Sara Lorenz Taki, MD
Dr. Sara Lorenz Taki serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Greenwich House. She provides medical direction for all healthcare services, including treatment for substance use disorders, psychiatric services, hepatitis C treatment, overdose prevention and older adult services.
Dr. Taki is committed to bringing life-saving methadone and buprenorphine treatment to people with opioid addiction and to fighting stigma. She provides evidence-based, patient-centered addiction treatment and harm reduction counseling to patients in all stages of recovery. Dr. Taki strives to lower barriers to care so that all who need treatment can access it.
Dr. Taki obtained her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She is board-certified in addiction medicine and internal medicine. She currently serves on the Clinical Advisory Panel for OASAS and the Substance Use Guidelines Committee for the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. She is a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a frequent speaker for the Empire Liver Foundation on hepatitis C treatment in people who use drugs. Dr. Taki trains healthcare providers and students from multiple medical institutions on the treatment of substance use disorders and hepatitis C.