I am a fellowship-trained addiction medicine physician. I attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where I earned my MD. I completed my residency in internal medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

I have spent much of my career taking care of patients with addiction in places like the White River Junction VA Medical Center, rural New Hampshire, Cleveland, Youngstown, and now here in Connecticut. I helped implement and authored a widely cited study on one of the earliest community hospital inpatient buprenorphine protocols. I have completed a subspecialty fellowship in addiction medicine at Rushford / Hartford Healthcare. I have published studies in neuroscience, pharmacology, and addiction which have been cited by peers over 100 times, and I continue to be involved with research in the addiction field. I teach the next generation of medical students and residents. I am involved with ongoing local and national advocacy efforts, because stigma remains one of the toughest barriers that patients face when they fight the life-threatening illness known as addiction.

I am able to provide to you a wide variety of cutting edge treatments for addiction care. I can also help address underlying mental health challenges like depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD. My internal medicine training enables me to take care of minor medical needs related to addiction. Most importantly, I want you to know that I am deeply invested in your recovery and your success. I don’t treat the computer screen, I treat you. I don’t just want to help you get sober. I want to see you get back into the life you deserve - to get back to being a mom, a dad, a partner, back to work, and back to doing the things that you truly love. I have always trained and practiced with “old-school” doctors who go the extra mile for their patients, and I bring that approach to your care.

I’ve tried to make it as easy as possible to obtain care. I don’t want you to get stuck in a phone tree or get an appointment months away. I think good addiction treatment is both person-centered and high quality. I also think it’s critical that you don’t experience unnecessary barriers to getting treatment. So reach out. I think I can help.

Education:

  • BS in Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2010

  • MD, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 2014

  • Internal Medicine Residency, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2017

  • Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Rushford / Hartford Healthcare, 2024

Work Experience:

  • Internal medicine hospitalist:

    • New London Hospital, New London, NH

    • Concord Hospital, Concord, NH

    • MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

    • Mercy St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH

    • UConn Health Center, Farmington, CT

Prior Academic Faculty Positions:

  • Assistant professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  • Assistant professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Selected Publications and Presentations:

  • Wang SJ, et al. Inpatient Opioid Use Disorder Management: Associations with Patient-Directed Discharge, Readmission, and Mortality. To be presented at 2025 American Society of Addiction Medicine National Conference.

  • Wang SJ and Shearier E. Inpatient Management Patterns of Opioid Use Disorder at Hartford Hospital, December 2023. Presented at 2024 Connecticut Society of Addiction Medicine Conference.

  • Wang SJ, et al. Effect of inpatient medication-assisted therapy on against-medical-advice discharge and readmission rates. The American Journal of Medicine, 2020.

  • Wang SJ. An unusual cause of stroke: neurosarcoidosis. The American Journal of Medicine, 2019.

  • Wang SJ. Hydromorphone precipitating serotonin syndrome. The American Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018.

  • Wang SJ, et al. Inactivation of fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling in myelinating glial cells results in significant loss of adult spiral ganglion neurons accompanied by age-related hearing impairment. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2009.