OHSU IMPACT Providers and Staff
Since it began in 2015, IMPACT has grown into a nationally recognized model for hospital-based addiction care. Our team brings together diverse skills and expertise to support patients as they work toward their goals.
Meet the director
IMPACT’s founder, Dr. Honora Englander, is a board-certified specialist in addiction medicine. She focuses her efforts at the intersection of addiction, health system transformation and public health. While advocating for better addictions care, Dr. Englander and IMPACT have earned many awards, including:
- W. Anderson Spickard Jr. Excellence in Mentorship Award, Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA)
- Oregon Innovation Now Award, Addiction Policy Forum
- Early Career Achievement Award, OHSU School of Medicine Alumni Association
- Forty Under 40 Award, Portland Business Journal
- Top Doc, American College of Physicians Hospitalist
Dr. Englander was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study Community Health Problems and Medicine, and is currently completing her project at Claude Bernard University Lyon I in France. Her project is titled “Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in France’s Health Systems.”
Medical providers
Emily Skogrand, Pharm.D.
Kathleen Young, RN
Susannah Lujan-Bear, RN
Social workers
Jessica Brown, LCSW
Ryan Ellsworth LCSW
Peer support
Sean Mahoney, Supervisor
Jason Gallego, Peer Support Specialist
Administration
Hope Titus, Interim Operations Manager
Eugene Song, Program Manager
Anna Nguyen, Project Coordinator
Research Team
Alisa Patten, Clinical Research Assistant
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Contact us
Email OHSU’s IMPACT program:
impactadmin@ohsu.edu
Call the OHSU Addiction Consult Line: 503-494-4567, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays
New research reveals complex picture of addiction
“We miss caring for the whole person by focusing only on their opioid use,” say the study’s authors.
The business case for in-hospital addiction care
Addressing addiction when people are hospitalized is an example of how “doing the right thing can lead to better quality and cost savings,” says IMPACT’s founder.