Addressing Chicagoland's Opioid Crisis: A Healthcare Response

Presented by:
Rush University Medical Center
The Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction

Featured Speakers:

Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH (United States Surgeon General)

Lloyd DeGrane (Renowned Chicago Photographer of the Human Toll of Addiction and Homelessness)

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

• Medication Assisted Treatment: Overview and Updates
  Henry Swoboda, MD (Co-Director, Substance Use Intervention Team, Rush University)
   
• The Death Gap - How Health Care Inequality Impacts the Opioid Crisis
  David Ansell, MD (Senior VP for Community Health Equity, Rush University) 
   
• The Opioid Crisis: Leveraging Science to Change Hearts and Minds
  Sharon L. Walsh, PhD (Director, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky)
   
• Addressing Access to Treatment and  Treatment Barriers
  Pamela Rodriguez, MS (President, TASC, Chicago, IL)
   
• Filling the Gaps: Achieving Active Collaborations Among Chicago Stakeholders
  Conference Steering Committee