Professor
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky
Dr. Michelle Lofwall, board-certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine, is a Professor in the Departments of Behavioral Science and Psychiatry and the Bell Alcohol and Addictions Endowed Chair at the University of Kentucky (UK). She is the medical director of UK’s Robert Straus and First Bridge Clinics, which provide comprehensive opioid addiction treatment within the UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. Her passion is in improving the care of patients with addiction, and her research has included evaluation of novel treatments for opioid use disorder (e.g., buprenorphine implants and depot injections), physician training, understanding factors associated with buprenorphine diversion, and improving care of complex patients with OUD and deep-seated infections. She was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the American Psychiatric Association, is a past ASAM board member and co-director of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s annual addiction treatment review course. She was an expert panel member for SAMHSA’s Treatment Improvement Protocol on Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, invited speaker to the National Academy of Medicine and has worked with KY state partners to improve opioid use disorder treatment practices across the Commonwealth.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM ET