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Agenda for Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Morning Session

8:00 – 8:30	Registration
8:30 – 8:40	Welcome and Opening Remarks Steven M. Safyer, MD President and CEO Montefiore Medicine Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Montefiore Medicine Professor, Department of Medicine (Cardiology) Hon. Nathalia Fernandez New York State Assembly (80th District)
8:45 – 9:30	The Opioid Epidemic: How We Got Here, How We Can End It Michael Botticelli, MEd Executive Director Grayken Center for Addiction Boston Medical Center Former Director of National Drug Control Policy, White House
9:30 – 10:30	Panel: From Neuroscience to Future Treatment Moderator: Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Montefiore Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Pediatrics Einstein Kamran Khodakhah, PhD Professor, Departments of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Neurology Video Welcome Saleem Nicola, PhD Associate Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Neural Mechanisms Underlying Drug Choice Lucas L. Sjulson, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Einstein Toward Neuromodulation for the Treatment of Addiction
10:30 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 11:45	Panel: Innovative Models of Care for People with Opioid Use Disorder Moderator: Merrill Herman, MD Program Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Montefiore Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Einstein Shadi Nahvi, MD, MS – Primary Care Integration Into OTPs Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Einstein Chinazo Cunningham, MD, MS – Buprenorphine Treatment in Primary Care Professor and Associate Chief of General Internal Medicine Einstein and Montefiore Tiffany Lu, MD, MS – Naloxone Integration into the Hospital and Primary Care Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine Einstein Brianna L. Norton, DO, MPH – Treating OUD and Related Conditions in Syringe Exchange Programs Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine Einstein
11:45 – 12:30	History of Methadone Treatment and Current Status, and New Neurobiological and Genetic Research on Addictive Diseases Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor Senior Attending Physician Director, Laboratory on the Biology of Addictive Diseases The Rockefeller University
12:30 – 1:00	Walk to Waters Place Enjoy the Art Exhibition Obtain opioid overdose education and training, and a naloxone kit

Afternoon Session

1:00 – 1:45	Remarks – Elected Official and Montefiore Leadership Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD President Montefiore Health System Lunch & Awards Moderator: Melissa Stein, MD Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Tribute to DoSA Founding Director, Professor Emerita Joyce H. Lowinson, MD
1:45 – 2:45	Panel: Patients’ and Community Experiences with OUD Treatment Moderator: Juan Martinez, LCSW Administrative Director Montefiore Wellness Center Acxel Barboza, New York Harm Reduction Educators (NYHRE) staff Leonard Gill, DoSA Rosa Diaz, DoSA Dinah Ortiz, Montefiore Medical Group
2:45 – 3:00	Break Enjoy the Art Exhibition Obtain opioid overdose education and training, and a naloxone kit
3:00 – 4:00	Panel: OUD Prevention and Treatment Policies – Where Do We Go from Here? Moderator: Julia Arnsten, MD, MPH Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine Montefiore Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and of Epidemiology & Population Health Director, Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Einstein Joanna Starrels, MD, MS – Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder via Responsible Opioid Prescribing Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine Einstein Jonathan Giftos, MD – Criminal Justice Policies and Opioid Use Disorder Clinical Instructor, General Internal Medicine Einstein Aaron Fox, MD, MS – Pushing Policy to Include Safe Injection Facilities and Other Treatments for OUD Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine Einstein Director Bronx Transitions Clinic Julia Arnsten, MD, MPH – Medical Cannabis and OUD Prevention, Treatment, and Overdose
4:00 – 4:45	Fireside Chat Moderator: Chinazo Cunningham, MD, MS Professor and Associate Chief of General Internal Medicine Einstein and Montefiore Hillary Kunins, MD, MPH, MS Clinical Professor, General Internal Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and of Family & Social Medicine Einstein Executive Deputy Commissioner of Mental Hygiene New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Marc Gourevitch, MD, MPH Chair, Department of Population Health NYU Langone
4:45 – 5:00	Closing Remarks Steven M. Safyer, MD President and CEO Montefiore Medicine Hon. Ruben Diaz Jr. Bronx Borough President Senator Gustavo Rivera (Bx) Chair, New York State Health Committee