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MASAM Board of Directors 

(2017 - 2019) 

President: 
Michael F. Bierer, MD, MPH

Past President: 
Barbara Herbert, MD, DFASAM

President Elect: 
Peter Friedmann, MD, MPH, DFASAM, FACP

Secretary: 
Todd Kerensky, MD

Treasurer: 
Kenneth Freedman, MD, MS, MBA, FACP, DFASAM

MASAM Committees

Finance: Kenneth Freedman, MD, MS, MBA, FACP, DFASAM

Nominating: Barbara Herbert, MD, DFASAM

Policy and Legislative: Sarah E. Wakeman, MD 

Education: Barbara Rosenthal, MD

If you are interested in joining a MASAM Committee, please contact us!

MASAM Pearls for Practice in the Addictions: "Priorities in an Time of Crisis and Opportunity"

A Risk Management Course for All Providers

When: Fri. & Sat., May 11 - 12, 2018

Where: Massachusetts Medical Society (860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451)

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Review the responses to the epidemic and to provide some indication on their effectiveness
  
• Identify one controversy in the prescribing of anxiolytics for people with comorbid SUD and anxiety symptoms 
• Describe a legislative or advocacy issue that is current in Massachusetts relevant to addictions care
• Identify barriers facing vulnerable population(s) in accessing health and-addictions care in Massachusetts
• Explain a strategy to decrease diversion of prescribed medicationn
• Recognize aspects of internet use that is characteristic of problematic use or "addiction"
• Describe sources of administrative data used to analyze care for people who have experienced opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine. The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The Massachusetts Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity meets the criteria for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.

Program

Friday, May 11, 2018

7:30 AM - Registration begins (open all day)

8:00 AM - Responding to the Epidemic: Where the Evidence is Taking Us, Where We Need to Go / Michael Boticelli, M.Ed.

9:00 AM - Update on AUD with a focus on collaborative care effectiveness / Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM

10:00 AM - Coffee Break / Networking / Exhibits...

  Full program (click here)

CONTACT US: If you have any questions about the program, please contact our Chapter Administrator,  Miguel Ocque at mocque@mms.org or (781) 434-7314.

Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine