120 - The Surge in Opioid Overdose Deaths: A Role for the Infectious Disease Physician

Friday, October 21, 2022

10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Location: 143 ABC

Watch the live stream on the conference website.

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Ruth Lynfield, MD

State Epidemiologist
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Joshua Barocas, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO, United States

Disclosure(s): eMed: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Faculty(s)

Paul Christo, MD, MBA

Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
BALTIMORE, MD, United States

Disclosure(s): Algiatry: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Eli Lilly & Co.: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Exicure: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Neumentum: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Neurana: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); The GlaxoSmithKline group of companies: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Y mabs: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing)

Slides
BN

Brianna Norton, DO, MPH

Associate Professor
Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides
Alice Thornton, MD

Professor
Infectious Diseases
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Ruth Lynfield, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Joshua Barocas, MD: eMed: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Paul Christo, MD, MBA: Algiatry: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Eli Lilly & Co.: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Exicure: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Neumentum: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Neurana: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); The GlaxoSmithKline group of companies: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing); Y mabs: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing), Honoraria (Ongoing)

Brianna L. Norton, DO, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Alice C. Thornton, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-22-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the factors involved in the increase in opioid overdose deaths;
discuss safe injection sites;
explain the role of the infectious disease physician in treating opioid use disorders

Presentations:

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM US ET

Opioid Overdose Deaths - What Is Happening and Why?
Speaker: Paul Christo, MD, MBA – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM US ET

Safe Injection Sites: The NYC Experience
Speaker: Brianna L. Norton, DO, MPH – Montefiore Medical Center
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

Looking Beyond Bugs to Consider Drugs
Speaker: Alice C. Thornton, MD – University of Kentucky