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
This is a past event.
Friday, June 7, 2019 at 8:30am
to 2:00pm
Student Center West, University of Illinois Chicago
828 S. Wolcott, Chicago, IL 60612