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Expert Panel Discussion and Q&A - July 22, 2022

Friday, July 22, 2022

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT

Location: Chicago Ballroom VI-VII, Fourth Floor

Moderator(s)

Jonathan D. Avery, MD

Director of Addiction Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College

Panelist(s)

Petros Levounis, MD, MA, DFASAM

Professor and Chair
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Ricardo Restrepo, MD, MPH

Medical Director - VA Long Beach Healthcare System
Associate Clinical Professor - University of California (Irvine and Riverside) as well as Charles Drew University
University of California, Irvine and Riverside (UCI, UCR) and Charles Drew University, Los Angeles, CA
Soteri Polydorou, MD

Medical Director, Addiction Services
Northwell Health
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Michael H. Baumann, PhD

Chief, Designer Drug Research Unit
IRP/NIDA/ NIH
Ruchi M. Fitzgerald, MD FAAFP

Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director of Addiction Medicine FellowshipService Chief, Addiction Medicine Consult Service
Rush University/PCC Community Wellness
Rush University
Annie Levesque, MD, MSc

Medical Director, Opioid Treatment Program
Mount Sinai West Hospital
Icahn School of Medicine

This panel session is the prime opportunity for learners to get their questions answered on topics that were presented on the first day of the ASAM Review Course.

Session Topics Being Discussed:
-Neurobiology of Addiction: Key Concepts and Model
-Alcohol Use Disorder: From Neurobiology to Treatment
-Sedative Use Disorder: Key Concepts for Treatment
-Opioid Use Disorder: Science, History, and Clinical Implications
-Tobacco Use Disorder: Trends and Treatment
-Cannabis Use Disorder: Science, Trends and Clinical Implications
-Stimulant Use Disorder: Trends and Treatment
-Other Classes of Drugs: Pharmacology and Epidemiology