Dr Laurie Willhite is the Medical Director of the Interventional Pain Clinic at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is also the Medication Safety officer at her institution. She has decades of experience working in ambulatory and hospital settings with chronic pain and opioid use disorder, including patients with kidney disease. She has a BS and Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Steve Rummler Hope Network, Minnesota's largest non-profit opioid harm reduction organization.