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.
Instructors: Mary McMasters, MD, DFASAM, Addiction 101 Instructor, VASAM and Jonathan C. Lee, MD, MBA, DFASAM, The Farley Center
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. Rooms are nearly sold out. Book your room today!
KEYNOTE: SAMHSA’s National Perspectives on Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health
Neeraj Gandotra, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Winning the Rat Race: Repurposing GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for 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 – Expansion in Virginia
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 Alcohol Use Disorders in Pregnancy and Best Practices for the Dyad (and a little about OUD!)
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
Fellow in Training Presentation: Getting to the Root: Pearls and Pitfalls of Kava Use
Hannah Kissel-Smith, MD, VCU Addiction Medicine Fellow
Stephen M. Taylor, MD, MPH, DFAPA, DFASAM
Chief Medical Officer
Pathway Healthcare Services, LLC
President-Elect, American Society of Addiction Medicine
Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist, Sentara Martha Jefferson Medical Group, Infectious Diseases, VA Hepatitis C Education & Patient Connection