Opioids: Conflicts & Controversies 

June 13-14, 2019

Georgetown University Medical Center

Washington, DC

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Welcome to the 2019 PharmedOUT Conference, Opioids: Conflicts & Controversies page. This conference is hosted by PharmedOUT, a project of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), Georgetown's clinical partner. This conference will bring together nationally and internationally recognized experts in medicine, nursing, law, pharmacology, and sociology in a unique interdisciplinary conference aimed at fostering collaboration across professions to help address opioid overprescribing.

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Although opioid prescribing has decreased, it remains too high. Many issues have received scant attention from the medical profession. 


14.25 continuing education credits will be provided


Conference Rate

$799 Industry and Industry Representatives 

$349 Regular

$199 Georgetown affiliates, consumer advocates or nonprofit professionals

$49 Students, residents, and fellows

$0 Government employees (email Sk1880@georgetown.edu)


This conference would not be possible without our sponsors and individual donors who help support our work. Thank you! 


ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

In support of improving patient care, MedStar Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 14.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

2019 Conference Speaker List 

Sameer Awsare MD

Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group

Raymond Dionne DDS PhD

Professor, East Carolina University

Gail Groves Scott MPH

University of the Sciences Philadelphia, Former Oxycontin Representative

Barbara Mintzes PhD

Senior Lecturer, The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy

Andrew Kolodny MD

Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, Brandeis University

Michael J. Oldani PhD

Associate Professor, Concordia University Wisconsin

Carl Elliott MD PhD

Professor, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota

Julie "Jules" Netherland PhD

Director of the Office of Academic Engagement for the Drug Policy Alliance

Lynn M. Paltrow JD

Executive Director, National Advocates for Pregnant Women

Chris Spevak MD MPH JD

Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Joel Lexchin MD

Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Anna Lembke MD

Director of Addiction Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine





The 2019 PharmedOut Conference is catered by:

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

Further Reading

Take the conference home with you! Local D.C. bookstore Kramerbooks & Afterwords will sell these books and the authors will be there too.