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 a two-part episode. In this first part, we talk about how common a substance use disorder is among physicians and why we are at higher risk than the general public. He then gives guidance on where to go to seek help if you have a substance use disorder. We discuss Physician’s Health Programs and some of the positives and areas for improvement of those programs. He then discusses some critical elements to recovery.

Sean 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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