Physicians in Recovery, Part II, with Dr. Sean Fogler

Sean Fogler, MD is the Community Outreach Coordinator at the Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition (PAHRC), a person in long-term recovery, physician and certified recovery specialist. He has over 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry working as a physician, and with patients, administrators, and insurance organizations. This is the second part of the interview. In this portion, we start off discussing how to effectively help friends and colleagues with substance use disorder, the importance of language in this area, and then he tells his story.

Dr. Fogler is active in the recovery community and has a special interest in trauma and substance use disorders in professionals. He volunteers as a peer support specialist for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and works to improve public health policy for mental health and substance use disorders. Through his lived experience, he educates, informs, and works to battle the shame and stigma that keeps the disease of addiction alive. Sean’s role at PAHRC involves engagement, education, writing, speaking, fund raising and expanding knowledge of the disease of addiction and harm reduction. Sean holds a bachelor’s degree from The University of Toronto, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Ross University School of Medicine. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine and a residency in Anesthesiology at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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