Hector Colon-Rivera

Dr. Hector Colón-Rivera is a distinguished general, adolescent, and addiction psychiatrist. He has broad experience in community-based programs, with an emphasis on those that help to increase access to assisted medical treatments for patients with substance use disorder. As Medical Director, he is dedicated to improving the quality of life of Hispanic communities through direct behavior and substance use disorder services in the Philadelphia area.

He is an attending telemedicine physician and a participant in a grant funded by the NIH Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Additionally, Colón-Rivera is a member of the Pennsylvania Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and a senior advisor for the Opioid State Targeted Response Technical Assistance effort for Puerto Rico. He is a faculty member at UPMC and Einstein Medical Center.

Throughout his career, Dr. Colón-Rivera has received many awards and merits, including the 2019 Bruno Lima Award in Disaster Psychiatry, a national award that recognizes the outstanding contributions of APA members in the care and understanding of the victims of the disaster.