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2023 Conference Program

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The Annual Public Policy Day

Friday, March 17th, 12:30 pm – 5 pm

Scheduled topics include: Overdose Prevention Centers, Updating Methadone Regulations, Legislative Updates, and New ASAM Policy Statements.

12:30pm-12:35pm
(5 minutes)

Welcome

Aaron D. Fox, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

12:35pm-1:30pm
(25 minutes)

2022 Policy and Legislative Updates

Aaron D. Fox, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

1:30pm – 1:45pm
(15 minutes)

Break

SESSION 1:

1:45pm – 3:00pm
(75 minutes)

Drug Court Panel

Speakers:

  • David Lucas, MSW
    Clinical Advisor, Senior Program Manager
    Center for Court Innovation, Vital Strategies
  • TK Rabii, CASAC-T
    TMSM/MSM Program Coordinator
    In Our Own Voices
  • Samantha Cleveland, MS, CASAC-AC
    Resource Coordinator,
    New York State Unified Court System
  • Doug Marlowe, JD, PhD
    Senior Scientific Consultant
    National Association of Drug Court Professionals

3:00pm – 3:15pm
(15 minutes)

Break

SESSION 2:

3:15pm – 4:30pm
(75 minutes)

Methadone Regulations Panel

Speakers:

  • Paul Joudrey, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh
  • Bridget Dooling, JD 
    Research Professor, George Washington University
  • Danielle Russell, PhD Candidate
    PhD Candidate, Arizona State University

4:30pm – 5:00pm
(30 minutes)

Closure/Flex Time


The Annual Scientific Day

Saturday, March 18th, 8 am – 4:45 pm

SESSION 1:

8:00am – 9:00am
(60 minutes)

Addiction Case Studies

Speakers:

  • Edward Salsitz, MD, DFASAM
    Associate Clinical Professor
    Mount Sinai Beth Israel
  • Melanie MacLennan, MD, MPH, MFA
    Medical Director, Assistant Professor
    Catch Substance Use Consultancy Team
    Elmhurst Hospital

9:00am – 9:15am
(15 minutes)

Break

SESSION 2:

9:15am – 9:45am
(30 minutes)

Addressing Addictions in Primary Care: Learning from a 50-year History of Successes and Failures

Speaker:

Norm Wetterau, MD, FAAFP, DFASAM
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Emeritus
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Tricounty Family Medicine

10:00am – 10:15am
(15 minutes)

Break or Visit Our Sponsors in the Breakout Rooms

SESSION 3:

9:45am – 10:45 am
(60 minutes)

Decoding Cannabis – Approaching Cannabis Use in the Medical Cannabis Era

Speaker:

Deepika Slawek, MD, MS, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine

10:45am – 11:00 am
(15 minutes)

Break

SESSION 4:

11:00am – 12:00pm
(60 minutes)

On Goofballs and Speedballs: Polysubstance Use in the Age of Fentanyls

Speaker:

Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPH
Professor, Family and Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

12:00pm – 12:15pm
(15 minutes)

Break

SESSION 5:

12:15pm – 1:30pm
(75 minutes)

Paradigm Shift: Innovative Models of Care for Persons with Alcohol Use Disorder

Speakers:

  • Lamia Haque, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Disease) and Core Faculty in the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine
    Yale School of Medicine
  • Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, RN, CNL
    Assistant Professor
    UCSF School of Nursing

1:30pm – 1:45pm
(15 minutes)

Break

SESSION 6:

1:45pm – 2:45pm
(60 minutes)

The Heroin Market 2022 – Forensic and Surveillance Trends, Forensic, and Clinical Toxicology

Moderator:

Tim Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM
Associate Professor
University of Rochester

Panelists:

  • Paul Wax, MD, FACMT
    Executive Director
    American College of Medical Toxicology
  • Barry Logan, PhD, F-ABFT
    Senior Vice President of Forensic Sciences
    Chief Scientist at NMS labs
  • Ross Sullivan, MD, FACMT
    Assistant Professor
    Emergency Medicine SUNY Update Medical University
  • Kim Aldy, DO, MS, MBA
    ACMT Toxic Program Director
    American College of Medical Toxicology
  • Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, FACMT
    Director, Division of Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine Initiatives
    University of Pennsylvania

2:45pm – 3:00pm
(15 minutes)

Break

3:00pm – 3:45pm
(45 minutes)

Medical Student/Resident/Fellow Poster Presentations

3:45pm – 4:15pm
(30 minutes)

Award Presentations

4:45pm

Adjourn

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