Senior Project Manager
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, New York
Stephen Butkus joined Northwell Health in 2018 to serve as Project Manager for Northwell’s Opioid Management Steering Committee (OMSC). As the scope of this role is ever expanding, Stephen has shown consistency and resolve in advancing the system-level mission to humanize substance use and pain, via education, program development, and organization of hundreds of stakeholders.
Stephen currently serves as Senior Project Manager for Northwell Health’s Emergency Medicine Addiction Services, Opioid Management Steering Committee, Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Study, and TelePain Care and Navigation Center.
Along with developing curriculum for medical, nursing, physician assistant, undergraduate programs, and interprofessional teams, Stephen focuses on motivating system-wide strategies to accept addressing substance use as part of usual care. Stephen also works to implement and disseminate evidenced-based best practice protocols, quality improvement initiatives, and workforce education.
Since 2019, Stephen has also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Health Professions and Human Services at Hofstra University.
TP40 - A New Approach to Expand Overdose Prevention Education and Access to a Life-saving Antidote
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM CT