For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here to review disclosures.

Credit (if available) is announced on the Group Home Page. All sessions are reviewed individually and credit is pulled for any that do not meet the criteria.

Orator:           Elena Volfson, MD, MPH

                           Assistant Professor of Psychiatry - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Staff Psychiatrist, General Adult and Addiction - Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Addiction Psychiatrist/Managing Partner – Gateway Institute of Addiction Medicine & Rehabilitation

            Arizona Physician Health Program/Monitor - AZ State Medical Board

Objectives:

• Opioid Overdose Epidemic in the U.S.: Implications for Physicians
  • Describe the epidemiology of opioid us in U.S.
  • Assess the factors in the development of the epidemic
  • Select alternatives to opioid in the treatment of the chronic pain
     
• Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
  • Interpret the epidemiology of the substance use disorders in the US
  • Define the neurobiology of addiction
  • Choose practical guidelines for treatment of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and stimulant use disorders
     
    Date & Time:             Friday,   September 7^th, 2018

7:00 – 7:45a                   Opioid Overdose Epidemic in the U.S.: Implications for Physicians

7:45 – 8:00a                Questions & Answers over Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 8:45a                   Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

8:45 – 9:00a                Questions & Answers

Location:                    Mayo Clinic Hospital 

                                    Conference Room MH 01-212

                                    5777 E. Mayo Blvd.

              Phoenix, AZ 85054

Course Director:       Devyani Lal, MD        |           P: 480-342-2890

Coordinator:              Megan Wohlman         |        P: 480-342-2890