The WISAM 2021 Virtual Conference was held on October 15-16, 2021. If you are interested in obtaining access to the session recordings, please register! You will receive a confirmation email with instructions to access once payment is received. Please contact our office with any questions! 

Meet the Speakers | Learning Objectives

Overview: Evolution or revolution? 2020 felt more like a revolution. Healthcare must respond to the ever-changing needs of our society and our patients; these changes seem to be occurring with increasing speed. This conference will focus on the changes occurring in addiction medicine to aid the busy practitioners of addiction care in staying abreast of current trends and provide new and better care.

Target Audience: This educational activity is designed for professionals across disciplines who work in addiction treatment and prevention, including physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, mental health and substance abuse counselors, recovery coaches, law enforcement and public health workers.

Session Recordings:

• Integrating Addiction Psychiatry into a Consultation Framework: The University of Nebraska Medical Center Experience; VaKara M. Meyer Karre, MD
• Benzodiazepines; Matt Felgus, MD, FASAM
• Buprenorphine Treatment in the Age of Fentanyl; Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD MPH FAAFP FACPM DFASAM, Hannah Snyder, MD, Melissa Milne, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CARN-AP, Charles Schauberger, MD
• Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: Trends, Neurobiology and Treatments; Lalit Singh, MD, MPH
• MAT During an Epidemic and Pandemic; Beth Collier, LCSW, CSAC, ICS
• Gender Responsive Treatment for Women with Substance Use Disorders: A Family-Centered Approach; Claudia Vankoningsveld, MA, CADC, Melissa Lemke, MA
• Treating Methamphetamine Use Disorders; Kristin DePrey, MA, LPC, CSAC, ICS
• Understanding Proposed Changes to DHS 75 Rules; David Galbis-Reig, MD, DFASAM
• ASAM Criteria for the Future State; Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM

AMA Credit Designation Statement:

The American Society of Addiction Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 9.25AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ACCME Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of The American Society of Addiction Medicine and The Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine (WISAM). The American Society of Addiction Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Planning Committee and Faculty Disclosure Information:
(All faculty and planning committee members had no disclosures)

WISAM 2021 Conference Planning Committee:

• Subhadeep Barman, MD, FASAM
• Ritu Bhatnagar, MD
• Nameeta Dookeran, MD, MSc, FASAM
• Matthew Felgus, MD, FASAM
• David Galbis-Reig, MD, DFASAM
• Ted Hall, PharmD
• Mary-Anne Kowol, MD
• Alison Miller, DO
• Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH
• Charles Schauberger, MD, MS

WISAM 2021 Conference Faculty:

• Elizabeth Collier, LCSW, CSAC, ICS
• Kristin DePrey, MA, LPC, CSAC, ICS
• Matt Felgus, MD, DFASAM
• David Galbis-Reig, MD, DFASAM
• VaKara M. Meyer Karre, MD
• Claudia Van Koningsveld, MA, CADC
• Melissa Lemke, MA
• Melissa Milne, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CARN-AP
• Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM, DFASAM
• Charles Schauberger, MD, MS
• Lalit Singh, MD, MPH
• Hannah Snyder, MD
• Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM

ASAM CME Committee Reviewer:
Cara A. Poland, MD, MEd, DFASAM
No disclosures

In accordance with disclosure policies of ASAM and the ACCME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. These policies include mitigating all possible relevant financial relationships for the Planning Committees and Presenters. All activity Planning Committee members and Presenters have disclosed relevant financial relationship information. The ASAM CME Committee has reviewed these disclosures and determined that the relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are not inconsistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.