2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conferences

2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conferences

Live & On-Demand Webinars

Overview

This free series of live and on-demand webinars occurs on the first Friday of the month and discusses addiction/toxicology cases in an interactive fashion featuring experts from addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry, and medical toxicology.

The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) recurring "3rd Friday Addiction Toxicology Case Conference" series is co-hosted by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). The co-hosted series is an interactive discussion of addiction toxicology cases and will feature ASAM and ACMT members, as well as guest experts. 

Live webinars occur on the first Friday of every month, register for the live Case Conference here. You can access on-demand recordings of previous Case Conferences in the contents tab. 

The target audience for this introductory level activity includes: all members of the care team. 

This activity addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Patient Care, Medical Based Knowledge, Practice Based Learning.

Please Note: CME is available for the ACMT webinars between April 2020 and January 8, 2021. Certificates of attendance are available for Case Conferences held after January 8, 2021.

Registration Rates

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Refunds & Cancellations

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Registration Deadline: 08/16/2024

Instructions

1. Click on the Contents tab to begin this activity.
2. Click the dates in the contents menu to view the sessions and presentation slides.
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Friday, January 14, 2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference

Speakers: 

Patrick Burns, CPRA (Guest Expert)
Certified Peer Recovery Advocate and Harm Reduction Coordinator, Recovery All Ways and Huther Doyle, Rochester, NY
Ken Conner, PsyD, MPH (Guest Expert)
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Michael Holland, MD, FEAPCCT, FAACT, FACOEM, FACMT, FACEP (ACMT Expert)
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY), Upstate Medical University; Senior Medical Toxicologist, CTEH, Syracuse, NY
Lewis Nelson, MD, FACMT, FASAM (ACMT/ASAM Expert)
Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Jennifer Plumb, MD, MPH (Guest Expert)
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah; Medical Director, Utah Naloxone, Salt Lake City, UT
Ross Sullivan, MD (ACMT/ASAM Expert)
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Toxicology Fellowship Director, Upstate University Hospital; Medical Director, Helio Health, Syracuse, NY

Cases:

1. “I’ve hit the patient with 3 doses of 4 mg IN naloxone but they haven’t woken up! Do you have anymore?”
   A patient down with miosis, bradypnea and signs emesis is found by a bystander who administers naloxone and calls 911.
2. Get it out to the ‘hot spots’: Optimizing naloxone distribution and associated support.
   A street-level recovery program distributes (and collects) naloxone in areas of town with extensive street-level drug use and high overdose rates. Strategies for distribution, syringe collection, and other harm reduction activities discussed.

Friday, February 4, 2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference

Speakers: 

Michael Abesamis, MD (ACMT Expert)
Medical Director, West Virginia Poison Center; Member, UPMC Inpatient Addiction Service; Director of Medical Toxicology Outpatient Clinic; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Timothy Carnes, MD (ASAM Expert)
Medical Director, Pine Tree Recovery Center, Guardian Recovery Network, Portland, ME
Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, DFASAM (ASAM Expert)
Addiction Psychiatrist; Medical Director, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Kristine Torres-Lockhart, MD (Guest Expert)
Director of Addiction Consult Service, Weiler Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center & Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Cases:

1. Ambulatory Alcohol Withdrawal Management in the Outpatient Setting - Where do you draw the line? A 36 year-old drinking, "1-2 pints/day," looking to "detox" but asking if he can do so at home.
2. Mixed Alcohol and Carisoprodol Withdrawal in a Medically Complex Post-Surgical Patient. Delirium and autonomic hyperactivity in a 60 year-old female who is 12 hours out of surgery for an aortic dissection.

Friday, March 4, 2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference

Speakers: 

Ann-Marie DeSantis, RN (Guest Expert)
NeuroResilience Pain Management Nurse, NeuroMedicine Pain Division, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Robert Horowitz, MD (Guest Expert)
Chief, Palliative Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Anna Kenney, DO (Guest Expert)
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Palliative Care, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Cases:

1. Palliative Care Consult Pain Management - newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer and heroin addiction.
2. Mutually Misunderstood: How a patient with suspected pancreatic malignancy and active opioid use presented challenges and opportunities to provide comprehensive Palliative Care A 64 year-old with a pancreatic mass pending biopsy, recent ICU stay with hemorrhagic shock related to mass invading GI tract, evolving (then sudden) discharge plan and limited time to establish rapport and goals, whose pain is stable on daily methadone without prn use.

Friday, April 22, 2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference

Speakers: 

Chris Davis, MD, MPH (Guest Expert)
Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Philip Moore, DO, FASAM, CMRO (ASAM Expert)
Medical Director for Central and Western Regions, Gaudenzia, Inc., Harrisburg, PA
Robert Cole Pueringer, MD (ACMT Expert)
Hospitalist, Medical Toxicologist, and Addiction Medicine Fellow, Hennepin Healthcare, Minnesota Poison Control System, and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Ross Sullivan, MD (ACMT/ASAM Expert)
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Toxicology Fellowship Director, Upstate University Hospital; Medical Director, Helio Health, Syracuse, NY

Cases:

1. Stimulant Use Disorder & Detoxification- 31 year-old male with opioid and stimulant use disorder presents to a detoxification clinic after 3 days of heavy methamphetamine use.
2. “It starts with the amphetamine prescription… and he won’t let me talk to his Doctor!”- A 22 year-old male with polydrug dependence including severe stimulant use disorder has recurrent binges using either methamphetamine or cocaine starting shortly after receiving his monthly prescription for amphetamine.

Friday, May 6, 2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference

Speakers: 

Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, DFASAM (ASAM Expert)
Medical Director, Division of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; President-Elect, ASAM Board of Directors, Los Angeles, CA
Philip Moore, DO, FASAM, CMRO (ASAM Expert)
Medical Director for Central and Western Regions, Gaudenzia, Inc., Harrisburg, PA
Elizabeth Murray, DO, MBA, FAAP (Guest Expert)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester

Cases:

1. Toxic psychosis of a 20 year-old using extremely high concentration CBD and delta-8 THC products. Will discuss cannabinoid intoxication in ED, hospital, cannabinoid use disorder (diagnosis and treatment), and cannabinoid induced psychosis.
2. Pediatric Ingestion of a Delta-8 Gummy

Friday, August 12, 2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference

Speakers: 

Michael Holland, MD, FACMT (ACMT Expert)
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Philip Moore, DO, FASAM, CMRO (ASAM Expert)
Medical Director for Central and Western Regions, Gaudenzia, Inc., Harrisburg, PA
Ross Sullivan, MD (ACMT/ASAM Expert)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester

Cases:

1. Toxic psychosis of a 20 year-old using extremely high concentration CBD and delta-8 THC products. Will discuss cannabinoid intoxication in ED, hospital, cannabinoid use disorder (diagnosis and treatment), and cannabinoid induced psychosis.
2. Pediatric Ingestion of a Delta-8 Gummy

Friday, September 2, 2022 ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference

Speakers:

Robert Horowitz, MD (Guest Expert)
Chief, Palliative Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Bess Herbert, MD (Guest Expert)
Family Physician, Primary Care Network, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
JoAn Laes, MD, FACMT, FASAM (ACMT/ASAM Expert)
Attending Physician, Division of Addiction Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

Cases:

1. How to change direction when a patient has opioid use disorder and a terminal illness.
2. Pain control and perioperative management for a patient with a total knee replacement and history of OUD and taking buprenorphine.

Please Note: CME is available for the ACMT webinars between April 2020 and January 8, 2021. Certificates of attendance are available for Case Conferences held after January 8, 2021.

CME, CE, CEU and Other Credit Types

ACCME Accreditation Statement

The American Society of Addiction Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This activity does not include any credits.  Learners do have the ability to download a certificate of completion.

Disclosure Information

In accordance with disclosure policies of ASAM and the ACCME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. These policies include mitigating all possible relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for the Planning Committees and Presenters. All activity Planning Committee members and Presenters have disclosed relevant financial relationship information. The ASAM CME Committee has reviewed these disclosures and determined that the relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are not inconsistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.