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Emily Buirkle, MD, Internal Medicine, Newark, NJ

Emily Nicole Buirkle MD

Addiction Medicine


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  • 183 S Orange Ave# F-1522Newark, NJ 07103

  • Phone+1 973-972-2977

  • Fax+1 205-892-4755

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Summary

  • I am a board-certified internal medicine physician specializing in addiction medicine. After earning my medical degree from NYU SOM, I completed residency at the University of Illinois and an Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Rutgers University in Newark. As an undergraduate, I graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University College of Engineering. I am most interested in treating patients with substance use disorders with medication-assisted therapy.

Education & Training

  • Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School
    Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolFellowship, Addiction Medicine, 2019 - 2020
  • Carle Foundation Hospital
    Carle Foundation HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2017 - 2020
  • Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School
    Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 2020
  • New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2016 - 2017
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York University School of MedicineClass of 2016
  • Cornell University
    Cornell UniversityBS, Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, 2008 - 2012

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2017 - 2026
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2017 - 2019
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • Addiction Medicine
    American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
  • Buprenorphine Certification
    American Society of Addiction MedicineBuprenorphine Certification

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Rutgers NJMS Addiction Medicine Fellowship Teaching Award Rutgers University, 2020
  • American College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM) 2020 Prometheus Poster Prize American College of Academic Addiction Medicine, 2020
  • Carle Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program: Excellence in Professionalism Award Carle Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2019
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Mobile phone use patterns and preferences in safety net office-based buprenorphine patients. Journal of Addiction Medicine.  
    Tofighi, B., Grossman, E., Buirkle, E., McNeely, J., Gourevitch, M., Lee, JD, Journal of Addiction Medicine, 5/2015
  • Mobile phone and text messaging in a public sector, office-based buprenorphine program.  
    Tofighi, B., Grossman, E., Buirkle, E., Lee, J., Drug & alcohol dependence, 1/2015

Abstracts/Posters

  • Challenges of initiating buprenorphine micro induction in an inpatient teaching hospital.
    Buirkle, E., Zerbo, E., Abstracts of the ACAAM 2020 Annual Meeting, 4/2020
  • Buprenorphine induction with microdosing: A review of the literature.
    Buirkle, E., Zerbo, E., Abstracts of the ACAAM 2020 Annual Meeting, 4/2020
  • A Case of Blastomycosis
    Emily Buirkle, ACP Illinois Chapter Downstate Region Poster Presentation, 10/2017
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