Best Practices: Treatment of Opiate Dependence
Conference Update
Physician Training for Use of Buprenorphine
The conference planning committee working with the Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment and the American Academy of Addictions Psychiatry will be offering the
following 8-hour physician workshop during the Best Practices: Treatment of
Opiate Dependence Conference, scheduled for March 12-14, 2001 in Newport, RI.
Workshop Title
Physician Training for Use of Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opiate
Dependence.
Instructors
Laura McNicholas, MD, Ph.D., Chairwoman of the CSAT Consensus Panel for use
of Buprenorphine
David Fiellin, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
Eric Strain M.D., Johns Hopkins University
Date:
March 14, 2001
Duration:
8 hours
Location:
Newport Marriott Hotel
25 Americas Cup Way
Newport, RI 02840
1-401-849-1000
Brief Description
This workshop is co-sponsored by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA and addresses all the
required areas for physician training identified in the newly developed the
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment regulations for use of Buprenorphine in the
treatment of opiate dependence. CMEs will be awarded.
Registration Information
Physicians attending the Best Practices Conference can attend this additional
training at no other charge. The cost for attending this workshop alone is 95.00. There is
a special conference rate for hotel accommodations at $119.00 per night.
For further information and registration, contact
staff at DATA of RI at 401-521-5759
