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2019 Oral Presentations

A Novel Approach to Preventing Opioid Overdose in Persons Exposed to Fentanyl-Contaminated Methamphetamine
Paula J. Lum, MD

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Primary Care Screening and Brief Clinician Intervention to Reduce Adolescents’ Risk of Riding with an Intoxicated Driver
Sion K. Harris, PhD, Lon Sherritt, MPH, Erin B. Gibson MPH, Laura Grubb, MD MPH, Ronald Samuels, MD, Thomas Silva, MD, Louis Vernacchio, MD MSc, Wendy Wornham, MD, Jesse Boggis, BA, John R. Knight, MD

Addition of a Dedicated Addictions Experience Improves Ratings on a Psychiatry Clerkship
Rob Averbuch, MD
Jill Sutton, PhD
Lisa Merlo, PhD

At EASE: An Interprofessional Application for Sensitive Patient Encounters
Victoria A. Osborne-Leute, PhD, MSW
Sylvie Rosenbloom, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CDE
Constance Glenn, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE

Benzodiazepine use has no impact on treatment retention in a low threshold, open access methadone program
Kenneth L. Morford, MD, FASAM
Coauthors: Jeanette M. Tetrault, MD; Bin Zhou, MS; Fangyong Li, MPH, MS; E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS; Brynna Gleeson; Michael D. Stein; MD; Declan Barry, PhD; Lynn Madden, PhD, MPA

Bridging the Gap: Development of an interprofessional workshop exercise on taking a substance use history
Jeanette M. Tetrault, MD FACP FASAM, Associate Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Associate Director for Education and Training, Program in Addiction Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Changing Practice and Culture Around MOUD:
A Resident-Led Quality Improvement Project to Initiate Buprenorphine Maintenance for Inpatients with OUD

Presenting author: Ashish Thakrar, MD
Co-authors: David Furfaro, MD, Ryan Graddy, MD, Megan Buresh, MD, Sara Keller, MD, and Leonard Feldman, MD

Characteristics of Adolescent-Serving Addiction Treatment Facilities in the United States using the 2017 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS)
Rachel H. Alinsky, MD, MPH, Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, Pamela Matson, PhD, Magdalena Cerda, DrPH, Brendan Saloner, PhD

Computerized screening and clinical decision support can increase primary care provider delivery of brief intervention for unhealthy drug use: Baseline results from a pilot study of the Substance Use Screening and Intervention Tool (SUSIT)
Jennifer McNeely, Medha Mazumdar, Antonia Polyn, Noa Appleton, Steven Floyd, Akarsh Sharma, Donna Shelley, Charles Cleland

Community Collaboration on Overdose and Suicide Prevention: Attitudes, Perceptions, and Practices Among Substance Use Coalition Leads
Brianna Maher, MPH, Public Health Implementation Specialist
Suicide Prevention Center of NYS

Community Pharmacy-Led Intervention for Opioid Medication Misuse
Jerry Cochran, MSW, PhD
Craig Field, PhD, MPH
Ralph Tarter, PhD, MS

Decreasing Stigma Towards Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Through Early Medical Education
Kelly King, MS4 and Gerardo Gonzalez, M.D.
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Descriptive Analysis of a Telephonic Consultation Service
Christopher W. Shanahan MD MPH

Effects of partial bans on off-premise sales of alcoholic beverages on hospitalization rates for alcohol intoxication in Switzerland
Gerhard Gmel, Nicolas Bertholet & Matthias Wicki

Embedding Medication for Addiction Treatment into Prenatal Care Improves Health Care Utilization for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder
Katie Nguyen, MSIV
Christine Philippe, MSIV

Factors Associated with Long-Term Retention in Buprenorphine Based Addiction Treatment Programs: A Systematic Review
Amy Kennedy, MD
Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Kendall Downer, MD

Hepatitis C Treatment in a Narcotic Treatment Program: 2.5 year outcomes
Soraya Azari, MD
Division of General Internal Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General University of California, San Francisco

Homeless Veterans Rate Primary Care More Favorably in Homeless-Tailored Compared to Mainstream Primary Care Clinics: A National Survey
Stefan Kertesz, MD MSC
Health Services Research & Development, Birmingham, VA Medical Center

Impact of Brief Education and a Simulated Patient Encounter on Student Pharmacists’ Intention to Provide Harm Reduction Resources
Lucas G. Hill, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Impact of Extended Release Naltrexone on Health- Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorders and Criminal Justice Involvement
Ekaterina Pivovarova, PhD, Hue Sung Min, Peter Friedman, MD, MPH

Implementation of a Substance Use Intervention Team to provide hospital based SBIRT and medications for substance use disorder
Henry Swoboda, MD, Hale Thompson, PhD, Kathryn Perticone, APN, Tran H. Tran, PharmD

Increased provider trust among patients with substance use disorder after consultation by a hospital-based addiction medicine consult service: an IMPACT study
Presenting author: Caroline King, MPH
Caroline King, MPH, Devin Collins MA, Alisa Patten, Juliet Alla, Christina Nicolaidis, MD MPH, Honora Englander, MD

Integrating Harm Reduction into Hospital Care: An Interprofessional Discharge Planning Conference for People with Substance Use Disorder Needing Long-term Intravenous Antibiotics
Honora Englander MD, Taylor Vega BA, Sara Gore MD, Luke Strnad MD, Monica Sikka MD

Investigating the attitudes and perceptions of pharmacy technicians in the dispensing
of naloxone

Traci C. Green, PhD, MSc, Shawn Kurian, MS; Brianna Baloy, MPH; Janette Baird, PhD; Alexander Walley, MD, MSc; Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD

Is Increased Intensity of Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder Associated with Improved Biomarkers and Antiretroviral Adherence in Persons with HIV?
Amy Kennedy, MD
Kevin Kraemer, MD, MSc
Division of General Internal Medicine

Low Barrier Buprenorphine for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Street Medicine Approach
Leah Warner, NP; Jessica Naugle, RN; Street Medicine SFDPH

Mixed Methods Evaluation of Access and Factors Influencing the Quality of Pain and Addiction Care in Veterans Affairs Homeless-Tailored Primary Care Clinics
Stefan G. Kertesz, MD, MSC (Birmingham, VA, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine)

Peer Health Assistance Program: Survey of Current and Former Nurse Clients
Katherine Garcia, MA, LAC, MAC; Deborah S. Finnell, DNS, CARN-AP, FAAN; Elizabeth Pace, MSM, RN, CEAP, FAAN Chris Kesterson, BS, CACI; Jean Denious, Ph.D; Sara Douglass Bayless, Ph.D Peer Assistance Services, Inc., John Hopkins University School of Nursing; OMNI Institute

Plus One Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Disorders in the Context of a Romantic Partnership
Leah Warner, NP & Sarah Dobbins, PMHNP
Street Medicine/Shelter Health
Department of Public Health San Francisco

Polysubstance use patterns and HIV disease severity among those with substance use disorder: Latent Class Analysis
Nicolas Bertholet, Michael Winter, Timothy Heeren, Alexander Walley, Richard Saitz

Predictors of opioid and alcohol pharmacotherapy initiation at hospital discharge among patients seen by an inpatient addiction medicine consult service
Honora Englander MD, Caroline King MPH,
Christina Nicolaidis MD MPH, Alisa Patten MA,
Jessica Gregg MD PhD, P. Todd Korthuis MD MPH

Prescribing Monthly Injectable Buprenorphine to a High Risk, Homeless Man with ADHD
Jennifer Michaels, MD, FASAM, Medical Director, Brien Center, Asst. Professor, University of Mass. Medical School, Jessica Kemp, RN, CARN, OBOT Nurse Manager, Brien Center

Preventing Exposure and Misuse of Opioids in Dental Surgery Patients
Karen Derefinko, Ph.D.

Primary Care Provider Education about Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
DP Alford, CA Bangham, L Ellenberg, J German, JA Greece

Project RECOVER: A Peer Recovery Coaching Model
Ricardo Cruz, MD, MPH

Project Team: E Lozadad, T Perryman, N Haywood, R Wahbi, A Cruz, D Alford, M Clark, D Hostetler, M Higgins-Biddle

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Utilization of Medication for Opioid Use (MOUD)
Davida M. Schiff, MD, MSc

Receipt of Counseling and Medication Treatment for Nicotine Use Disorder among Adolescents and Young Adults
Nicholas Chadi, MD, MPH

Recovery Opioid Overdose Team (ROOT): Linking People to Treatment Post-Overdose Reversals in the Emergency Departments
Chin Hwa (Gina) Dahlem, PhD FNP-C FAANP, Marci Scalera, ACSW LMSW CAADC, Melisa Tasker, LMSW, Sean Esteban McCabe, PhD MSW, Carol Boyd, PhD RN FIAAN FAAN

Reporting of substance use treatment quality in United States adult drug courts
Paul Joudrey MD MPH

Resident-Led InPatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service in a Safety Net Community Hospital
Morgan Younkin, MD, MPH
Audra Williams, MD, MPH
Mia Sorcinelli-Smith, MD

Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain): The Effect of Mandatory Education on CME Outcomes
DP Alford, S Murray, P Lazure, S Peloquin, JR Krause, I Hardesty, JL White

Spreading Addictions Care across Oregon Hospitals: Lessons Learned from an Interprofessional Tele-mentoring Program
Honora Englander, MD; Alisa Patten MA; Jessica Gregg MD PhD; Rachel Lockard MPH; P. Todd Korthuis MD MPH; Matthew Muller BA; Christina Nicolaidis MD MPH

Strategies to Improve Treatment Utilization for Substance Use Disorders:
A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies

Erin A. Vogel, Khanh Ly, Danielle E. Ramo, Jason Satterfield

Survivor story: Beating cancer & Tapering opioids
Melissa Weimer DO, MCR, FASAM; Jennifer Kapo, MD; Jeanette Tetrault MD, FACP, FASAM

The B-Team: Treatment for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder During Hospitalization
Richard Bottner, PA-C; Nicholaus Christian, MD, PGY3; Kirsten Roberts, PharmD

The Lifespan of Crisis: A conceptual model of grandparents raising grandchildren due to opioid crisis
Margot Trotter Davis, PhD
Marji Erickson Warfield, PhD
Janet Boguslaw, PhD
With Gretchen Kellogg and Dakota Roundtree-Swain
Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management

Use of a novel prescribing approach for the treatment of opioid use disorder: buprenorphine/naloxone micro-dosing
Brar R, Fairbairn N, Sutherland C, Nolan S

Use of a Rapid Micro-Induction of Buprenorphine/Naloxone to Administer Buprenorphine Extended-Release in an Adolescent with Severe Opioid Use Disorder
Samantha Young, MD, FRCPC, MSc candidate
Sara Jassemi, MD, FRCPC; Eva Moore, MD, MSPH; Dzung X. Vo, MD; Pouya Azar, MD, FRCPC

We Can’t do it ALONE: ED + CBO = Success
Sandeep Kapoor, MD, MS-HPPL
Kate O’Neill, MSN, RN

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