Joan Papp MD, FACEP

Dr. Joan Papp, an Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and an attending physician at MetroHealth Medical Center, perfectly embodies these criteria. Having successfully supported bills before the Ohio General Assembly, Dr. Papp has demonstrated the power of a dedicated physician advocate

Dr. Papp has been on the front lines of confronting the devastating opioid abuse epidemic – one of the biggest public health crises in years. As Medical Director of Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone), she has tirelessly championed programs to make the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone more widely available.