Mount Sinai Beth Israel has a rich history of addiction care. We were pioneers in methadone maintenance treatment. We still have the largest network of opioid treatment programs in the country, and this kind of care is becoming increasingly important.
All of our Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) do incredible work, and today I want to focus on our Gouverneur Clinic. I am thankful for everything they do to connect with and build up their patients.
Our OTPs are very connected with our entire Downtown network. The PA and social worker at Gouverneur connect patients with the medical care they need outside of the clinic. Recently Ariane Aubourg, PA, helped patients get hepatitis treatment through a study that was offered by researchers at MSBI.
Often, our patients need more than medicine. This clinic runs many groups each week so their patients can unite with peers sharing the same struggles. Their counselors strive to develop personal relationships with each patient and spend a lot of time following up on their needs.
Every three months, they host recovery events where their patients get creative and share their stories through skits and music led by counselor, Angela Blair-Adams. The arts can be incredibly healing. In the fall, this clinic expanded Recovery Day and worked with many of our OTP locations to present and uplifting program at Union Square.
The Gouverneur clinic is just one example of how our OTP employees have created a family. I know their patients are thankful, and so am I.
