The Naloxone Project
Montana Chapter
We partnered with MT ACEP to found our chapter in 2023 in order to create the infrastructure for distributing life-saving naloxone directly to those Montanans who are in a position to administer naloxone to someone who is suffering from an opioid overdose.
The Montana Chapter is particularly interested in serving rural or critical access facilities in Montana, emphasizing our focus on equitable access to naloxone for even the most remote communities.
10
Distributing EDs
560
Opioid Overdoses in 2025
Programs & InitiativesEmergency Department Program
The Montana Chapter is currently supporting naloxone distribution in 10 EDs and is working to forge additional partnerships and recruit hospitals and EDs throughout the state. We aim to recruit ten more participating hospital facilities (20 total, or roughly 200,000 ED visits) by 2027.
Programs & InitiativesProvider Education
Visit the Montana Chapter of the Naloxone Project each February at the Northwest Ski Symposium, where we partner with the Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana ACEP chapters to educate emergency department providers on identifying patients at risk for opioid overdose, implementing ED-based naloxone distribution, and advancing strategies to achieve community naloxone saturation. Check out the MT ACEP website for this year’s exact date and location.
What Montana
has Accomplished
Since its foundation, the Montana Chapter has strived to continue developing naloxone distributions throughout Montana, with a specific focus on Emergency Departments.
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MT ACEP champions naloxone saturation as its 2022 initiative to serve the patient population of Montana.
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Chapter founded with support from MT ACEP.
Co-founders Drs. Redwood and Martin join the MT state substance use disorder task force.
ED naloxone distribution goes live at Bozeman Health and Big Sky Medical Center.
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We secured a $34,382 grant from the Montana Opioid Abatement Trust to distribute naloxone from EDs throughout Region 3, including Big Horn, Carbon, Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Mussleshell, Petroleum, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, and Wheatland Counties.
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We championed Montana Senate Bill 503, a law that legalizes the use of expired opioid antagonists, such as naloxone, to reverse drug overdoses.
We secures a $205,000 OD2A grant to implement universal SUD screening and a substance use navigator in the Bozeman Health ED.
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We onboarded our first intern: Cooper Mann, WWAMI MS2, joins MNP as a student board member at large and spearheads naloxone distribution at his clinical site Central Montana Medical Center in Lewiston, MT.
Partners of the Montana Chapter
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Montana Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (MT ACEP)
Montana Leadership
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Dr. Bobby Redwood- Founder & Co-Chair
Dr. Redwood is board-certified in emergency medicine, addiction medicine, and general preventive medicine. He serves as a physician quality improvement advisor to multiple hospital associations, with a QI portfolio focused on opioid stewardship, medications for opioid use disorder, stigma reduction, and physician engagement in quality improvement. Clinically, Dr. Redwood practices emergency and addiction medicine with Absaroka Emergency Physicians in Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana.
Dr. Emily Martin- Co-Chair
Dr. Martin is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine with a longstanding interest in harm reduction. She currently practices clinically in the Emergency Departments in Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana, and serves as the President of Absaroka Emergency Physicians.
Cooper Mann- Montana Chapter Intern
Cooper Mann is an MS3 and a Targeted Rural and Underserved Track Scholar (TRUST) with the University of Washington School of Medicine. Cooper hails from the small mountain town of Red Lodge, Montana. His special interests in medicine include serving and improving healthcare access in rural communities, rural health advocacy, and teaching. He plans to return to Montana after completing his residency training to practice medicine and serve rural Montana communities.
Cooper is currently working with the physicians and emergency department staff at Central Montana Medical Center in Lewistown, MT, to educate and distribute life-saving naloxone to at-risk patient populations in his TRUST community. He is committed to building a sustainable initiative that will serve and have meaningful impacts on the community long after he leaves to pursue further training and education.
