Current Director of The Mission Lou Ortenzio Featured in The Atlantic; Piece on Current Work, Past Struggles
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on April 26, 2019 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
Bridgeport's Lou Ortenzio, who was recently named the director of The Mission in Clarksburg, is featured in The Atlantic in an article that 
came out this month. The national publication interviews Ortenzio about his past time as a doctor and moves forward.
came out this month. The national publication interviews Ortenzio about his past time as a doctor and moves forward.
Many know of Ortenzio's struggles with addiction and opiods that led to him facing legal problems and losing his medical practice. The article talks of Ortenzio's past and present and the issues he's currently dealing with as the head of The Mission.
There are also interviews with other individuals from the local community.
The title of the articcle is "Physicians Get Addicted Too."
The subhead of the article reads "Lou Ortenzio was a trusted West Virginia doctor who got his patients—and himself—hooked on opioids. Now he’s trying to rescue his community from an epidemic he helped start."
You can read the article by clicking HERE.
Editor's Note: Photo from Lou Ortenzio's Facebook page.
