Perzhinsky, Juliette

Biography

Juliette Perzhinsky, M.D., M.Sc., FACP, FASAM, is an associate professor of medicine at the CMU College of Medicine with double board certification in internal medicine and addiction medicine. She earned her medical degree from the Wayne State University School of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. While working at the Ann Arbor VAMC during her early tenure, she earned a master’s degree in design and statistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, followed by transitioning to fellowship at the VA’s National Center for Patient Safety. She previously served as the associate program director of CMU’s Internal Medicine Residency Training Program from 2015 to 2018, where she founded the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety committee and led other important educational initiatives on chronic pain management and opioid use disorder. Perzhinsky’s primary clinical role in the private sector and the VA involves the management of older adults with complex, chronic pain and the use of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), which aligns with her teaching role in patient safety and delivering MOUD training to CMU medical students. This curricular program was the result of her serving as project director on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) PCSS—Universities grant from 2018 to 2021.

She has additionally worked as a collaborative investigator with other academic institutions to implement an addiction medicine elective at CMU and also serves as the advocacy chair for the Michigan Society of Addiction Medicine.