continuing medical education
Presentations from Addiction Medicine Review Course 2006
Advances in Drug Abuse and Addiction from NIDA: Implications for Treatment /Timothy Condon, PhD, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Washington, DC
Neurobiology of Addiction / David Presti, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
The Genetic Basis for Vulnerability to Substance Abuse / George Uhl, MD, PhD, Director, Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse
The Latest in Medications Development / Francis Vocci, PhD, Director, Division of Treatment Research & Development, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Washington DC
NIDA Treatment Principles / Peter Banys, MD, Director, Substance Abuse Programs, VA Medical Center, San Francisco; Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry UCSF
Management of Psychiatric Co-Morbidities / John Tsuang, MD, Director, Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center; Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Critical Role of 12-Step Programs / John Chappel, MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV
Alcohol Abuse / Anthony Albanese, MD, Director, Chemical Dependency Division and Director, Hepatitis C Program, VA Medical Center, Mather, CA; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC Davis
Nicotine Dependence: An Expanded Role for Addiction Medicine Physicians / Steven Schroeder, MD, Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Understanding Benzodiazepines / Steve Juergens, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington; Private Practice
All About Club Drugs / Karen Miotto, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine
Opiate Dependence / Andrew Saxon, MD, Director, Addictions Patient Care Line, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Stimulants: Abuse and Treatment / Richard Rawson, PhD Associate Director of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs; Associate Director, UCLA Department of Psychiatry
Understanding Cannabis / Timmen Cermak, MD, Private Practice of Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry in San Francisco and Marin Counties; Medical Director, Henry Ohlhoff Programs, San Francisco
Nicotine Dependence: Improving Your Treatment Skills / Judith Prochaska, PhD, MPH, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UC San Francisco Department of Psychiatry and Steven Fremont, MD, Associate Physician, UCSF Department of Psychiatry, Medical Director, Medical Director, Dual Diagnosis Inpatient Unit, Alta Bates, Summitt Medical Center, Berkeley
Epidemiology of Drug Addiction / Jane Maxwell, PhD, Research Scientist, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
Special Populations -- Homeless / Brad Shapiro, M.D., Medical Director, OTOP/Ward 93 San Francisco General Hospital
Understanding Infectious Diseases in Addicted Patients / Kristen Ochoa, MD, Director, LA Overdose Prevention Task Force
Overview of Drug Testing Methodologies / Anthony Albanese, MD, Director, Chemical Dependency Division and Director, Hepatitis C Program, VA Medical Center Mather, CA, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC Davis