Treatment Provider for Adult Drug/Mental Health Treatment Courts
New Mexico Department of Therapeutic Justice, New Mexico
Debra R. Newman, PA-C, MPAS, MPH is the Medical Provider for Adult Drug and Mental Health Treatment Courts in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and provides training and technical assistance for the New Mexico Department of Therapeutic Justice. She was the 2017-2018 recipient of the PA Foundation/NIDA-CTN Mentored Outreach Award in Treatment Dissemination: “Utilizing Psychiatric PA’s in Drug/Treatment Courts.” Debra has worked in residential treatment, outpatient addiction medicine, adult psychiatry, and chronic pain management for more than a dozen years. Her passion for addiction medicine began with her association with Project ECHO while employed at a large FQHC in northern NM, a region historically plagued with the highest per capita heroin death rate in the nation. She is a regular presenter for PCSS-Xchange, a PCSS mentor, and is currently a Co-Editor for ASAM Weekly.
No relevant financial disclosures.
Thursday, April 13, 2023
3:45 PM – 5:30 PM