Colorado ROOTS is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Northeast Health Partners, whose investment in rural addiction care has made this addiction care system possible. Our hospital partners and their dedicated medical staff will help revolutionize care on the Eastern Plain in close partnership with our addiction care and peer support partners. Together, we will create an effective, equitable and sustainable system of addiction care for our communities.
Our Clinical Partners:
The Colorado ROOTS team is a group of health professionals focusing on helping clinicians, hospitals and community organizations address the shortage of addiction treatment and recovery services available to patients in the Eastern Plains of Colorado.
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Don Stader, MD FACEP
(he/him/his) medical director
Dr. Stader is the founder and president of Stader Opioid Consultants and an emergency and addiction medicine physician. He is the founder and Executive Director of The Naloxone Project, a nonprofit organization that engages hospitals in providing overdose education and naloxone distribution. Dr. Stader leads several state- and nation- wide projects targeted at harm reduction and substance use disorder treatment.
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Sean Buck, MD
(he/him/his) physician consultant
Dr. Buck is a consultant physician experienced in rural healthcare. He has a background in inpatient medicine, addiction medicine and pain treatment. He primarily works in the Eastern Plains (at Lincoln Health) and in the Denver-metro areas. In his free time, he volunteers at a Free Health Clinic.
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Susan Bradley, PharmD, JM
(she/her/hers) senior pharmacist consultant
Dr. Bradley is a clinical pharmacist experienced in rural healthcare and medication management of patients with substance use disorders. She has a background in withdrawal management services, pharmacy leadership, healthcare law, regulatory compliance, policy development and systemization.
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Mellie Ryan, BSN, RN
(she/her/hers) project manager
Mellie has a background in both healthcare project management and clinical nursing. She brings years of experience in the public health sector working in direct patient care as well as collaborating with administrative and clinical staff alike on multi-level process and quality improvement projects.
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Alexandra Mannerings, PhD
(she/her/hers) data analyst
Alexandra earned her PhD in epidemiology from the University of Cambridge, UK, studying emerging infectious diseases in Ghana. Among other previous roles, she worked for the Colorado Hospital Association as their Director of Analytics, where she helped design the hospital analytics portal ODHIN. Alexandra is also currently an adjunct professor at Regis University at the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions.