A Buffalo native, Dr. Lynch (Twitter @JLynchDO) began his career in emergency medicine by following in his grandfather’s footsteps as a volunteer firefighter. He continues his work in pre-hospital care by serving as medical director and flight physician for Mercy Flight along with several fire and police departments around Western New York.

Following his undergraduate studies at the University at Buffalo, Dr. Lynch attended the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine as part of the inaugural class at the Bradenton, Florida campus. He completed an emergency medicine residency at the University at Buffalo, where he served as chief resident his final year. Dr. Lynch is a senior physician with UB|MD Emergency Medicine and holds academic appointments in the Departments of Emergency and Family (Addiction) Medicine at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He has previously held academic appointments at Erie Community College, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and SUNY Upstate. He works clinically in several emergency departments in the Greater Buffalo area.

Dr Lynch’s EMS interests are focused on critical care transport. He serves as the medical director for several volunteer fire departments along with Mercy Flight of Western New York. He has served as co-author of several pre-hospital related publications. He also has co-authored a textbook chapter in EMS Medicine.

Dr. Lynch is a national leader in addiction medicine. He has previously served as a leader on the Erie County Opioid Epidemic Task force along with the New York State Buprenorphine work group was a medication assisted treatment specialist for the Erie County and New York State Departments of Health. He is also a technical advisor for the New York State Department of Health. He is works tirelessly to educate first responders, the medical community, and members of the public on naloxone, overdose, and treatment options. He regularly lectures throughout New York State and across the country on substance use disorder and effectively linking patients to care. He presents internationally on a regular basis including Sydney (Australia), Victoria (British Columbia), Rhodes (Greece), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Hamilton (Ontario). Dr. Lynch is actively involved in research and is leading a project to provide widespread access to buprenorphine and expedited linkage to treatment centers in the emergency departments across Western New York. With the support of the New York State Department of health, he has pioneered the development of a novel statewide electronic referral network known as MATTERS (mattersnetwork.org).

Dr. Lynch values time with his family and friends. He has served on the board of directors at the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County along with the 100 Club of Buffalo. He enjoys time outside cycling, skiing, and he is always looking for the next home renovation project to start! After nearly a year of training, he completed his first IronMan 70.3 Race in the summer of 2019 and hopes to compete in many more!

Addictions, Clinical Research, Emergency Medicine

Physician Gender:

Male