Speaker:

Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc

Director, Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine

Grayken Center for Addiction, Boston Medical Center

Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Presentation Title:  

Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Substance Use Care

Learning Objectives:

1.                  Recognize opioid use as a cause of preventable cause of morbidity and mortality

2.                  Address the harms of opioid use through overdose prevention and medications for opioid use disorder

3.                  Innovate new approaches to address overdose and substance use care