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ForwardWolff - Opioids: The Fight Continues 9.16.19
The opioid epidemic is a leading public health crisis in Pennsylvania and across the country. Opioid misuse has led to devastating consequences for the individuals struggling with addiction, their families, and their communities. One in three people have been directly impacted by this epidemic, regardless of age, race, or socio-economic status. Please join the Wolff Center at UPMC and our partners for this event UPMC Health Plan and Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and take the first step in joining the fight to help combat the opioid epidemic as strategies from the local, state, and national level are provided.
Target Audience
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacist
Pharmacy Technician
Physician
Physician Assistant
Psychologist
Social Worker
Any front-line staff
Learning Objectives
- Discuss methods of treatment for those in recovery from opioid use disorder.
- Discuss possible solutions to the opioid use disorder epidemic from a local, state, and national level
- Identify alternative approaches to pain management besides opioid use.
7:30-8 Registration / Breakfast
8-8:10 Welcome: Tami Minnier, chief quality officer, UPMC
8:10-9:05 Vanila M. Singh, MD, MACM, chief medical officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
9:05-10 Rachel Levine, MD, secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine
10-10:15 Break
10:15-11:10 Brian Dempsey, intelligence specialist, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
11:10-noon Michael Lynch, MD, Emergency Medicine, and assistant professor, Division of Medical Toxicology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Noon-12:30 Joe DelSardo, husband, father, and in long-term recovery
12:30 Closing Remarks: Tami Minnier, chief quality officer, UPMC
Disclaimer Statement
The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses
Tami Minnier
Vanila M Singh, MD MACM
Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rachel Levine, M.D.
Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine
Brian Dempsey
Intelligence Specialist, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Michael Lynch, M.D.
Medical Director, Pittsburgh Poison Center Assistant Professor Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine Divisions of Adolescent and Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Joe DelSardo
Husband, Father, and in long-term recovery
Disclosures: No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh School designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 4.25 Attendance