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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

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2023 Conference Agenda

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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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