Brian David Work - Faculty Biosketch

Brian David Work, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Site Director and Volunteer Physician, Bridging the Gaps Clinical Program, Streetside Health Clinic, Prevention Point Philadelphia

Clinic Co-Director and Volunteer Attending, United Community Clinic, First African Presbyterian Church, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Volunteer Attending, Streetside Health Clinic, Prevention Point Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Member, Board of Directors, Prevention Point Philadelphia

Senior Fellow, Center For Public Health Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania

Chair, Board of Directors, Prevention Point Philadelpha

Committee Member, PPMC and UPHS Opiate Use Disorder and Center of Excellence Grant and Implementation Committee

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Department of General Internal Medicine
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-9436
Fax: 215-243-3208

Email:
brian.work@uphs.upenn.edu

Links
UNITED COMMUNITY CLINIC provides free physical exams, social work and counseling services, dental screening, and optometry services. We have a free Hypertension Clinic that offers regular follow-up visits, free medications and diet and lifestyle coaching.
PREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA and STREET SIDE HEALTH CLINIC work to reduce the harm associated with substance use by promoting health, empowerment and safety while advocating for humane public policies and programs.

Education:
BA (Biology)
Swarthmore College, 1989.
MD (Medicine)
University of California Davis School of Medicine, 2000.
MPH (Public Health)
University of California Berkeley School of Public Health, 2001.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2001-2002.
Resident in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2004.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2011.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Dr. Work focuses on community outreach, community public health, and providing free and low-cost care out in the community. He also has extensive experience in substance abuse treatment and research and in Harm Reduction. Prevention Point Philadelphia is a national leader in Harm Reduction practice and education, including opioid overdose reversal and the provision of Naloxone to first responders, drug users and families of drug users.

He co-directs, attends and teaches at the free student-run United Community Clinic at First African Presbyterian Church in West Philadelphia.

He also attends and teaches at the free Streetside Health Clinic at Prevention Point Philadelphia where he is Chair of the Board and is the Clinical Site Director for the Bridging the Gaps program.