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MI-ACRE Innovation Sessions are casual gatherings designed to foster innovative conversations around addiction care.
This isn’t just another meeting – it’s an opportunity for you to be part of an energizing hour with the goal to create real impact in addiction care!
Central to this goal is supporting, building and strengthening our community of passionate addiction care clinicians, researchers, and trainees.
Spring Innovation Session
Thursday May 21, 2026
Noon - 1PM
Perioperative Alcohol Use Disorder: Screening and Treatment Strategies
Dr. Rolfzen will facilitate a collaborative discussion regarding perioperative alcohol use, including how providers can bridge the addiction treatment gap by transforming the surgical admission into a critical platform for precision screening and evidence-based alcohol intervention.
In-Person Location: Garden Level Conference Room – Rachel Upjohn Building
Dessert treats will be provided! Please feel welcome to bring your own lunch.
Dr. Rolfzen is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, with board certification in Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology. She is completing a NIH-funded research fellowship focused on perioperative behavioral health, pain, and clinically relevant outcomes. She has received prior support from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and serves as a collaborator on multiple other NIH-funded initiatives related to the perioperative screening, identification, and treatment of clinically relevant substance use and mental-health-related disorders.
Co-mentors: Anne Fernandez, PhD and Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA
What to expect:
A warm, welcoming space where you can share nascent ideas, get curious and challenge each other to maximize the impact of our work.
Opportunity to engage with fellow addiction clinicians, researchers, and trainees and benefit from their collective expertise.
Past Innovation Session Topics
Past Innovation Session Topics
December 2025: Led by Sean Regnier, PhD, BCBA on the topic of Treating Tobacco Use in People with Disabilities.
May 2025: Led by Nikki Bozinoff, MD and Csilla Kalocsai, MPhil, PhD on the topic of Buprenorphine Initiation in the ED: Lessons from 10 years of Implementation
February 2025: Led by Devin Tomlinson, PhD on the topic of: Building Community Partnerships: Expanding STEM Career Visibility in Elementary Schools
October 2024: Led by Allison Lin, MD on the topic of: The Need for New Treatments for Addiction and Studying GLP-1s as an Option
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