ALTO - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman, ACEP Pain Management Section / Medical Director of EM Pain Management
- Medical Director of the Emergency Medicine Pain Management Program
Dr. Alexis LaPietra is the current Medical Director of the Emergency Medicine Pain Management Program and the Fellowship Director of the Emergency Medicine Pain Management Fellowship and Emergency Medicine Mental Health and Addiction Medicine Fellowship at St Joseph's Health in Paterson, NJ. She is the founder and creator of the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO®) program and the newly formed Pain Management and Addiction Medicine Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians. She is also a faculty member of the Emergency Medicine Residency at St. Joseph's. She has been working closely with national physician leaders and legislators to assist in finding a solution to the prescription opioid crisis while promoting quality pain management.
In 2016 she received the Emergency Care Innovation of the Year Award from George Washington University Center for Healthcare Innovation and Policy Research as well as the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians Practice Innovation Award. The ALTO® program was awarded the NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Innovation Award for 2017.
Dr. LaPietra's work has been highlighted nationally in The Annals of Emergency Medicine, NPR, NBC, The New York Times, Fox News, and CNN. Her passion lies in the research and development of non-opioid alternatives for the management of acute and chronic pain in the emergency department, and she lectures extensively on the topic.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Emergency Medicine and Population Health at St. Joseph 's Health
- Chairman, Emergency Medicine / Chief Innovation Officer ( CINO )