The ADA and its Applications for People with Substance Use Disorder – Advocacy Tools for Common Clinical Scenarios Encountered by Clinicians
Presented by Anna-Maria South, MD and Rebekah Joab
This webinar is being offered to AMERSA members only and will be held on February 21, 2024 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm EST.
Clinicians frequently care for patients with substance use disorder (SUD), but, unfortunately, this task can be complicated by barriers to care. The Department of Justice has identified SUD as a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and therefore discrimination against a patient based on a diagnosis of SUD violates the ADA.
On the morning of the webinar, you’ll receive the Zoom link via email from Adrienne Galloway, Associate Director, adrienne@amersa.org.
Dr. South went to medical school at Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Kentucky and joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Kentucky. She is board certified in internal medicine and addiction medicine. She currently works as a hospitalist on both teaching and direct care teams, as well as a consultant on the addiction consult and education service at UK. Her clinical interests include health equity and evidence-based care for patients with substance use disorders.
As a Senior Staff Attorney at the Legal Action Center (LAC), Rebekah Joab advocates for individuals who experience discrimination because of their drug use, arrest or conviction records, and HIV or AIDS status. Rebekah works on LAC’s impact litigation and direct legal services across these areas, with a focus on LAC’s legal and litigation strategies to increase access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and enforce anti-discrimination rights for people who use drugs. During her time at LAC, Rebekah has litigated cases to enforce anti-discrimination laws that protect people with disabilities, including Finnigan v. Mendrick et al., Doe v. Lefkowitz et al. (ongoing), and Landau v. Good Samaritan Hospital et al. (ongoing), and written amicus briefs in several cases challenging the denial of MOUD, including in the criminal legal system. Rebekah earned her BA in psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park, and her JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.
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