2024 Annual Oration – A Classroom Every Week: Adolescent Overdose Deaths and the Role of the Pediatric Workforce
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EST – Live Virtual Webinar
Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS (he/him)
Scott Hadland is the chief of adolescent and young adult medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He holds triple board certification in general pediatrics, adolescent medicine, and
addiction medicine. Dr. Hadland's clinical and research interests focus on adolescent and young adult substance use disorder prevention and treatment and on improving care for youth and families affected by substance use. As part of these efforts,
he seeks to improve education on addiction for pediatricians in the US and beyond. His work has been published in leading journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The BMJ, Pediatrics, and JAMA Pediatrics,
and he has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, National Public Radio, and other leading news outlets. He is a member of the editorial board of Pediatrics and was the 2020 recipient
of the Emerging Leader Award in Adolescent Health from the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2023, he was selected to the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, which brings together national leaders committed to facing critical challenges in
partnership with the Clinton Presidential Center and George W. Bush Presidential Center. Dr. Hadland’s research is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Heart Association,
among other foundations.
