John P. Gallagher, MD, is a general obstetrician/gynecologist who has been practicing in Sharon, Pennsylvania, for over 30 years, delivering 6,000 babies, many with substance use disorder issues. Gallagher resides at Primary Health Network, Pennsylvania’s largest Federally Qualified Community Health Center that serves a wide range of patients of all socio-economic levels. He has been actively engaged on a state level with the Pennsylvania Medical Society, serving as chair of its Opioid Task Force and now is board chairman. He has been involved in a wide range of educational, legislative, and advocacy programs on opioids, as well as other healthcare issues. Additionally, he has worked with Behavioral Health Commission to assure adequate funding and reporting requirements with further expansion to other community agencies and has addressed groups of physicians, pharmacists, and local support groups on addressing the issue and using the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to prevent doctor shopping and overprescribing.