Medical Team

The mission of the Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction’s Medical program is to improve healthcare for people who use substances in Philadelphia. The team provides clinical expertise in substance use disorder, harm reduction, and wound care within SUPHR, across City departments, and community organizations. They carry out capacity-building activities to support community organizations, hospitals, and City agencies to adopt evidence-based harm reduction clinical practices when engaging people who use substances. SUPHR’s medical team collaborates with and supports hospital-, community-, and government-based programs seeking to improve the care and well-being of people who use substances. The team convenes healthcare professionals and clinicians across Philadelphia to identify gaps in care, improve best practices, and identify emerging healthcare needs for people who use substances.  

Want to learn more? Check out the team’s Trainings page, academic detailing campaigns, and health alert network bulletins, as well as CHART and Annual Reports the team has contributed to.

Meet the team

  • Shelby Kehoe, MSS

    MEDICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

    Shelby (she/her) is the Project Manager for SUPHR’s Medical Program. She manages projects and initiatives that support healthcare providers, community organizations, and City agencies in adopting evidence-based harm reduction clinical practices when engaging people who use drugs. Before joining SUPHR, Shelby worked at the Camden Coalition, managing community engagement and advocacy programs focused on improving healthcare and social services for New Jersey’s Medicaid population. She began her career in youth mental health advocacy at Mental Health Partnerships in Philadelphia. Shelby graduated from Bryn Mawr College with an undergraduate degree in Sociology and a Master of Social Service with a concentration in Community Practice, Policy, & Advocacy.