Kelly S. Ramsey, MD, MPH, MA, FACP, DFASAM is a board certified internal medicine and addiction medicine physician who has treated substance use disorder since 2004. She has focused her career on providing care for people who use drugs, treating HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and substance use disorder. She has worked in an opioid treatment program (OTP) and federally qualified health center (FQHC) settings. Dr. Ramsey previously worked as the Chief of Medical Services at the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), the single state agency for the addiction services continuum of care, in a policy, regulatory, and clinical role. Dr. Ramsey has been an ardent harm reductionist for over 30 years since she volunteered at the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange in the mid-1990s.
Dr. Ramsey currently works as an Addiction Medicine Physician and Addiction Medicine and Harm Reduction Consultant as well as providing low threshold clinical care and clinical supervision in addiction medicine in two drug user health hubs in New York. She has provided expert advice to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) AIDS Institute and their Office of Drug User Health (ODUH), serving on numerous committees for over 15 years, providing expertise in addiction medicine, harm reduction, HIV care, and HCV care.
Dr. Ramsey was the recipient of the New York State Commissioner’s Special Recognition Award for contributions to drug user health in NYS in December 2018. Dr. Ramsey was the Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine Award Recipient, awarded by the American College of Physicians (ACP) in April 2023. Dr. Ramsey was awarded the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Special Medical Alumni Board Award in October 2023. In October 2024, Dr. Ramsey was awarded the Excellence in Public Health Award by the NY Chapter of ACP.
Dr. Ramsey is the Immediate Past President for the New York Chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (NYSAM) Board of Directors. In addition, she served as Region I Director, representing NYS, on the national American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Board of Directors from April 2021-April 2025.
