Samantha Huo, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Leadership Team, Penn Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy
Senior Fellow, Penn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Director, Addiction Medicine Consult Service, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Epic Physician Builder, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
HUP Cedar Emergency Department
501 S 54th St
Philadelphia, PA 19143
501 S 54th St
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Office: 215-662-6698
Education:
MS (Pharmacology)
Georgetown University, 2014.
MPH ( Public Health and Tropical Medicine )
Tulane University School of Public Health, 2018.
MD (Medicine)
Tulane University School of Medicine, 2018.
Permanent linkMS (Pharmacology)
Georgetown University, 2014.
MPH ( Public Health and Tropical Medicine )
Tulane University School of Public Health, 2018.
MD (Medicine)
Tulane University School of Medicine, 2018.
Description of Clinical Expertise
addiction medicine, opioid use disorderSelected Publications
Spadaro A, Huo S, Bar J.: Use of Buprenorphine in the Prehospital Setting. International Journal of Paramedicine(7), 125-130, July 2024.Deanna M. Berg, BS, PharmD, Amanda Binkley, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP, Sean D. Foster, MD, Matthew Hinton, PharmD, BCPS, BCEMP, Samantha C, Huo, MD, Jessie Torgersen, MD, Derek Peiffer, PharmD, BCEMP, Christina Maguire, PharmD, BCIDP, AAHIVP: Clinical Microbiology of Xylazine-Associated Wound Infections. IDWeek 2024.
Jasmine Barnes, MPH, Nicole O’ Donnell, BA, CRS, Daniel Teixeira da Silva, MD, MSHP, Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, Austin Kilaru, MD, MSHP, Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP, Samantha Huo, MD, MPH, MS : Embedding and Sustaining Peers in Emergency Departments: Exploring Program Implementation and Outcomes. Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction, Annual Conference 2024.
Huo S, Heil J, Salzman M. S., Carroll G, & Haroz R: Methadone Initiation in the Emergency Department for Opioid Use Disorder: A Case Series. Journal of Emergency Medicine 64(3): 391-396, March 2023.
Huo SC, Gibbons RC, Costantino TG: Utility of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in the Emergency Department. J Emergency Medicine 60(2): 210-215, Feb 2021.
Huo SC, Sammon M: Procedures for Removal of Rectal and Vaginal Foreign Bodies. Essential Procedures for Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care Settings: A Clinical Companion. Springer Publisher, 3rd Edition. Springer, 2021.
Gill F, Appley M, Nix L, Green G, Gribbon M, Divagaran A, Huo S, Avegno J, Jones C: The Homeless Hospital Liaison Program: An Interprofessional Program to Improve Students' Skills at Facilitating Transitions of Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness. Academic Medicine 95(3): 378-81, Mar 2020.
Samantha Huo: Sore Throat. 25th Annual AAEM Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV March 2019.
Appley M, Jones C, Fox T, Nix L, Huo SC, Gill F, Fankuchen O, Niculescu A, Stoopack J, Bunker D, Zhang Q: An Inter-professional, Student-led Hospital Liaison Service for Homeless Patients. International Street Medicine Symposium, Allentown, PA october 2017.
Kurland SC, Huo SC, Bourgeois CR, Chakraborti C: Refining an effective social contexts in medicine elective for medical students. Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy, Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA March 2017.