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Clifton Lord, MD, Internal Medicine, Windsor, VT

CliftonFrederickLordMDFASAM

Internal Medicine Windsor, VT

Addiction Medicine

Medical Director, CT Valley Addiction Recovery Windsor VT, Habit Opco/Acadia Health W. Lebanon NH

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  • Office

    141 Etta Frasier Drive
    Windsor, VT 05089
    Phone+1 802-674-9400
    Fax+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 Florida
    University of FloridaFellowship, Addiction Medicine, 2005 - 2007
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Orthopedic Oncology and Bone Banking, 1984 - 1985
  • Brown University
    Brown UniversityResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1980 - 1984
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1978 - 1980
  • University of Vermont College of Medicine
    University of Vermont College of MedicineClass of 1978
  • Stonehill College
    Stonehill CollegeB.S., Biology, with Honors, 1974

Certifications & Licensure

  • VT State Medical License
    VT State Medical License 1985 - 2026
  • NH State Medical License
    NH State Medical License 1985 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2004 - 2007
  • CT State Medical License
    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

Journal Articles

  • Using a Learning Collaborative Strategy With Office-based Practices to Increase Access and Improve Quality of Care for Patients With Opioid Use Disorders  
    Nordstrom 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 Disorders  
    McGovern MP, Nordstrom B Lord, CF et al, J Addiction Medicine, 1/1/2016
  • Allograft Fractures: Incidence, Treatment and End Results  
    Berry, 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 State
    Lord, 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 implementation 
    Kansas City, MO - 1/1/2007
  • Fostering Clinician Support for Rural Health IT Planning or Implementation 
    Kansas City, MO - 1/21/2006
  • Managing Change in Rural Healthcare IT 
    Kansas City, MO - 1/21/2006
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Other

  • Improving Rural Health Care: Implementing Innovative Integration Solutions 
    Sims TR, Meyer RM, Lord CF, Hansberry MT et al, AHRQ Grant Project, White Paper
    www.ahrq.com
    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 Narcan
    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