Gianluca Cerri MD FACEP, AAPS

Summary

• Dr. Gianluca Cerri, MD is a dual board-certified physician in Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and Addiction Medicine (ABPM) based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  
  He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center, where he served as Chief Resident, followed by Emergency Medicine training at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Cerri brings extensive experience in high-acuity emergency care in both metropolitan and rural settings, emergency and outpatient addiction medicine, aeromedical transport, and advanced EMS systems.
  
  His leadership background includes roles in flight medicine and emergency medical services development, with a focus on operational efficiency, systems optimization, and the delivery of high-reliability care in complex and resource-variable environments. His clinical experience spans community emergency departments, critical access hospitals, interfacility transport, and emergency response systems serving medically underserved populations.
  
  Dr. Cerri’s clinical and strategic interests include critical care, resuscitation, toxicologic and substance-related emergencies, and the integration of addiction medicine into emergency department and outpatient practice. His work emphasizes evidence-based management of substance use disorders across the continuum of care, including acute stabilization, withdrawal management, medication-assisted treatment initiation, and longitudinal recovery support.
  
  In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Cerri maintains a strong interest in healthcare operations, emergency systems design, and physician-led process improvement initiatives aimed at improving efficiency, access, and patient outcomes across acute care environments.
  
  He has contributed to the medical literature in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine on point-of-care lactate use in the aeromedical setting.