SOR Treatment Consultants
The SOR Grant includes efforts to educate, destigmatize, and prevent overdose deaths across the state of Missouri. Through our diverse consultant team, we provide buprenorphine waiver training, buprenorphine and methadone induction training, trainings on medications and addiction treatment, as well as presentations on the current state of the opioid overdose and stimulant overamping in Missouri.
If you are interested in your agency receiving a training, please email nomodeaths@mimh.edu.
Consultants are listed in alphabetical order by last name
Dr. Nicholas Lafevre
Dr. LeFevre is on faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine where he maintains a clinical teaching role for medical student and resident education and practices full-scope family medicine including outpatient care of children and adults, hospital medicine for children and adults, and an active obstetric practice. He trained in the country’s first 4-year federally-qualified-health-center-based family medicine residency in Lawrence, Massachusetts which strongly emphasized integrated addiction medicine care including MOUD. This included walk-in same-day buprenorphine starts, inpatient buprenorphine starts, and the Boston-Medical-Center based nurse-care-manager OBOT program model. He then worked in Fort Worth Texas for John Peter Smith Hospital system as residency faculty where he collaborated on multiple SAMHSA grants including SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment) as well as the establishment of inpatient buprenorphine starts, policies and procedures for obstetric care surrounding MOUD, the establishment of a bridge clinic, and the establishment of outpatient MOUD in the family medicine practices. He was part of the Texas state ECHO network and the UT-Austin SHOUT grant which was working to improve inpatient buprenorphine use. Through these experiences he has insight into issues involving inpatient, outpatient, and obstetric MOUD care models.
Lisa Martin
Lisa Martin is the RCORP MAT/BH Director at Missouri Highlands. Lisa has over a decade of successful experience working in various leadership roles in behavioral health with the substance use population. Lisa specializes in Harm Reduction and regularly attends Harm Reduction training sessions to showcase new Harm Reduction trends, with an emphasis on medication-assisted treatment programs and Naloxone training and distribution. A strong believer in the “fully integrated patient-oriented approach”, Lisa works with the medication-assisted treatment team and patients daily to ensure that each patient feels that their needs are prioritized.
Dr. Fred Rottnek (he/him)
MD, MAHCM
Dr. Fred Rottnek is the Director of Community Medicine and Program Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Saint Louis University. Fred’s style of training is to present medical and/or technical content in understandable and relatable models. While Dr. Rottnek can speak to health professionals, he is just as comfortable presenting to interprofessional groups and diverse audiences. Dr. Rottnek enjoys presenting by himself or as part of a team and aims to keep his presentations casual, interactive, and when possible, injected with humor.
Jennifer Wolfe-Brown, CPS, MARS
Jennifer Wolfe-Brown is a CPS and MARS certified EPICC Program Director in Kansas City, MO. Jennifer is responsible for leading a team of Recovery Coaches while establishing and maintaining community partnerships with a goal of engaging the highest risk population in SUD recovery and/or Harm Reduction techniques. Jennifer specializes in Opiate, Stimulant and Alcohol Use Disorders. Jennifer was nominated for the Missouri Mental Health Champion award in 2023. Her focus is on Medication Assisted Treatment, Naloxone Distribution, Harm Reduction and engaging community members in self-directed recovery options.