Addiction Toxicology Case Conference - November 2021

Case 1: “If you don’t take that out of my chart I’ll sue!”
A case-based discussion for a hospitalized patient with chronic pain and addiction who has concerns about the EHR documentation, stigma, and her diagnosis. Provides context for discussion of some ethical issues in the treatment of substance use disorders and addiction.

Case 2: There has to be a better way to do this... Harm reduction models for alcohol use disorder.
64 year-old M with long history of alcohol use disorder and medical complications from his chronic use of alcohol has numerous detoxification visits interspersed with inpatient treatment, hospital visits and brief links to halfway houses or shelters with rapid return to use and very unstable housing/community support.

Series Moderators

• Timothy J. Wiegand, MD, FACMT, DFASAM (ACMT/ASAM Expert), Director of Toxicology and of the Toxicology Consult Service, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY  
• Gloria J. Baciewicz, MD (ASAM Expert), Medical Director, Strong Recovery; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Panelists

• Ross Sullivan, MD (ACMT/ASAM Expert), Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director of Medical Toxicology, Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY
• Katherine Tineo-Komatsu, LCSW, RYT (Guest Expert) Social Worker, The Mount Sinai Hospital; Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia School of Social Work, New York, NY
• Linda Wang, MD (Guest Expert) Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

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.