Anthony Spadaro, MD
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Spadaro is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Spadaro A, Hairston J, Lakamana S, Wightman R, Love JL, Perrone J, Sarker A. Characterization of Reddit Posts About Xylazine-Associated Wounds: Qualitative Study , JMIR Dermatol, 8: 2025,e70329


Spadaro A, Calello DP, Counts CJ, Cerbini TA, Nelson LS, Greller HA Rapid transition from a continuous naloxone infusion to sublingual buprenorphine after an opioid overdose: a case series , Subst Use Addctn J: 2025


Thakrar A, Zwiebel S, Christine P, Spadaro A, Davis M, Bhatia R, Rohacs N, Xu L, Perrone J, Lowenstein M Manifestations of a Potential Xylazine Withdrawal Syndrome Among Hospitalized Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study with Nested Case Control , Drug Alcohol Depend: 2025


Spadaro A, Nath J, Mok T, Chen C, Nelson LS, Santos C Parenteral Buprenorphine for Opioid Withdrawal , J Stud Alcohol Drugs, 86(3): 2025


Spadaro A, Perrone J, Nelson L, Greller HA Reining It In: Xylazine Overdose , Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, 39(5): 2025


Counts CJ, Spadaro A, Cerbini T, Krotulski AJ, Greller HA, Nelson LS, Ruck B, Calello DP An Outbreak of Synthetic Cannabinoid-Adulterated Tianeptine Products in New Jersey – A Case Series , J Med Toxicol, 21(2): 2025,253-259


Das S, Ge Y, Guo Y, Rajwal S, Hairston J, Powell J, Walker D, Peddireddy S, Lakamana S, Bozkurt S, Reyna M, Sameni R, Xiao Y, Kim S, Chandler R, Hernandez N, Mowery D, Wightman R, Love J, Spadaro A, Perrone J, Sarker A Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study , J Med Internet Res, 6(27): 2025


Javed, J, Spadaro A, Cinnevert E, Simmons B, Gordon E GLP-1 Agonists in patients with cardiovascular disease and comorbid substance use disorder: a retrospective observational cohort study , American Heart Association Annual Meeting: 2024


Spadaro A, Lee A, Pineda H, Ruck B, Calello DP, Greller HA, Nelson LS, Parris MP Attempted self-harm with elemental thallium purchased online: case report with analytical confirmation. Attempted Self-Harm with Elemental Thallium Purchased Online: Case Report with Analytical Confirmation , J Med Toxicol , 20(4): 2024,416-421


Thakrar A, Christine P, Siaw-Asamoah A, Spadaro A, Faude S, Snider C, Delgado M, Lowenstein M, Kampman K, Perrone J, Nelson LS, Kilaru A Buprenorphine Precipitated Withdrawal Among Hospitalized Patients using Fentanyl: A Retrospective Cohort Study. , JAMA, 7(9): 2024