Welcome to COPE
COPE works with medical schools to ensure all rising physicians know how to provide care to people with SUD.
Improving Patient Care & Public Health
The Coalition On Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) is a voluntary organization devoted to improving patient care and the public health by assuring that all rising physicians are trained to prevent, identify, and provide specialty-appropriate interventions for patients who engage in unhealthy use of alcohol and other drugs including non-medical use of prescription medications.
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
Beyond the Four Walls of Medical Student: Local Poison Control Centers as Curricular Partners
Thursday, September 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM EST
Speaker: Howard Greller, MD
Dr. Greller is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology & Addiction Medicine at Rutgers University / New Jersey Medical School. He is the Director of the Medical Toxicology fellowship, and co-director of the combined Med Tox / Addiction Medicine fellowship at Rutgers, the first and only fellowship of its kind. He co-hosts the Sirius/XM Doctor Radio Emergency Medicine show, was the &Howard to the Dantastic Mr. Tox podcast and co-founded The Tox and Hound toxicology blog. His favorite molecule is 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine, and hopes to one day eat the world. But understands that it must be done one bite at a time.
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Education Curriculum
Designed for medical students by medical students and medical school faculty available for free download.
Resources
Opioid Resources and Substance Use Disorder Curriculum.
About COPE
The Coalition on Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) is a voluntary organization devoted to improving patient care and the public health.
