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The goal of the GLN is to improve access to care for the many people whose substance use/substance use disorder (SU/SUDs) are unrecognized, overlooked or untreated. GLN supports innovative e…
The Great Lakes Node The Great Lakes Node (GLN) is the organizational center for Clinical Trials Network (CTN) research in the Midwest, providing an infrastructure in which the National Institute on D…
Rush Leads in Fight Against Substance Misuse Tuesday, July 16, 2019 The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently awarded Rush University System for Health a $2 million grant to establish the Great La…
Substance Use Intervention Team Outcomes Every day, hospitals across Illinois experience the devastating effects of our national opioid crisis. The program being implemented by Rush is an example of i…
Jenna Nikolaides, MD Director Substance Use Intervention Team Director of Medical Toxicology Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine Nicholas Chien, MD Add…
Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT) ClinicThe Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT) Clinic provides treatment services to patients struggling with addiction and substance use concerns. We service…
Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT) Consult The SUIT consult service offers inpatient coverage for all substance use related questions. We accept consult requests from all observation and…
The time during which patients are in the hospital are considered “reachable moments,” when patients dealing with acute illnesses might have more motivation to change their substance use beha…
Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT) Substance misuse is a significant medical and public health concern associated with high rates of emergency room visits, increased morbidity and mortality, and h…
First to perform advanced surgery for patients with medication-resistant epilepsy Walter Whisler, MD, PhD, helped pioneer a surgical technique used worldwide to treat epilepsy when medication fails to…