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Addictions Symposium
The Philadelphia chapter’s Addictions Committee invites you to join their 6th Annual Addictions Symposium being held on Saturday, October 31, 2020. Like so many other events this year, the Symposium will be held virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions. The committee has planned a full agenda filled with timely topics presented by Philadelphia experts.
The committee is excited to welcome back Frank Leone, MD, MS as the Keynote speaker. Dr. Leone directs Penn’s Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program, a clinical program of the Penn Lung Center. He will be speaking on the topic Tobacco Addiction.
Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD, is Chief Medical Officer for the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS). Dr. Shoyinka will be joining us to present a talk on Disparities in Addiction.
William Santoro, MD, FSAM, DABAM is Chief, Section of Substance Use Disorder in the Department of Psychiatry at Reading Hospital & Medical Center. He will be speaking on Opioid Use Disorder.
The Treatment of Alcohol, Cocaine, and Methamphetamine Use Disorders will be presented by Kyle Kampman, MD. Dr. Kampman served as a medical officer in the United States Navy from 1985 to 1990. He is currently a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
The day will conclude with a panel discussion on Practicing Addiction Medicine in the Pandemic. Our panelists are Fred Baurer, MD; Lara Weinstein, MD, MPH, DrPH; and Margaret Jarvis, MD.
Dr. Baurer maintains a private practice in addiction psychiatry and psychotherapy, utilizing a recovery-oriented approach to psychotherapy. Dr. Baurer currently serves as President of the Pennsylvania Society of Addiction Medicine (PSAM).
Dr. Weinstein is a family medicine specialist in Philadelphia, PA. She currently practices in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Jefferson Family Medicine Associates.
Dr. Jarvis is the Medical Director at Marworth, a residential addiction treatment center for Geisinger Health System located in Waverly, PA. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Penn State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA
Join us virtually on Saturday, October 31, 2020 for another exciting and informative educational event! To learn more about our speakers and to register for the event, visit our website or our registration portal.
