Andrew Kolodny

Andrew Kolodny, M.D., Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP). Dr. Kolodny has been in the trenches of the war against the over-prescription of opioids and was the organizing force behind PROP in 2010. In 2016, the American Medical Association dropped pain as the 5th vital sign, recognizing and adhering to PROP's findings. In true David and...See more

Andrew Kolodny, M.D., Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP). Dr. Kolodny has been in the trenches of the war against the over-prescription of opioids and was the organizing force behind PROP in 2010. In 2016, the American Medical Association dropped pain as the 5th vital sign, recognizing and adhering to PROP's findings. In true David and Goliath fashion, PROP continues to uncover the role of "big pharma" in the current opioid crisis. He served as an advisor to the Do No Harm documentary and will play an important role in the companion book as well. See less