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 Friday, May 17, 2019

8:00 AM - Registration (open all day) / Continental bkfst / Networking

8:00 AM - MASAM Annual Business Meeting (MASAM members)

8:45 AM Current Practical Management of Hepatitis C in Primary Care and SUD clinic / Arthur Yu-Shin Kim, MD

9:45 AM - Methamphetamine/cocaine: where are we now? / Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D.

10:45 AM - Coffee Break / Networking / Exhibits

11:15 AM - Addiction Medicine in the LGBTQ Population / Robert H. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.

12:15 PM - Lunch: Legal Update / Brendan Abel, Esq.

1:15 PM - Considering opioid use disorders through a developmental lens / Sarah Bagley, MD 

2:15 PM - Coffee Break / Networking / Exhibits

2:30 PM - Supervised consumption sites: data review/ Jessie Gaeta, MD

3:30 PM - Dual Diagnosis: Mood Disorders and Substance use Disorders. / Surita Rao, MD, FASAM

4:30 PM - Alcohol Pharmacotherapies. Treatment of AUD and Withdrawal: an Up-date & Review of Current Strategies / Michael F. Bierer, MD, MPH

Saturday, May 18, 2019

7:30 AM - Registration (open all day) / Continental bkfst / Networking

8:00 AM - Current state of addiction curricula in medical education / Student Coalition presenters

9:00 AM - Medical Complications of Addiction / Alan Wartenberg, MD

10:00 AM - Coffee Break / Networking / Exhibits

10:30 AM - The Philosophy and Practice of Harm Reduction: From the Clinic to the Statehouse / Kimberly Sue, MD, PhD

11:30 AM - Panel: Transitioning between types of MAT (Methadone, Buprenorphine, naltrexone). General Q&A.

Panelists: Alan Wartenberg, MD; Barbara Herbert, MD, DFASAM; Barbara Rosenthal, MD; Todd Kerensky, MD 

12:30 PM - Lunch with table discussions / Boston area drug Users Union

1:30 PM - Assessing and Treating Substance Use Disorders and Addictive Behavior in Safety Sensitive Occupations / John W. Burress, MD, MPH, FACOEM

2:30 PM / Wrap-up & Adjournment