Jeremy Blanchard, MD, PhD

About

Jeremy Blanchard, MD, PhD, is a fellowship-trained primary care physician at University Hospitals. He practices at UH Green Road Primary Care in South Euclid, Ohio. Dr. Blanchard is triple board-certified in family medicine, addiction medicine, and public health and general preventive medicine. His clinical interests include full-scope family medicine and caring for patients of all ages, including newborn visits, well-child and adolescent care, and adult and geriatric care. He is also an addiction medicine and public health specialist.

Dr. Blanchard is passionate about delivering high quality, evidence-based medicine using a patient-centered approach. He provides care for a wide range of acute and chronic conditions for patients of all ages and has a strong interest in women's health, including birth control and long-acting reversible contraception placement.

Dr. Blanchard attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, where he earned a BS in biochemistry and a BA in English, and went on to earn a Master of Public Health degree at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended medical school at East Tennessee State University’s James H. Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tennessee. Dr. Blanchard completed two years of residency training in general surgery before switching to family medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he also served as chief resident. He then completed a fellowship in addiction medicine at the University of Washington – Boise Addiction Medicine Program.

Dr. Blanchard earned a PhD in population health sciences - applied health economics and outcomes research at the Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health in Philadelphia. He also completed a population health training program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Prior to joining UH, Dr. Blanchard worked at Columbia University, where he saw patients of all ages, provided addiction treatment, practiced inpatient medicine at New York Presbyterian - Allen Hospital, and served as clinical medical director at Columbia Primary Care – Lincoln Center.

As a fellowship-trained addiction medicine specialist, Dr. Blanchard delivers these treatments in the primary care setting. He can facilitate appropriate diagnostic evaluation and treatment planning for a variety of substance use disorders including alcohol, nicotine and opioid use disorders. During fellowship, Dr. Blanchard also trained in diagnosis and treatment of headache and migraine disorders, including administration of Botox injections for chronic migraine. He is adept in a variety of procedures for management of pain, including intra-articular and bursal injections, and uses a nuanced approach in developing an individualized treatment plan for each patient.

As a physician scientist, Dr. Blanchard is passionate about bridging the gap between health economic research and durable, salient policy. His research has been published in prominent peer-reviewed journals and he has presented at numerous professional meetings and conferences. His research spans applied health economics and outcomes research in three main areas: economic modeling of health insurance systems, evaluation of policy related to addiction and pain medicine, and outcomes-based economic analysis. Dr. Blanchard is a dedicated educator with experience teaching medical students, residents and public health students and teaches courses in epidemiology and health systems.