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Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine who is a family physician, addiction medicine specialist and health services researcher. He directs the Primary care IMplementation and Engagement (PRIME) lab, which focuses on improving care for chronic pain, behavioral health and substance use disorders in primary care. He practices at the Family Medicine Clinic at Harborview Medical Center where he provides both primary care and addiction consults. He serves as the Associate Director of the WWAMI region Practice and Research Network. He received his medical training from the Boston University School of Medicine, completed a Master of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health, and finished residency at Lawrence Family Medicine Residency.

Currently funded studies include:

Supporting Unhealthy Substance use care Through a whole person Approach and user centered INtegration into primary care (SUSTAIN)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R18HS029773)

Adapting and Implementing a Nurse Care Management Model to Care for Rural Patients with Chronic Pain (AIM-CP)
National Institute for Nursing Research/NIH (UG3NR020930)

Addressing Loneliness in Primary Care Patients on Chronic Opioids to Prevent Opioid Misuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH (R34DA058325)

 

Publications

Brooks EM, Park A, Tu K, Wu-Hsun Tom Yang, Tong ST . Identifying strategies to improve implementation of integrative pain management in primary care. JABFM. Mar 2025

Simon CB, Britz JB, Keiser B, Brooks EM, Krist AH, Franko N, Webel B, Hatch MA, Tsui JI, Stephens KA, Tong ST Supporting Unhealthy Substance use care Through a whole person Approach and user centered INtegration into primary care (SUSTAIN): study protocol for a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. Jan 2025

Mullen RA, Tong ST, Lum HD, Stephens KA, Krist AH The Role of Primary Care in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Epidemic. Annals of Family Medicine. Mar 2024

Tong S, Morgan Z, Bazemore A, Eden A, Peterson L Maternity access in rural America: the role of family physicians in providing access to cesarean sections. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. August 2023

Tong S, Jetty A, Liaw W, Bazemore A, Jabbarpour Y Racial/Ethnic Minority Identifying Family Physicians Are More Likely to Work in Solo Practices. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. April 2023

Tong S, Morgan Z, Stephens K, Bazemore A, Peterson L Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively with Behavioral Health Professionals. Annals of Family Medicine. March 2023

Sirkin JT, Flanagan E, Tong ST, Coffman M, McNellis RJ, McPherson T, Bierman AS Primary Care's Challenges and Responses in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights From AHRQ's Learning Community. Annals of Family Medicine. Jan 2023

Brooks EM, Tong ST, Krist AH, Kuzel AJ Emergence of Gun Violence as a Patient Priority. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Aug 2022

Blanco C, Kato EU, Aklin WM, Tong ST, Bierman A, Meyers D, Volkow ND Research to Move Policy - Using Evidence to Advance Health Equity for Substance Use Disorders. New England Journal of Medicine. Jun 2022