Justin Berk, MD MPH MBA is an addiction medicine physician and researcher interested in the intersection of health and criminal justice. He is the former Medical Director for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. He also holds an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics. His primary clinical site is the Medicine-Pediatrics Primary Care Center where he sees patients and serves as a preceptor for residents His academic interests include primary care, addiction medicine, correctional health, and medical education.He graduated from Yale University and received an MPH from the Yale School of Public Health. He completed medical school at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and received his MBA from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech. He completed his residency training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Urban Health Residency Program in Baltimore, MD.As a clinical educator, he serves as a Producer of the Internal Medicine podcast, "The Curbsiders," and founder of the pediatric spin-off podcast appropriately named "The Cribsiders." His medical education research is focused on the use of innovative pedagogies including podcasts.He is a dedicated advocate for buprenorphine deregulation and increased access to medications for opioid use disorder in the community and criminal justice settings.