Addressing Opioid Use Disorders Medications That Save Lives

Event description

The Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery, and Education and the New England Institute of Addiction Studies are pleased to announce the: 9th Annual C. Everett Koop, M.D. Symposium on Addiction Medicine: 

Addressing Opioid Use Disorders  Medications That Save Lives: Expanding access to buprenorphine, methadone, depot naltrexone, and naloxone

PROGRAM TOPICS:

  • Introduction and Overview of Pharmacological Treatment: Rationale, outcomes compared with psychosocial alone, duration of treatments) 
  • Burprenorphine (Suboxone and others); Exploring Models to Expand Availability 
  • Methadone Maintenance: Best Clinical Practices: Trends and Models of Care
  • Safety Concerns
  • Science and Clinical Practice with Depot Naltrexone (Vivitrol)
  • Policies for Best Practices in Pharmacological Therapies: National, State, and Third Parties
  • Integrating Psychosocial Therapies with Pharmacological Treatment: Addressing Stigma, Finding Recovery Supports, Special Issues
  • Management of Pain in Patients on Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders
  • Overdose of Prevention with Naloxone

PRESENTERS:

  • Sarah C. Akerman, MD - Geisel School of Medicine, Psychiatry 
  • Tom Groblewski, D.O., Statewide Director, Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Healthcare 
  • John Hammel MD - Geisel School of Medicine, Psychiatry, and VA Medical Center
  • Todd Mandell, M.D., Medical Director, Community Substance Abuse Services 
  • A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Regional Administrator, Region One, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Healther Preble, LCMHC, Clinical Director, Recover Together
  • Seddon Savage, M.D., M.S. - Geisel School of Medicine

Target Audience: 

Physicians, nurses, addiction counselors, behavioral health clinicians, social workers, pharmacists, and other allied behavioral health professionals and health personnel working in general healthcare and behavioral healthcare settings; law enforcement and justice personnel; educators; legislators; and all interested in the topic.

Details
Event date
to
Attendance mode
In Person
Address

Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center, Auditorium H,
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03756
United States

Cost
$80
Contact
Phone
207-621-2549
Organization
New England Institute of Addiction Studies