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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshops
(additional fee; for descriptions see workshop page)
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Certification Exam Preparation Track (registration required; additional fee)
Coordinators: Jack Kuo, MD; Denise Greene, MD; and Lori Karan, MD
An ongoing workshop during the conference for those who want additional, focused exam preparation.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
General Session
8:30 am Welcome
Jean Marsters, MD, Conference Chair
8:40 AM Alcohol
Anthony Albanese, MD, Director, Chemical Dependency Division and Director, Hepatitis C Program at the VA Medical Center, Mather, CA and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis
9:30 AM Benzodiazepines/Sedative Hypnotics
Steve Juergens, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington
10:15 AM Case Discussion
10:45 AM Break
11:05 AM Substance Abuse Treatment: What is it? What is it supposed to do?
Richard Rawson, PhD, Associate Director of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs; Associate Director, UCLA Departent of Psychiatry
11:50 AM Confidentiality Issues
H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, Dir., Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
12:10 PM Break for Lunch
12:30 PM Open Lunch with Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
(sack lunches and box lunches welcome)
This informal event is open to all conference registrants. Come join in a dialogue on such topics as present and future CSAM legislative efforts, forecasting the national climate around substance abuse treatment, and setting and prioritizing realistic goals for the future.
1:30 PM Neurobiology of Addiction: Springboard to New Treatments
George Koob, PhD, Professor and Chair, Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders,
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
2:20 PM Conference Keynote: Future of Genomic Medicine in the Addiction Field
Charles O'Brien, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Dir., Ctr. for the Study of Addictions at the Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
3:20 PM Case Discussion
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM Vernelle Fox Award Presentation
4:05 PM Nicotine
David P. L. Sachs, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care
Medicine, Stanford University; Director of the Palo Alto Center for Pulmonary Disease Prevention
and the Smoking Research Institute
4:45 PM The Role of 12-Step Programs
Steve Ey, MD, Medical Director, Hoag Chemical Dependency Center, Newport Beach, CA
5:20 PM Adjourn for the day
7:30 PM Dessert Reception (free to registrants/guests)
Olympic Drug Testing: A Postcard from Beijing
Donald Catlin, MD, Professor Emeritus, UCLA; Founder,UCLA Olympic Laboratory; CEO, Anti-Doping Research
Unwind, chat and let us entertain you at this informal reception and armchair talk.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 24
7:00 - 8:15 AM Certification Exam Prep Track
General Session
8:30 AM Opioid Pharmacology and Pain Treatment
Steven Richeimer, MD, Director, USC Pain Management; Associate Clinical Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, USC Keck School of Medicine
9:35 AM Opioid Pharmacotherapies
Judith Martin, MD, Medical Director, BAART Turk Street Clinic, San Francisco
10:30 AM Case Discussion
10:55 AM Break
11:15 AM Trends in Prescription Drug Use and Misuse
H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
12:10 PM Break for Lunch
12:30 PM CSAM Annual Business Meeting
Grab lunch and attend. What is CSAM doing for you? Non-members welcome to attend.
1:30 PM Epidemiology of Addiction
Mary-Lynn Brecht, PhD, Researcher and Director of Statistical Support, UCLA Integrated Substance
Abuse Programs
2:05 PM Stimulants: Cocaine and Methamphetamine
Steven L. Batki, MD, UCSF Department of Psychiatry; Director, Addiction Psychiatry Research Program,
San Francisco VA Medical Center
2:50 PM Infectious Diseases
Kristen Ochoa, MD, Harbor, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles Overdose Prevention Task Force
3:15 PM Case Discussion
3:40 PM Break
3:40 PM Community Service Award Presentation
4:00 PM Dual Diagnosis: Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
Steven L. Batki, MD, UCSF Department of Psychiatry; Director, Addiction Psychiatry Research Program
San Francisco VA Medical Center
4:45 PM Drug Testing for the Clinician
H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
5:30 PM Adjourn
5:30 - 7:30 PM Friday Evening Poolside BBQ
(included in conference registration, guests welcome with additional fee)
Join us to unwind, southern California-style, at a pool-side BBQ in the hotel's stunning outdoor veranda overlooking
Newport's Harbor. This will be a fun event, full of surprises, that you won't want to miss.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
7:00 - 8:15 AM Certification Exam Prep Track
General Session
8:30 AM Club Drugs
Karen Miotto, MD, Director of UCLA Addiction Medicine Service; Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
9:15 AM Inhalants - Hallucinogens
Charles Grob, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine
9:50 AM Case Discussion
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Substance Abuse, Pregnancy, and Fetal Development
M. Lynn Yonekura, MD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics/Maternal Fetal Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
11:15 am Cannabis
Timmen Cermak, MD, psychiatrist in private practice, Mill Valley and San Francisco
12:05 PM Adjourn General Session
1:30 - 3:30 pm Certification Exam Prep Track
Final review session for those preparing to take the ASAM Certification Course. Sample
questions provided during this session.
1:30 - 3:30 pm Post-Conference Workshop: Coding to Optimize Reimbursement for Substance Abuse Treatment
