2024 VaSAM Annual Conference

APPROVED FOR 14 AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDITS

Friday, November 1, 2024

VASAM’s 2024 Annual Conference has been approved for fourteen (14) AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Read the Accreditation Statement here.  VASAM 2024 will feature two (2) Pre-Conference Symposia on Friday, November 1, 2024: “Addiction 101” in the morning &  and “Treating OUD in the Outpatient and Primary Care Settings” in the afternoon. A Welcome Reception will follow on Friday evening.

Pre-Conference Symposium: Addiction 101

Instructors: Mary McMasters, MD, DFASAM, Addiction 101 Instructor, VASAM and Jonathan C. Lee, MD, MBA, DFASAM, The Farley Center

Pre-Conference Symposium: Treating OUD in the Outpatient and Primary Care Settings
Introduction: Colin Greene, MD, MPH, Special Advisor on Opioid Response, Commonwealth of Virginia
Buprenorphine Bootcamp: Brandon Wills, DO, FASAM, FAACT, VCU School of Medicine
Caring for OUD Patients in a Primary Care Environment: Suzanne Giunta, MD, Medical Director & Assistant Clinical Professor, Hayes E Willis Health Center, VCU Dept of Family Medicine and Population Health
Special Population Session: Jonathan C. Lee, MD, MBA, DFASAM, The Farley Center; Anne Ickes, DO, Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine Physician, Virginia Tech Carillon Clinic; and Kimberly Simcox, DO, Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Carilion Clinic Obstetrics & Gynecology, Roanoke, VA
Case Files from Addiction Fellowship Programs Across Virginia and Panel Discussion
 

VENUE

The Westin Washington Dulles Hotel is conveniently located at 2520 Wasser Terrace in Herndon, Virginia. The hotel recently underwent a major renovation to their first floor event space and all VASAM 2024 sessions will take place there. The Westin has an onsite restaurant, a 24-hour fitness center, and is in close proximity to dozens of shops and restaurants at the Reston Town Center.

Hotel rooms are available to VASAM 2024 attendees for a special group rate of $109, plus applicable taxes, per night, on a first-come-first-served basis, UNTIL OCTOBER 8th. Book your room today!

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CONFIRMED TOPICS & SPEAKERS

Saturday, November 2, 2024

KEYNOTE: SAMHSA’s Updated Perspectives on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health
Neeraj Gandotra, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists to Treat Addiction
Stephanie Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Clinician, Translational Addiction Medicine Branch
Assistant Director for Clinical Research, Medication Development Program
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Biomedical Research Center

Innovation Through Collaboration: ED Bridges to Treatment and More!
Cheri Hartman, Ph.D.
Grant Project Director
Carilion Clinic Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

David Hartman, MD
Associate Professor Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Psychiatrist Outpatient Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Carilion Clinic Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Labor of Love: Managing Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy and Best Practices for the Dyad
Kimberly Simcox, DO
Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Carilion Clinic Obstetrics & Gynecology, Roanoke, VA

Jennifer C. Wells, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Carilion Mental Health Adult Inpatient Psychiatry – Roanoke

Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
Stephen M. Taylor, MD, MPH, DFAPA, DFASAM
Chief Medical Officer
Pathway Healthcare Services, LLC
President-Elect, American Society of Addiction Medicine

Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Infections in People Who Use Drugs

Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist, Sentara Martha Jefferson Medical Group, Infectious Diseases, VA Hepatitis C Education & Patient Connection

Trainee Posters

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