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Meg is a clinical nurse educator with Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance and a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner at Boston Medical Center. Her current clinical area of practice involves management of both primary and substance-induced psychotic disorders. Prior to obtaining her MSN, she worked as a nurse care manager in the Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Clinic (START) clinic, where her work integrated harm reduction, infectious disease treatment, medical addiction groups, and co-management of stimulant use disorders and mental health conditions. Meg has supported the dissemination of the START clinic model across Massachusetts, and she leads and participates in trainings related to stimulant use. Her clinical interests and expertise include harm reduction, low barrier treatment, complex care management, early identification and management of acute and persistent stimulant-induced psychosis, and the dissemination of information regarding the intersection of mental health and substance use disorders. Meg contributes to peer-reviewed publications, evidence-based clinical guidelines, and the development of resources for providers supporting patients with substance use disorders. She earned both her BSN and MSN from Regis College.
Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is a program of Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End and the largest safety-net hospital in New England.
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