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Fighting for what’s right: How a Pennsylvania DO is supporting patients who are battling addiction

By The DO Staff

12.25.22

“Ijust kind of fell into it,” James Latronica, DO, explains as I inquire about how he became so involved in working with an oft-ignored population. Patients with substance use disorders need strong advocates in their corner, and Dr. Latronica is just that. With everything he does in his addiction medicine practice and with various Pennsylvania medical societies, it seems that he was meant for this advocacy work rather than just falling into it.