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Office
141 Etta Frasier Drive
Windsor, VT 05089Phone+1 802-674-9400Fax+1 802-674-9410
Summary
- Dr. Clifton Lord (Fred) is Medical Director of Connecticut Valley Recovery Services in Windsor VT and the Acadia Health Comprehensive Treatment Center/ Opioid Treatment Program in West Lebanon, NH. A 1978 graduate of the University of Vermont (now Larner) College of Medicine, he trained in orthopedic surgery at Rhode Island Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. After a 15-year career, he retired from active surgery and, after a brief hiatus in administration, completed the Addiction Medicine Fellowship at the University of Florida. He returned to Windsor in 2007 and established CT Valley Recovery Services, the precursor to the present practice. He was a staff addictionologist at Valley Vista in Bradford VT from 2007-08. He served as site medical director for the New Hampshire opioid treatment programs of the-then Community Substance Abuse Centers from 2012 until 2016 when he moved to his current position at West Lebanon CTC. He has also served as medical director for Gatehouse Treatment Center in Nashua NH from 2014 to 2019.
Dr. Lord was the project director for a Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Opioid Response grant, to improve prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder in Windsor County from 2020 to 2023. He serves as a preceptor for Addiction Psychiatry Fellows at the Geisel School of Medicine, where he is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. He is also a preceptor and Adjunct Faculty for the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at Franklin Pierce University. He is currently President of the Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine. Fred lives in Dorchester NH with his wife Diane and their two beagles, Barney, and Dudley.
Education & Training
- University of FloridaFellowship, Addiction Medicine, 2005 - 2007
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Orthopedic Oncology and Bone Banking, 1984 - 1985
- Brown UniversityResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1980 - 1984
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1978 - 1980
- University of Vermont College of MedicineClass of 1978
- Stonehill CollegeB.S., Biology, with Honors, 1974
Certifications & Licensure
- NH State Medical License 1985 - 2025
- VT State Medical License 1985 - 2024
- FL State Medical License 2004 - 2007
- CT State Medical License 1979 - 1981
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
- American Board of Addiction MedicineAddiction Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Rural Community Opioid Response Grant Project Director HRSA, 2020-2023
- Fellow American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2017
- Silver Beaver Award for Distinguished Service Green Mountain Council Boy Scouts of America, 2014
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 28 citationsUsing a Learning Collaborative Strategy With Office-based Practices to Increase Access and Improve Quality of Care for Patients With Opioid Use Disorders.Benjamin R. Nordstrom, Elizabeth C. Saunders, Bethany McLeman, Andrea Meier, Haiyi Xie
Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2016-03-01
Journal Articles
- Using a Learning Collaborative Strategy With Office-based Practices to Increase Access and Improve Quality of Care for Patients With Opioid Use DisordersNordstrom B, McGovern M, Lord CF et al, Journal of Addiction Medicine, 4/2016
- Using a Learning Collaborative Strategy With Office-based Practices to Increase Access and Improve Quality of Carefor Patients With Opioid Use DisordersMcGovern MP, Nordstrom B Lord, CF et al, J Addiction Medicine, 1/1/2016
- Allograft Fractures: Incidence, Treatment and End ResultsBerry, B.H., Lord, C.F., Gephardt, M.C. and Mankin, H.J., JBJS, 1/1/1988
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Learning Collaboratives in Support of Medication Assisted Treatment in a Rural StateLord, CF, McGovern MP, Nordstrom B et al (Southern VT OBOT Learning Collaborative), Session ASAM Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 1/1/2015
Lectures
- IT Project Evaluation: From Conception through implementationKansas City, MO - 1/1/2007
- Fostering Clinician Support for Rural Health IT Planning or ImplementationKansas City, MO - 1/21/2006
- Managing Change in Rural Healthcare ITKansas City, MO - 1/21/2006
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Other
- Improving Rural Health Care: Implementing Innovative Integration SolutionsSims TR, Meyer RM, Lord CF, Hansberry MT et al, AHRQ Grant Project, White Paper
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1/1/2009 - Constructing Rural Healthcare Information Systems: Imposing Interoperability on Disparate Systems, Constructing Electronic Health Records and Connecting Rural Healthca...Lord, CF, Sims, TR et al, AHRQ Grant White Paper
www.ahrq.gov
1/1/2006
Press Mentions
- Mt Ascutney Hospital Addresses Opioid Crisis with Medication Assisted Treatment and NarcanDecember 22nd, 2020
Grant Support
- Rural Community Opioid Response Program (RCORPHealthcare and Rural Services Administration (HRSA)2020–2023
- Improving Rural Healthcare through Technology (Principal Investigator)AHRQ2004–2005
Research History
- Principal InvestigatorMt. Ascutney Hospital IT Consortium2004 - 2005
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American College of Academic Addiction MedicineMember
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