Andrew Herring, MD

Portrait of Andrew Herring

Andrew Herring, MD

Highland Hospital

Dr. Herring is an attending emergency physician and the Director of Research at the Alameda Health System (AHS). At AHS he is also the Division Chief of Addiction Medicine and Medical Director of Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Dr Herring has led national efforts to transform hospital-based care for substance use disorders and his work has been featured in local and national press including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio. Dr. Herring co-founded and is a PI at CA BRIDGE, one of largest state level efforts to promote access to medication for opioid use disorder in the hospital settings. Dr. Herring’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute , and has been published in numerous journals including JAMA Open and Annals of Emergency Medicine. His work focuses on treatment of substance use disorders and pain management.