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 Primary Care Physician, Boston Medical Center *Lead - Breakout Session: Best practices for addiction treatment and harm reduction in settings of incarceration*

Dr. Ricardo Cruz is an assistant professor of medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC). Dr. Cruz’s clinical work focuses on primary care and treatment of substance use disorders and viral hepatitis for vulnerable populations including racial and ethnic minority communities and individuals with a history of criminal justice involvement. He is also a physician in Faster Paths to Treatment, BMC’s innovative, low-barrier substance use disorder bridge clinic.

Dr. Cruz is a graduate of the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the Boston University School of Public Health, earning a master’s in public health in epidemiology and biostatistics. He completed his clinical training at the internal medicine residency primary care program at BU/BMC.