Rachel Haroz, MD

Dr Rachel Haroz is Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and Division Head of Toxicology and Addiction Medicine She is board certified in emergency medicine medical toxicology and addiction medicine She has spent the last 17 years working in inner city emergency departments mostly in the Camden area where opioid use is rampant She helped build and now staffs the Outreach Clinic at the Urban Health Institute at Cooper University Hospital in Camden In 2016 she helped create and implement an initiative to prescribe buprenorphine from the Emergency Department and bridge patients to treatment to various community partners In 2019 she helped launch an innovative program aimed at initiating buprenorphine via paramedics in the field She is also heavily involved in education of residents medical students and pharmacists and organizes education forums focused on topics related to opioid dependency and treatment