Amy Lucile Harrington MD FAPA

Addiction

Medical Director, Outpatient Psychiatry Services, UMass Memorial Medical Group; Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Physician Quality Officer, Department of Psychiatry

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100 Century DriveWorcester, MA 01606
Phone+1 508-762-5400
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Summary

I am a physician leader, having completed my Certified Physician Executive training. I am also a board-certified Addiction Psychiatrist, leading a multi-disciplinary team of care-givers as the Medical Director for Outpatient Psychiatry Services at UMass Memorial Healthcare. I am a Lean Black Belt, and use this training as the Physician Quality Officer for the UMass Department of Psychiatry. My career goal is to take on an increased administrative role where I can solve the larger problems of health care delivery, such as improving access to mental health and addiction services in a healthcare environment that is increasingly complex both financially and politically.

Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 2009 - 2010
MedStar Health Georgetown University (D.C.)Residency, Psychiatry, 2005 - 2009
Drexel University College of MedicineClass of 2005
Swarthmore CollegeB.A., 1995 - 1999

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2009 - 2028
NC State Medical License 2021 - 2022
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
DC State Medical License 2005 - 2008
VA State Medical License 2005 - 2006
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Young Investigator Award American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, 2009
Byron Wilkenfeld Psychiatric Resident Scholarship Group Psychotherapy Foundation, 2009

Clinical Trials

Clozapine for Cannabis Use in Schizophrenia Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
COMPLETED
PHASE4

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

17 citations
Brief, Web-Based Interventions to Motivate Smokers With Schizophrenia: Randomized Trial.
Mary F Brunette, Joelle C. Ferron, Susan R. McGurk, Jill M. Williams, Amy Harrington
JMIR Mental Health. 2020-02-10
45 citations
Methamphetamine‐associated psychosis: Clinical presentation, biological basis, and treatment options
Mathew Chiang, Domenico Lombardi, Jiang Du, Ursula Makrum, Rangsun Sitthichai
Human Psychopharmacology. 2019-09-01
19 citations
Efficacy and Tolerability of Adjunctive Intravenous Sodium Nitroprusside Treatment for Outpatients With Schizophrenia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Hannah E. Brown, Oliver Freudenreich, Xiaoduo Fan, Stephen O. Heard, Donald C. Goff
JAMA Psychiatry. 2019-07-01

Journal Articles

Opioid Addiction and Treatment for Parents: Suboxone and Beyond
Harrington A, Committee for Public Counsel Services Annual Conference, 1/16/2017
Suboxone, Opioid Treatment and Parents
Harrington A, Committee for Public Counsel Services Training, 1/13/2016
Co-Occurring Disorders: Substance Use and Mental Health
Harrington A, Worcester District Court, 1/9/2016

Books/Book Chapters

Clinical Textbook of Addictive Disorders
Chapter: Nicotine.
David Kalman, Amy Harrington, Joseph DiFranza, Lori Pbert and Douglas ZiedonisEditors: Mack, Avram, et al.Guilford PressEdition 4th,2016
Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care.
Chapter: Psychiatric Co-Morbidity.
Harrington, AmyEditors: Saitz, Richard.Springer2013
Clinical Manual for the Treatment of Alcoholism and Addictions
Avram Mack, Amy Harrington, and Richard FrancesAmerican Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.Edition 3rd,2010

Lectures

The Opioid Epidemic
1/5/2017
Drug Use Disorders and Alcohol Use Disorders
1/1/2017
Pharmacology of alcohol use disorders
1/1/2017

Other

Are you my mentor?
Amy Harrington, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Newsletter, Fall
1/1/2014
Hogwarts in Boca Raton.
Amy Harrington, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Newsletter, Spring
1/1/2010

Press Mentions

How Coronavirus Could End Another $1.4 Trillion EpidemicAugust 25th, 2020
How Worried You Should Be About Your Lockdown Smoking HabitMay 23rd, 2020
Coronavirus Is Giving Smokers Incentive to Quit, and Social Distancing Could Help Them Do ItMay 5th, 2020