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a2A
Sarah Gad, JD
Founder, President
Sarah is an Attorney and the founder of a2A. She gradated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she sat on the board of various organizations, including the Criminal Law Society and Defenders, and currently serves as a mentor for the University of Chicago Law and Politics Track for undergraduates who are interested in pursuing careers in law and politics.
Sarah has given guest lectures about her opioids work at national conferences, medical centers, and Congress. She received the 2019 University of Chicago Humanitarian Award for her opioid outreach work. She takes a special interest in the intersection between law and mental heath, and clarifying the rights of system-impacted groups.
Marcia Glass, MD
Program Director
Dr. Marcia Glass is a practicing physician and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Palliative Care at Tulane University. She received her medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Tulane University. Dr. Glass has volunteered with Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, and the Yale/Stanford Johnson.
Dr. Glass takes a special interest in prison health policy, and has worked extensively with death row inmates within the Louisiana prison system. She also runs a blog called Opiana, which is a collection of perspective pieces from medical providers working on the frontline of the U.S. opioid epidemic.
Khaled Eltamimi, MB BCH
Medical Director
Dr. Eltamimi is a physician who specializes in dermatology and primary care. After completing medical school at Misr University of Science and Technology in Cairo, Egypt, he completed his medical training at the world-renowned Ain Shams University Hospital. He also acted as a lead military physician within the Egyptian Armed Forces before starting his tenure as a full-time dermatologist at Gulf Specialized Hospital.
Dr. Eltamimi recently moved to New York City to pursue a residency in primary care. He takes a special interest in the cross-cultural manifestations of opioid use disorders and destigmatization of MAT in Muslim culture; and exploring substance abuse disorders and co-occuring mental illness among members of the armed forces..
Rana Yaghmaian, PhD
Mental Health Director
Dina Gad, MD
Program Director
Rana Yaghmaian, PhD, CRC, is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and the Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Program Coordinator at PSU. She received both her master’s and doctorate degrees in Rehabilitation Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Dr. Yaghmaian takes a special interest in exploring substance abuse disorders among persons with multiple minoritized identities. She is a recipient of both the 2018 Dean's Fund for Excellence and the 2019 Faculty Development Grant, which granted her a total of $20,000 to support a qualitative research study that will explore the unique experiences of women of color with invisible chronic illnesses.
Dr. Gad is a practicing physician and an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Cornell University. She received both her undergraduate an medical degree from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Gad is among the of less than 3% U.S. physicians who are licensed to prescribe buprenorphine for OUD.
Dr. Gad takes a special interest in addiction medicine, and firmly believes that the opioid crisis should be treated as a public issue. She has treated numerous addicts as a practicing physician and can vouch for the efficacy of MAT and it's overwhelming potential to end the malignancy of the opioid crisis.
Rebecca Burke, MD
Assistant Medical Director
Dr. Burke is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She works as a consulting physician at both Tulane University Medical Center and the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System. She is responsible for helping develop the Supportive/Palliative consulting service and outpatient Palliative Care Clinic at University Medical Center.
Dr. Burke received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She obtained her Medical Doctorate from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Burke is interested in advanced care planning, and academic advancement of the Palliative Care specialty.
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