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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
7:30am - 8:30am EST
Breakfast

7:30am - 8:30am EST

Breakfast

7:30am - 12:30pm EST
Exhibit Hall Open

7:30am - 12:30pm EST

Exhibit Hall Open

7:30am - 12:30pm EST
Posters

7:30am - 12:30pm EST

Posters

7:30am - 5:00pm EST
Registration Open

7:30am - 5:00pm EST

Registration Open

8:45am - 10:45am EST
Awards Ceremony and Middle Plenary Session

8:45am - 9:15am EST

Awards Ceremony

Chair: Erin LaCourt, MSDS, LAC, MATS, cadacII (she/her/hers) – Victory Clinical Services

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Holly M. Broce, MHA – Pinnacle Treatment Centers

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Ashley Harrell, LCSW – Behavioral Health Division, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Charles Madray, PA, MBA – Samaritan Daytop Village

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Joanne Montgomery, LCSW LADC (she/her/hers) – Liberation Programs INC

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Karen Reese, MA, CAC-AD – Man Alive, Inc.

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Slavko Sakoman, Md, PhD (he/him/his) – Private practice

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Michael F. Sheehan, MD (he/him/his) – Operation PAR

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Jennifer Stukey, LPN – Narcotic Drug Treatment Center Inc

Nyswander/Dole Award Recipient: Smith Worth, MSW, LCSW, LCAS – North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Friend of the Field Award Recipient: US Congressman Brett Guthrie – United States Representative, Second District of Kentucky

Patient Advocate Award Recipient: Joseph “Yuseff” Wilson, CRPA (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Hospital

9:15am - 10:45am EST

Middle Plenary Session: Overcoming Barriers to Opioid Treatment in a Changing World

Plenary Moderator: Ann Jamieson, MS, LADC/MH (she/her/hers) – Maric Healthcare

Plenary Speaker: Tom Engels, BA – Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Plenary Speaker: Deja Gilbert, PhD, LMHC, LPC, FACHE (she/her/hers) – Gaudenzia, Inc.

Plenary Speaker: Brandi Harrison, BSW, MS, CCHP (she/her/hers) – Allegheny County Department of Human Services

Opioid Abuse as a Public Health Crisis and Overdose as an Epidemic

10:45am - 12:30pm EST
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

10:45am - 12:30pm EST

Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

11:00am - 12:30pm EST
Pre- Conference Sessions

11:00am - 12:30pm EST

International Session: The European Point of View

Chair: Icro Maremmani, MD (he/him/his) – VP Dole Research Group, G De Lisio Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy

Co-Chair: Mario Miccoli, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Mercatorum , Rome (Italy)

International Speaker: Maurice Dematteis, MD, PhD – Grenoble Alpes University Hospital

International Speaker: Slavko Sakoman, Md, PhD (he/him/his) – Private practice

International Speaker: Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences, UniCamillus, Rome (Italy)

Pre-Conference Planner: Marilena Guareschi, PhD (she/her/hers) – AU-CNS/EUROPAD

Opioid Abuse as a Public Health Crisis and Overdose as an Epidemic

11:30am - 1:00pm EST
Pre- Conference Sessions

11:30am - 1:00pm EST

MAT Advocacy in an Evolving Landscape

Pre-Conference Speaker: Edward Long, PhD (he/him/his) – Van Scoyoc Associates

Pre-Conference Speaker: Ann Jamieson, MS, LADC/MH (she/her/hers) – Maric Healthcare

Pre-Conference Speaker: Erin LaCourt, MSDS, LAC, MATS, cadacII (she/her/hers) – Victory Clinical Services

Pre-Conference Planner: Stacey Pearce, BS, CAS – VistaPharm, LLC

Public Policy/Regulatory and Financial Issues

12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Lunch on Own

12:00pm - 1:30pm EST

Lunch on Own

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Workshop/Breakout Session C

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

Workshop/Breakout Session C

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

C1 - Benzodiazepines: What a Clinician Should Know

Primary Presenter: Peter A. DeMaria, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Temple University

Patient Care & Best Practices

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

C2 - The Role of Clinical Supervision and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Settings

Primary Presenter: Keisha Haynes, LCPC CPHQ (she/her/hers) – Behavioral Health Group, Inc

Co-Presenter: Boni-Lou T. Roberts, CADC- II, MATS (she/her/hers) – BHG

Co-Presenter: Kamala Greene-Genece, PhD (she/her/hers) – Behavioral Health Group

Workforce Development

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

C3 - Bringing Care to the Community: Providing Medication Assisted Treatment in the Jackson County Jail

Primary Presenter: Patrick Secrest, CADC III – Medford Treatment Center

Co-Presenter: John Mahan, MD FASAM FAPA (he/him/his) – Jackson County Health & Human Services

Co-Presenter: Josh Aldrich – Jackson County Sheriffs Department

Community Partners & Continuum of Care

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

C4 - Using a Multi-Disciplinary Process to Apply the 42 CFR Final Rule for Making Patient-Centered Decisions on Take Home Medications

Primary Presenter: Ari Kriegsman, MD, FASAM – Behavioral Health Network

Co-Presenter: Hazel O. Barrett, LPN – Behavioral Health Netwrok

Co-Presenter: Ryan Vega, LICSW (she/her/hers) – Behavioral Health Network Holyoke Opioid Treatment Program

Patient Care & Best Practices

1:30pm - 3:00pm EST

C5 - Person-Centered Integrated Care: Addressing Opioid and Tobacco Addiction Together

Primary Presenter: Marc W. Manseau, MD, MPH – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Co-Presenter: David Davis, LMSW – CAI

Patient Care & Best Practices

3:15pm - 4:45pm EST
Workshop/Breakout Session D

3:15pm - 4:45pm EST

Workshop/Breakout Session D

3:15pm - 4:45pm EST

D1 - You Can Lead a Horse to Water but Can't Make Them Drink - but can you make them THIRSTY? - Enhancing motivators for change

Primary Presenter: Terry L. Rook, Jr., MCJ, LCDC III, LCADC, CCS – Pinnacle Treatment Centers

Patient Care & Best Practices

3:15pm - 4:45pm EST

D2 - Expanding Methadone Treatment in Residential Facilities Through Onsite Opioid Treatment Programs

Primary Presenter: Gina Florenzano, LPC – DMHAS-CT

Co-Presenter: Natalie S. DuMont, MS, MSIOP, PhD, LPC (she/her/hers) – CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Patient Care & Best Practices

3:15pm - 4:45pm EST

D3 - Impact of Non-Fatal Overdose on Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

Primary Presenter: Daniel Barden, MS, LISAC – CODAC Health Recovery & Wellness, Inc

Co-Presenter: Nicole Huggett, MSW, CPHQ (she/her/hers) – CODAC Health Recovery & Wellness, Inc

Co-Presenter: Larry Onate, MD – ETANO Center

Opioid Abuse as a Public Health Crisis and Overdose as an Epidemic

3:15pm - 4:45pm EST

D4 - Redefining Integrated Care as an Evidence-Based Practice

Primary Presenter: Linda Hurley, CAGS, MA – Codac, Inc.

Co-Presenter: Laurie McNiff, BSW, MSW, LICSW – Codac, Inc.

Patient Care & Best Practices

3:15pm - 4:45pm EST

D5 - The Power of Connection: A Peer Recovery-based program for Fentanyl Using People in Opioid Treatment

Primary Presenter: John Firestone, MBA (he/him/his) – www.Thelifechangecenter.org

Co-Presenter: John Saderlund, CPRSS-S (he/him/his) – The Life Change Center

Patient Care & Best Practices