Medical Director, Addiction Medicine & Recovery Services
Kaiser Permanente San Jose
San Jose, California
Chinyere Ogbonna, MD, MPH received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. She extended her medical school training in order to complete a Masters in Community Health Education from Temple University School of Public Health. She completed a combined family medicine and psychiatry residency at the University of Cincinnati/ The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. She continued her training with a fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
Dr. Ogbonna is board certified in Family Medicine, Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Ogbonna is an active speaker on screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), with a specific focus on prevention and early intervention among adolescents and young adults. Her clinical focus also includes perinatal addiction, dual diagnoses, chronic pain, and increasing the integration of medicine and psychiatry in primary care.
Dr. Ogbonna currently is the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine & Recovery Services (AMRS) at Kaiser Permanente San Jose and Adjunct Faculty at Stanford Health. She continues to teach residents and fellows and collaborates with other medical providers to help improve patient access to addiction services.
Safe Tapering of Benzodiazepines: Insights from Joint Clinical Practice Guideline
Friday, April 25, 2025
1:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose