Event

Seminar

UB Addiction Medicine Didactic Series - Opioid Maintenance Treatment

Date:
Friday, March 31, 2017
Time:
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Location:
Horizon Village Terrace House, 291 Elm Street, Buffalo (conference room)
Presenter:
Arthur Weissman, MD
Sponsor:
UB Department of Family Medicine

Presenter: Arthur Weissman, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Moderator: Richard Blondell, MD, Vice Chair for Addiction Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Topics addressed:
• History and context of OMT
• Unique aspects of opioid dependence
• Clinical issues in maintenance pharmacotherapy
• Maintenance treatment using methadone
• Maintenance treatment using buprenorphine
• Pain management
• Pregnancy and opioid agonist treatment
• Needle-related comorbidity
• Patients with co-occurring psychiatric disorders
• Psychosocial interventions
• Growth, controversy, and future challenges
• Oversight and regulatory challenges

CME: Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For more information, contact:

Arthur Weissman, MD
Email: aw@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 884-9101