Medicine Physician at RWJBarnabas Health where she serves as the System Director of Addiction Medicine for the Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Service Line as well as the Medical Director for the Institute for Prevention and Recovery. She completed her Emergency Medicine Residency at St Joseph’s Health in 2014 and from there went on to complete a Pain Management Fellowship. In 2020 she became Board Certified in Addiction Medicine. Dr LaPietra’s focus is on reducing the stigma and barriers to providing evidence-based Substance Use Disorder treatment in both acute and ambulatory care settings. Her vision is to create local, state, and national infrastructure supporting the integration and normalization of harm reduction and Substance Use Disorder management throughout the entire healthcare network; thus ensuring all people seeking health care are treated with dignity and respect regardless of past or active substance use.

    Philosophy of Care:

    As a physician, I aim to provide patient centered empathetic care to my patients.

    Clinical Interests:

    Emergency Medicine; Substance Use Disorder; Addiction, Harm Reduction

    Procedures:

    Central Venous Access; Intubation; Cardioversion; Laceration Repair; Wound Care

    Conditions:

    Substance Use Disorder; Traumatic Injuries; Emergencies of Pregnancy; Heart Attack; Stroke; Pneumonia; URI (Upper Respiratory Infection), UTI (Urinary Tract Infection); Abdominal Pain; Chest Pain

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  • Medical School

    Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine Stratford, NJ

    Residency

    St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Paterson, NJ

    Fellowship

    St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Paterson, NJ

    Board Certification

    Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine

    Publications
    • Title:Leveraging a Learning Collaborative Model to Develop and Pilot Quality Measures to Improve Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department, Annals of Emergency Medicine
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      Description:Kathryn F. Hawk, Scott G. Weiner, Craig Rothenberg, Edward Bernstein, Gail D’Onofrio, Andrew Herring, Jason Hoppe, Eric Ketcham, Alexis LaPietra, Lewis Nelson, Jeanmarie Perrone, Megan Ranney, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Reuben Strayer, Dhruv Sharma, Pawan Goyal, Jeremiah Schuur, Arjun K. Venkatesh
    • Title:Nerve Blocks and Procedural Pain Management Guide
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      Description:LaPietra A, Middlebrook (2023). Ulnar Nerve Block. In Brady and Stader. EMRA and AAED.
    • Title:Opioid Prescribing at Discharge in Opioid-Naïve Trauma Patients
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      Description:Johnston JP, LaPietra AM, Elsawy OA, Wang A, Richards LM, Yee S, Foran LA, Hlayhel AF, Fahey R, Nerenberg SF. Am Surg. 2023 Jan;89(1):113-119. doi: 10.1177/00031348211011105. Epub 2021 Apr 20. PMID: 33877933.
    • Title:Alternatives for Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department
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      Description:LaPietra A, Vlasica K, Motov S, LoVecchio F. Emergency Medicine Reports ; 43(3), 2022.
    • Title:Opioid prescribing at discharge in opioid-naïve trauma patients.
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      Description:Johnston JP, LaPietra AM, Elsawy OA, et al. The American Surgeon. Published online April 20, 2021:000313482110111.
    • Title:Management of opioid use disorder in the emergency department: a white paper prepared for the american academy of emergency medicine
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      Description:Strayer RJ, Hawk K, Hayes BD, et al. . J Emerg Med. 2020;58(3):522-546.
    • Title:New Treatment Option for Pain Management
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      Description:LaPietra A and Motov S. PainView 2017