Southern NJ MAT
Center of Excellence
SNJMATCOE
Expanding Care and Promoting Excellence
Ending Stigma and Saving Lives
The Southern NJ MAT Center of Excellence (SNJMATCOE) offers education, mentoring, collaboration, and networking across the nine southern counties of the state:
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, and Salem.
We are also deeply committed to expanding MAT access and services at our academic centers in Southern New Jersey: Cooper University Health Care and Rowan–Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (Rowan–Virtua SOM).
Our MISSION is to increase statewide capacity to provide standard of care treatment for patients with substance use disorder through mentoring and education;
building working collaborations within the community;
and conducting research and developing novel and
innovative models of service delivery.
Our VISION is to end the stigma of addiction and ensure
that all people with substance use disorder have access
to high-quality, evidence-based care so they may live
full and satisfied lives.
Please note that our website is continually updated with new prescriber education and health communication resources.
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COVID–19 Resources
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Free Emergency Mail-Order Naloxone in NJ
CALL:
877-4NARCAN or (877) 462-7226 to request naloxone, or also request online through nextdistro.org/newjersey
The Naloxone Distribution and Training Programs Guide
by New Jersey County is available in both
interactive and print formats.
This comprehensive county-by-county guide for
health care professional reference and patient education
includes pharmacies who dispense NARCAN®
(naloxone hydrochloride) Nasal Spray and the FDA-
approved generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray
(utilizing standing orders, and via prescription).
This guide was a special research project initially
developed in Spring 2020, with gratitude to our
dedicated team of content experts, interns,
medical students, and peer specialists who supported
research design and data collection.
Neurobiology of Addiction
An addiction or a use disorder is a brain disease that occurs after repeat exposure to substances or activities that result in reward (positive) and withdrawal (negative) cycles.
When a brain is exposed to these cycles over and over, the end result is change in the brain structure and connections that can change behavior. People often experience impulse control, or the inability to stop a behavior such as using a substance.
Over time, using substances or engaging in the addictive behavior often doesn't even feel pleasurable anymore, but people with
use disorders have a compulsion to continue to use as if it is survival, and an inability to stop or assess risk.
This can be detrimental to relationships, productivity, and engaging in normal life activities. It can result in severe emotional and physical distress.
The good news is that for some addictions, like opioid use disorder, we have medications that can help stop this cycle and stabilize
the brain. Research clearly demonstrates that these medications save lives (decrease mortality) and help people live longer,
more productive, and satisfying lives.
2019
1082
203
2639
Year Southern NJ MAT Center of Excellence Was Established
Providers X-Wavier Trained by
Southern NJ MAT
Center of Excellence
as of April 1, 2022
Patients Started on Bupe
IN THE FIELD by
Cooper EMS
as of January 1, 2023
Patients Started on Bupe in the Cooper ED
Since January 1, 2020
as of January 1, 2023
Clinical Mentoring and
Prescriber Education
Clinical Mentoring
Clinical mentorship opportunities with our multidisciplinary team
at Southern NJ MAT Center of Excellence locations are available. Please email our project contact
to learn more.
Prescriber Trainings
Please find registration links for ongoing and upcoming continuing medical education didactic and asynchronous trainings.
Resource Connection
Please find prescriber resources for managing patients with substance use disorder in office-based addiction treatment, hospital-based, and emergency medicine and
The Southern NJ MAT Center of Excellence Emergency Department
Addiction Pathways is a compendium of prescriber education and health communication resources and serves as a statewide and national prototype.
Download the resources for practice implementation. Please note that
resources are continually updated. The primary set focuses on treating
opioid use disorder with buprenorphine in the emergency medicine setting.
Additional resources focused on treating opioid use disorder
with methadone in the emergency medicine setting are available.
This comprehensive presentation and reference tool was developed for
emergency medicine and office-based addiction treatment prescribers and communities of practice: bit.ly/coepres1-021723
Locations and
Contact Info
Southern NJ MAT
Center of Excellence
Locations
We have multiple clinical locations throughout Southern New Jersey.
Check the map above to find a location close to you.
For general inquiries pertaining to the
Southern NJ MAT Center of Excellence,
For inquiries pertaining to prescriber education and health communication resources, and clinical trainings and mentorship with our multidisciplinary team, email Patricia Fortunato
For geographically targeted listserv communications, please sign up for your Southern NJ Addiction Breakfast Club
Sign up for the NJ MAT Centers of Excellence joint biweekly newsletter here
Helpful NJ Numbers
NJ MAT Provider Hotline Number (CALL or TEXT 24/7):
1-844-HELP-OUD (435-7683)
NJ Substance Abuse Hotline:
1-800-111-2222
REACH NJ:
844-REACHNJ