Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Professor
Primary Appointment:
Psychiatry
Administrative Title:
Division Head, Alcohol & Drug Abuse; Acting Division Head, Adult Psychiatry; Associate Director at the Kahlert Institute for Addition Medicine
Additional Title:
Medical Director of the Maryland Addiction Consultation Service
Location:
UMMC, S1D04C
Phone (Primary):
(410) 328-6690
Fax:
410-328-7919
Education and Training
- University of Maryland, College Park, BA, Political Science, 1980
- University of Maryland School of Medicine, MD, 1986
- University of Maryland Medical Center, Residency, Psychiatry, 1986-1990
Biosketch
Dr. Weintraub is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. He is board certified in General Psychiatry and has added qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry. He is an extensive expertise in the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder and injection drug use with the use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder and motivational interviewing. He has helped develop innovative programs in providing MOUD to underserved rural areas via tele-medicine and in integrating mental health and medical care in substance use treatment programs.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Telemedicine Emergency Department Integrated care
Highlighted Publications
Weintraub E, Seneviratne C, Anane J, Coble K, Magidson JM, Kattakuzhy S, Greenblatt AD, Welsh CJ, Pappas A, Ross T, Belcher AM (under review). Outcomes of A Mobile Telemedicine Program to Initiate Low-Threshold Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Rural Populations. JAMA Network Open. 2021; 4(8):e2118487.
Weintraub, E, Greenblatt, A, Chang, J, Welsh, C, Berthiaume, A, Goodwin, S, Arnold, R, Bennett, M, Belcher, A. Outcomes for patients receiving telemedicine-delivered medication-based treatment for opioid use disorder: a retrospective chart review. Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, 23(2):5–12. PMCID: PMC7861202
Weintraub, E, Greenblatt, AD, Chang, J, Himelhoch, S, Welsh, C. Expanding Access to Buprenorphine Treatment in Rural Areas with the Use of Telemedicine. American Journal of Addiction Psychiatry. 2018 Sep 28;612-617.
Additional Publication Citations
Belcher, A. M., Coble, K., Cole, T. O., Welsh, C. J., Whitney, A., & Weintraub, E. (2021). Buprenorphine Induction in a Rural Maryland Detention Center During COVID-19: Implementation and Preliminary Outcomes of a Novel Telemedicine Treatment Program for Incarcerated Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12:703685. PMID: 34777036; doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.703685.
Weintraub, E, Dixon, L, Delahanty, J, et al. Reason for Medical Hospitalization Among Adult Alcohol and Drug Abusers. The American Journal of Addictions. 2010 Feb 18;10(2):167-177.
Research Interests
- Utilization of innovative telemedicine models to expand access to care for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder
- Integrated medical, mental health and addiction treatment
Clinical Specialty Details
- Treatment of Addiction Disorders
- Integration of mental health and substance use treatment
- Treatment of individuals with Opioid Use Disorder via telemedicine
- Treatment of individuals with mental health emergencies in the Emergency Department setting
Awards and Affiliations
- 1994: Department of Psychiatry's Clinical Medical Student Teacher of the Year Award, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- 1995: American Psychiatric Association’s Nancy C.A. Roeske, M.D. Award for Excellence in Teaching Medical Education
- 1997: AOA National Medical Honor Society Award in Teaching as selected by students of the University of Maryland School of Medicine
- 2001: Appointed Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
- 2011: Walter Weintraub Award for Excellence in Teaching Psychiatric Residents/Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- 2016: Virginia Huffer Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Teaching/Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
- 2018: Selected Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- 2019: Faculty Award for Excellence in Public Service University System of Maryland Board of Regents
- 2019: National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, Community STARRS for the State of Maryland
- 2020: ASAM Abstract Submission Award: Underserved Population American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), ASAM Annual Conference, 2020
- 2020: Certificate of Achievement Top Downloaded Paper 2018-19 American Journal of Addictions/Wiley Publishing
- 2022: Health Care Hero Community Service Award The Daily Record
Grants and Contracts
Current Grant Support
7/17-9/24
Integration with Primary Care (MACS)
State of Maryland Behavioral Health Administration
Annual Direct Costs: $691,861
Total Direct Costs: $2,017,668
03/22/21-3/22/24, PI
Maryland Addiction Consultation Services (DACS) for DC
Annual Direct Costs: $500,000
Total Direct Costs: $1,500,000
07/01/19-06/30/24, PI (20%)
Maryland Addiction Consultation Service Technology Transfer (MACS TT)
State of Maryland Behavioral Health Administration
Annual Direct Costs: $1,764,989
Total Direct Costs: $8,913,293
04/01/20-06/30/24, PI
Treatment with Buprenorphine through Telemedicine in a Rural Criminal Justice Setting
Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)
Annual Direct Costs: $136,363
Total Direct Costs: $545,452
07/01/20-06/30/24, PI
Tele Psychiatry Services
State of Maryland Behavioral Health Administration
Annual Direct Costs $146,906
Total Direct Costs $571,622
09/01/20-08/31/24, Co-I
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Telehealth Network Grant Program H2ARH39973
Annual Direct Costs $300,000
Total Direct Costs $1,200,000
09/01/22 - 08/31/27, Co-I, PI: Magidson/Kattauzhy
National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIDA) “Peer-Delivered Behavioral Activation Intervention to Improve Polysubstance Use and Retention in Mobile Telemedicine OUD Treatment in an Underserved, Rural Area (PRISMA)”
Total UMB subward $687,089
Clinical Service Grants
03/28/23-6/30/24 PI
Substance Use Telehealth Service
Queen Anne’s County Detention Center
Total Costs: $135,000
02/15/23-6/30/24, PI
Substance Use Telehealth Services
Caroline County Detention Center
Total Costs: $98,000
01/01/23-6/30/24, PI
Substance Use Telehealth Services
Talbot County Detention Center
Total Costs: $98,000
12/06/22-6/30/24, PI
Substance Use Telehealth Services
Somerset County Detention Center
Total Costs: $98,000
07/01/22-6/30/24, PI
Substance Use Telehealth Services
Kent County Detention Center
Total Costs: $65,000
07/01/22-6/30/24, PI
Substance Use Telehealth Services
Allegany County Detention Center
Total Costs: $111,000
In the News
“Doubts surround pending DEA telemedicine rule,” ATA.
https://www.americantelemed.org/industry-news/doubts-surround-pending-dea-telemedicine-rule/, April 19, 2019.
“Treating opioid addiction in the emergency department,” AAMC.
https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/treating-opioid-addiction-emergency-department, May 14, 2019.
“Dr. Eric Weintraub recognized as ‘Community Star’ in conjunction with National Rural Health Day 2019 for his opioid disorder treatment work,” 2019 Community STARS, National Rural Health Day, November 2019,
“Mobile health unit meets patients with OUD where they are,” Psychiatric News,
https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/pn.2020.55.issue-3, February 7, 2020.
“Expanding Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Before, During, and After Incarceration: Opportunities for Policy and Practice” Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts
https://forefdn.org/expanding-access-to-oud-treatment-before-during-and-after-incarceration-opportunities-for-policy-and-practice/
“Increasing Access to OUD Treatment During and After Incarceration: Moving Policy to Practice”,Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts file:///Users/ericweintraub/Downloads/fore-corrections-brief%20(2).pdf
“Wider access to overdose-reversing drug could ease deadly toll of opioid crisis, experts say”. Capital News Express,https://cnsmaryland.org/2023/03/30/overdose-reversing-drug-deadly-opioid-crisis/
“More Doctors Can Now Prescribe a Key Opioid Treatment. Will It Help?” New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/us/politics/buprenorphine-opioid-addiction-treatment.html
“Hybrid Mobile Program Aims to Assist Opioid Use Disorder Patients.”
https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/hybrid-mobile-program-aims-to-assist-opioid-use-disorder-patients
More Doctors Can Now Prescribe a Key Opioid Treatment. Will It Help?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/us/politics/buprenorphine-opioid-addiction-treatment.html“
In Lynnwood, opioid treatment center sparked outcry amid need for treatment”
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/in-lynnwood-opioid-treatment-center-sparked-outcry-amid-need-for-treatment/
Using telemedicine to treat opioid use disorder in rural areas,” Maryland MACS.
http://www.marylandmacs.org/media/SOM/Microsites/MACS/Documents/jama_rubin_2019_mn_190060.pdf, August 28, 2019.
“The University of Maryland Delivers Telehealth Services to Underserved Communities, Polycom,”
https://blogs.poly.com/university-of-maryland-delivers-telehealth-services
UMSOM Addiction Services Adapt to Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news/2020/UMSOM-Addiction-Services-Adapt-to-Challenges-of-COVID-19-Pandemic.html
“Maryland substance abuse experts say more access to treatment and medications is essential to combating opioid crisis”
https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-opioid-crisis-latest-numbers-maryland-20211119-otufn4uusjelnjyoksziuo73za-story.html
“U. of Maryland medical school opens addiction research institute in Baltimore”
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/public-health/kahlert-institute-for-addiction-medicine-university-of-maryland-school-of-medicine-RJ4IYQ6SZBB3DBZBBBW47U7UJQ/
“New UMD School of Medicine institute aims to change addiction treatment and prevention
https://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-kahlert-institute-for-addiction-medicine-20230531-ypi23pks3jbjjd6tggti3qzqn4-story.html
“University of Maryland medical school launches $30M addiction research center”
https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2023/05/31/university-maryland-addiction-research-institute.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
“Maryland medical panel shares concerns ahead of July 1 recreational marijuana legalization”
https://wjla.com/news/local/maryland-marijuana-weed-legal-legalization-rules-july-1-general-assembly-regulation-cannibas-shop-medical-panel-university-professor-doctors-research-health-development
'The Starting Line: How Maryland Businesses are Preparing for the Launch of the Recreational Cannabis Industry”
https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2023/06/28/maryland-recreational-cannabis-business-effects.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=BA&ana=e_BA_me&j=31926179&senddate=2023-06-28