Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
David Wolinsky, MD, is a board certified Addiction Psychiatrist who serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (SOM), He was raised in the Chicago suburbs and completed his medical school and psychiatry residency training at Northwestern University and University of Michigan, respectively. He stayed on at the University of Michigan to complete an Addiction Psychiatry fellowship with the goal of honing his capacity for diagnosing and treating Substance Use Disorders (SUDS). Dr. Wolinsky took on a role as an attending psychiatrist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (SOM) after completing his fellowship, where he worked with Addiction Medicine colleagues on the Substance Use Disorder Consultation Service. Through this work, Dr. Wolinsky gained even more fluency in the diagnosis and treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, managing hundreds of cases of opioid withdrawal annually. His expertise has been applied to his work at the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU) of the Johns Hopkins SOM where, as medical director, he oversees all clinical elements of the several human studies occurring there. This responsibility extends to the clinical studies carried out by the Maryland Opioid Research (MOR) group, including an inpatient study exploring rapid induction of buprenorphine closely following naloxone administration.
Innovative Buprenorphine Initiation Strategies
Sunday, April 27, 2025
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose