Addiction Toxicology Case Conference - February 2024
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Atypical Buprenorphine Initiation & Combinations: Using Opioid Affinity To Your Advantage
Case 1: Persistent Naloxone Infusion in an Opioid-Dependent Patient
Case 2: Buprenorphine Precipitated Withdrawal
Learner Objective: Describe the use of buprenorphine in reducing the need for prolonged naloxone infusion.
About The Series: The ACMT/ASAM Addiction Toxicology Case Conference webinar series discusses Addiction/Toxicology cases in an interactive fashion featuring experts from Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, and Medical Toxicology.
This webinar is open to the public.
Continuing Education credits are now available for this activity! Click here for more info.
Timothy Wiegand, MD, DFASAM, FACMT, FAACT (Moderator)
Director of Addiction Medicine and Addiction Medicine Consults
University of Rochester Medical Center
Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, FAACT, DFASAM is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) in Rochester, New York. Board-certified in both Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine, Dr. Wiegand specializes in Addiction Toxicology, combining clinical practice with research, teaching, and leadership roles. He has served two terms on the Board of Directors for the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and is currently on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). In 2023, he began a two-year term as Treasurer of ASAM, having previously served as Vice President on the Executive Council. Dr. Wiegand founded and led the Toxicology Service at URMC until 2022, when he transitioned to Director of Addiction Medicine and Director of Addiction Medicine Consults in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He also serves as Fellowship Director for the URMC Combined Addiction Medicine Fellowship and is leading efforts to launch the URMC Medical Toxicology Fellowship, which is expected to be formally accredited by July 2023.
Gloria Baciewicz, MD (Moderator)
Addiction Psychiatrist
Strong Recovery
Since 1986, Gloria Baciewicz has specialized in the treatment of addiction. Professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, she serves as an addiction psychiatrist at Strong Recovery. Dr. Baciewicz is certified in addiction medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and board certified in psychiatry, with added qualifications in addiction psychiatry. Dr. Baciewicz is a co-principal investigator for the University of Rochester’s Recovery Center of Excellence.
Chase Jones, DO
Medical Toxicology Fellow
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Dr. Chase Jones is an emergency medicine specialist in Bethlehem, PA. He is currently a Medical Toxicology Fellow at Lehigh Valley Health.
Joshua Nogar, MD
Director of Medical Toxicology, Medical Toxicology Fellowship Director
Hofstra/Northwell Health
Dr. Josh Nogar grew up in the High Desert of New Mexico, but has been a New Yorker for 16 years. Dr. Nogar received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in 2005, completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico in 2009, and a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at the University of California San Diego in 2011. He has been faculty in the department of Emergency Medicine & Medical Toxicology at North Shore University Hospital since 2011, in Long Island, NY. He has been the Medical Toxicology Fellowship Director at Northwell Health since 2016, and his areas of specific interest include fellow education, metabolic uncouplers, overdose trends, and addiction medicine. He is dedicated to helping trainees achieve their individual career goals, as well as adapting his training program to the changing scope of practice for Medical Toxicologists, as well as the needs to individual learners. Outside of work, Dr. Nogar enjoys spending time with his wife & children. He is an avid fly-fisherman.
Continuing Education
Continuing Education credit for this activity is provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare, and is available for an additional fee ($20 administrative fee per certificate).
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT). AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live virtual activity and enduring activity material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For physicians, hours of participation are the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ awarded.
Nurses
Credit being awarded:1.00 ANCC contact hours.
Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.
Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, DFASAM, Lead Physician Planner/Reviewer/Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
Gloria J. Baciewicz, MD, Physician Planner/Reviewer/Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
Chase Jones, DO, Faculty: has nothing to disclose.
Joshua Nogar, MD, Faculty: has nothing to disclose
Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Lead Nurse Planner/Reviewer: has nothing to disclose.
Bernadette Marie Makar, MSN, NP-C, APRN-C, Nurse Planner/Reviewer: has nothing to disclose.
AKH Planners and Reviewers: have nothing to disclose.
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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
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