Faculty

Christopher Milburn, MD is a psychiatrist practicing addiction medicine. He completed his undergraduate medical education at Jefferson Medical College, now the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, and his psychiatry residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at Jefferson Health. He always had a strong interest in addiction medicine and after completing his residency, worked as an attending at Jefferson Health in their methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clinic. While at Jefferson, he was also the director of their psychiatric inpatient unit which worked closely with the obstetrics department to specialize in the treatment and management of pregnant patients with co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health diagnoses.

Following his work at Jefferson Health, Dr. Milburn worked at Christiana Hospital, where he launched an outpatient buprenorphine program, also with focus on the management of opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnant patients. Further he participated in the development of an opioid treatment protocol for patients with co-occurring disorders. Following his time at Christiana Hospital, he worked at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, expanding their outpatient buprenorphine program, assisting in the opening of a new inpatient detoxification and rehab unit as well as their MMT program. Dr. Milburn is now Program Director for the Cooper University Health Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship, an Attending Physician at the Cooper University Health Care Center for Healing, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU).