Day 1 | Friday, September 18, 2026 |
8:00–8:05 AM Welcome
8:05–8:35 AM State of the State - Deirdre Calvert, MSW, LICSW, LADC Director, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services Mass Dept of Public Health
8:35–9:40 AM Is it Time to Reconsider the Front Door of Treatment? ATS and CSS in 2026
9:40–9:45 AM Presentation of the Barbara Herbert Award
9:45–10:15 AM MORNING BREAK
10:15–11:00 AM Annual Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Flash Rounds
11:00 AM–12:00 PM Destigmatizing Liver Transplant in Patients with Alcohol Related Liver Disease
12:00–1:00 PM LUNCH
1:00–1:45 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS — Ending Epidemics Together: A State Public Health Perspective on HIV, Hepatitis C and Integrated Care -Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD Commissioner, Department of Public Health
1:45–2:30 PM Low-Barrier Hepatitis C Treatment: Innovative Approaches
2:30–3:00 PM AFTERNOON BREAK
3:00–3:45 PM Direct-to-Inject Buprenorphine: Emerging Evidence and Clinical Practice
3:45–4:30 PM Navigating Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Taper Discussions
4:30–4:40 PM Day 1 Wrap-Up
Day 2 | Saturday, September 19, 2026|
8:00–8:05 AM Welcome to Day 2
8:05–8:45 AM Prevention and Treatment of HIV-Tips for the Addiction Specialist
8:45–9:30 AM Updates in Perinatal Addiction Care 9:30–10:00 AM MORNING BREAK
10:00–10:45 AM Navigating the Evolving Drug Supply in the Acute Care Setting
10:45–11:30 AM From Sample to Strategy: Community Drug Checking in a Volatile Unregulated Drug Supply
11:30–11:45 AM MASAM Business Meeting: All MASAM members welcome
11:45 AM–12:45 PM LUNCH
12:45–1:45 PM Lessons Learned from Rhode Island and New York’s Overdose Prevention Center
1:45– 2:10 PM Getting to the Point: Creation of a Syringe Prescribing Tool for People Who Use Drugs and Prescribers
2:10-2:15 PM Closing Remarks
A detailed agenda is listed here.
