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Nationally recognized experts come together to provide the latest research, clinical tools, legal/ethical considerations, and future trajectories, empowering you to stay on top of your practice amidst changing landscapes.

Explore timely issues, such as:

  • Drug trafficking trends and threats
  • The fentanyl experience
  • Rural practice challenges and solutions
  • Psychedelic-assisted treatment
  • Substance use during pregnancy and in other special populations
  • Advanced liver disease
  • Overdose grief
  • Methadone

2023 Conference Agenda

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2023  |  OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (DAY 1)

8:30 – 9:00

CHECK-IN

9:00 – 5:00

(8 HRS)

ACUDETOX (5-NEEDLE PROTOCOL) TRAINING, PART 1 (following online training)

Amy de la Garza, MD, IFMCP
Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, MS, DLFAPA, DFASAM
Nobi Pyle, MAOM

 

SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2023 | OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP   (DAY 2)

8:30 – 9:00

CHECK-IN

9:00 – 5:00

(8 HRS)

ACUDETOX (5-NEEDLE PROTOCOL) TRAINING, PART 2

Amy de la Garza, MD, IFMCP
Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, MS, DLFAPA, DFASAM
Nobi Pyle, MAOM

MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2023

 

8:00 – 8:30

CHECK-IN & REGISTRATION

8:30 – 9:35

 

WELCOME & ADMINISTRATION

Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, (CME Course Director)

HEALING THE OPIOID CRISIS WITH MINDFULNESS-ORIENTED RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT: OUTCOMES & MECHANISMS OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPY FOR CHRONIC PAIN, OPIOID MISUSE, AND ADDICTION

Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW

9:35 – 9:45

BREAK

9:45 – 11:00

 

Concurrent Session #1

FENTANYL - UPDATES IN UTAH & ACROSS THE U.S.

Michael Moss, MD

Concurrent Session #2 (0.5 ethics credits; 1.25 suicide credits)

SUPPORTING CLIENTS & CLINICIANS IN THE GRIEF OF OVERDOSE DEATH

Adrienne Bott, MA; Laura Bradbury, LCSW

Concurrent Session #3

SUBSTANCE USE & MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN RURAL UTAH: THE SAMHSA CCBHC MODEL

Paula Donnelly Cook, MD; Cristian Meier, PhD, MSW, MPH

 

11:00 - 11:15

BREAK

11:15 – 12:15                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Concurrent Session #1

DRUG TRAFFICKING TRENDS & THREATS IN UTAH

Dustin R. Gillespie

Concurrent Session #2

DEVELOPING A PATHWAY TO TREAT SERIOUS INFECTIONS IN PERSONS WHO INJECT DRUGS (PWID)

Stephanie Gelman, MD; Robert Mendenhall, DO

Concurrent Session #3

ACUPUNCTURE & ITS VARIATIONS IN SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT

Kimberlee Bayless, DNP, FNP-BC (Panel Coordinator); Laura Jane Hyte-Garner, BSN, RN;  Michelle Wilkinson, APRN-BC

12:15 – 1:15

LUNCHEON & ACUDETOX STATIONS

1:15 – 2:15

Concurrent Session #1 (0.25 ethics credits; 1.0 suicide credits)

ADDRESSING SUICIDE FROM THE PERSON-IN-ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVES

David Derezotes, PhD, LCSW

Concurrent Session #2

WHAT’S NEW WITH BENZODIAZEPINES

Keerthi P. Vejerla, MD

Concurrent Session #3

USING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY IN ADDICTION TREATMENT

Trish Henrie-Barrus, PhD, CMHC

2:15 – 2:30

BREAK

2:30 – 3:45

Concurrent Session #1

FIRECRACKER ROUND: SUBSTANCES YOU NEED TO KNOW, ROUND 1

Marjean Nielsen, MPP (Coordinator);  Kimberlee Bayless, DNP, FNP-BC;  Paula Donnelly Cook, MD; Daniel Limb, CHES

Concurrent Session #2

EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) AS INNOVATIVE TREATMENT FOR METHAMPHETAMINE USE DISORDER (MUD)

Rana Jawish, MD

Concurrent Session #3

EAR ACUPUNCTURE - EXPERIENTIAL SESSION

Elizabeth Howell, MD; Amy de la Garza, MD; AcuDetox Trainees

3:45 – 4:00

BREAK

4:00 – 5:00

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING: CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROVIDERS (1.0 ethics credits)

Cindy L. Juntunen, PhD (Supported by the Opioid Response Network)

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023

 

8:00 – 8:30

CHECK-IN & REGISTRATION

8:30 – 9:35

 

WELCOME BACK & ADMINISTRATION

Amy de la Garza, MD – Utah Society of Addiction Medicine (UTSAM)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 

ADDICTION EVALUATION, ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED LIVER DISEASE

Anthony Albanese, MD, FACP, DFASAM (Supported by the Opioid Response Network)

9:35 – 9:45

BREAK

9:45 – 11:00

 

Concurrent Session #1

FIRECRACKER ROUND: SUBSTANCES YOU NEED TO KNOW, ROUND 2

Marjean Nielsen, MPP (Coordinator);  Kamile Weischedel, MD;  Jason R. Kilmer, PhD (Supported by Mountain Plains PTTC);  Michael Moss, MD

Concurrent Session #2

STUMP THE EXPERTS

University of Utah Faculty & Residents

Concurrent Session #3 (0.25 ethics credits)

FIRECRACKER ROUND: CURRENT ISSUES

Priscilla Blosser, RN, BSN (Coordinator); Thurman Brown, CADC; Steve Sugden, MD, MPH; Eric Yoshio Jesús Tadehara, MSW, MPA, LCSW; Doug Thomas, LCSW

Concurrent Session #4

MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER: ADVANCES IN EVIDENCE & POLICY

Michael Incze, MD, MSEd

11:00 – 11:15

BREAK

11:15 – 12:15

Concurrent Session #1

CANNABIS IN 2023: UPDATING THE SCIENCE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREVENTION

Jason R. Kilmer, PhD (Supported by Mountain Plains PTTC)

Concurrent Session #2

3-DAY METHADONE DISPENSING: HOW DID WE GET HERE?

Melissa "Missy" Henke, MD (Supported by the Opioid Response Network)

Concurrent Session #3 (0.75 ethics credits)

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND TRAUMA TREATMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Charles R. Pyle, JD; Juan Cortez

Concurrent Session #4 (0.25 ethics credits)

DO YOU KNOW? THERE ARE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY!!!

Mary Jo McMillen, ASUDC

12:30 – 1:30

LUNCHEON & ACUDETOX STATIONS

1:30 – 2:45

Concurrent Session #1

A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: WHAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT PSYCHEDELICS

Amy de la Garza, MD; Jerry Buie, LCSW; Kevin Byrne, MD; Uva Most, LCSW

Concurrent Session #2

3-DAY METHADONE DISPENSING: HOW DO WE GET ON THE SAME PAGE? 

Melissa "Missy" Henke, MD (Supported by the Opioid Response Network)

Concurrent Session #3

WALKING IN THEIR SHOES: CLIENT INSIGHTS YOU CAN USE

Cheral Chivers, CMHC, LSUDC (Panel Coordinator)

Concurrent Session #4

DRUGS: FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END, AN OVERVIEW OF UTAH’S LEADING EFFORTS TO REDUCE DRUG USE FATALITIES

Reshma Arrington, MPH; Kacy Robinson, MS

 

2:45 – 3:00

BREAK

3:00 – 4:15

Concurrent Session #1

OPENING THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION: NAVIGATING REGULATORY & ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY

Michelle Hofmann, MD, MPH, MHCDS; William J. Stilling, BS Pharm, MS, JD

Concurrent Session #2 (1.25 ethics credits)

SOCIALLY RESPONSIVE ETHICAL DECISION MAKING [1.25 Ethics Credit]

Cindy L. Juntunen, PhD (supported by the Opioid Response Network)

Concurrent Session #3

NOT YOUR AVERAGE PATIENT: NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF SUBSTANCE USE IN PREGNANCY

Theresa Kurtz, MD

 

Concurrent Session #4

EAT THE RAINBOW – THE ROLE OF NUTRITION & GUT HEALTH FOR INDIVIDUALS HEALING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS 

Amy de la Garza, MD, IFMCP

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CONFERENCE HOST

Department of Psychiatry and Huntsman Mental Health Institute

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CONFERENCE PARTNER

Utah Office of Substance Use and Mental Health (SUMH) 

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CONFERENCE PARTNER

Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL)

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CME PROVIDER

ESI Management Group

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