Resources from the Opioid Education Foundation of America Webinar Series
2023
May 25, 2023 – “The Rise of Poly-Substance Overdose Deaths”
PANELISTS:
Dr. Andrew L. Falzon, MD – Chief State Medical Examiner, State of New Jersey
Dr. Rachel Haroz, MD, FAACT – Associate Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine @ Cooper Medical School – Rowan University
April 27, 2023 – “The Collateral Impact of Opioid Misuse”
PANELISTS:
Dr. Amesika Nyaku, MD – Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases @ Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Robert Gaydosh – Deputy Director, New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
Adrienne Simpkins – Director of Outreach and Capacity Building, NJ Coalition to End Domestic Violence (NJCEDV)
March 30, 2023 – “Alternatives to Opioids”
PANELISTS:
Dr. Jane C Ballantyne, MD, FRCA – VP Clinical Affairs – Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP)
Dr. Andrew Kolodny, MD – Medical Director of Opioid Policy Research, Heller School for Social Policy & Management, Brandies University
February 23, 2023 – “What Parents Need to Know About Opioids: Guidance for Conversations”
KEYNOTE:
Honorable Matthew J. Platkin, Esq. – New Jersey Attorney General
PANELISTS:
Dr. A. Omar Abubaker, DMD, PhD – VCU School of Dentistry & MCV Hospital
Dr. Ona Fofah, MD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School & University Hospital
Dr. Kelly Moore, PsyD – Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology
January 26, 2023 – “From Pills to Fentanyl: Understanding the Opioid Crisis”
FEATURED SPEAKER:
Dr. Lewis Nelson:
Professor and Chair, Dept. Emergency Medicine
Chief of Division of Medical Toxicology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
2022
May 17, 2022 – “The Current State of the Opioid Epidemic”
FEATURED GUEST:
Dr. Andrew Kolody, MD – Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
April 28, 2022 – “Combating the Stigma of Opioid Addiction”
PANELISTS:
Edouard Coupet Jr., MD – Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine and Core Faculty, Yale School of Medicine
Emily Einstein, Ph.D. – Health Science Policy Analyst, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Celina Levy – Executive Director, Governor’s Council on Alcohol and Drug Addition (GCADA)
January 27, 2022 – An Hour With Sam Quinones Author of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
FEATURED GUEST:
Sam Quinones, Author
contact: samquinones7@yahoo.com
read Sam’s newest book “The Least of Us”
2021
November 18, 2021 – “Post-Operative Pain and Alternatives to Opioids”
FEATURED EXPERT:
Sarah Vi Cerreto
BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, HN-BC
Slides from the presentation
May 20, 2021 – “The ALTO Program: Treating Pain without Opioids”
FEATURED PANELISTS:
Alexis M. LaPietra, DO, FACEP
Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP
February 25, 2021 – National Town Hall – Alternatives to Opioids for Breast Cancer Patients
PRESENTERS
Elaine Pozycki, Chairwoman and Founder – Opioid Education Foundation of America
Dr. Patrick Borgen, MD – Director of Maimonides Breast Center, Chair of the Maimonides Medical Science Committee
To view or download the sample Patient Notification law language, please visit preventopioidabuse.org/sample-legislation
December 9, 2020 – National Town Hall – COVID-19 and the Opioid Crisis: The Perfect Storm
PRESENTERS
Elaine Pozycki, Chairwoman and Founder – Opioid Education Foundation of America
Congressman David Trone – U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland’s 6th district
Dr. Andrew Kolody, MD – Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
To view or download the sample Patient Notification law language, please visit preventopioidabuse.org/sample-legislation