Oakstone Addiction Medicine for Non-Specialists 2025

Led by Antoine Douaihy, MD, with 20 total faculty, including:

• Antoine Douaihy, MD — Addiction overview, epidemiology, screening/evaluation/diagnosis, tobacco use disorder, racial disparities, and mindfulness-based treatment.
• Jody Glance, MD — Neurobiological aspects of SUD and perinatal substance use disorders.
• Sharon Connor, MD & Cassandra Kruse, MD — The pharmacology of substances of use.
• Megha Patel, PharmD, BCPS — Management of intoxication, withdrawal, and perioperative care.
• Julie Kmiec, DO — Alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder.
• Thersilla Oberbarnscheidt, MD, PhD — Stimulant use disorder and cannabis use disorder.
• Tae Woo Park, MD — Benzodiazepine use and misuse.
• Amanda Price, MD — Chronic pain and substance use disorders.
• Julie Wilson Childers, MD — Acute pain and substance use disorder.
• Cassandra Boness, PhD — Brief interventions and motivational interviewing.
• Dennis Daley, PhD — Co-occurring psychiatric disorders and helping affected family members.
• David Loveland, PhD — Harm reduction strategies.
• Duncan Clark, MD, PhD — Pharmacotherapy for adolescents with SUD.
• Katie F. Jones, MD — Substance use disorders in older individuals.
• Jordi Blanch, MD, PhD — Medical complications of SUD, including HIV and HCV.
• Varad Deshmukh, MD — Pain and opioid complexity in serious illness.
• Kavita Fischer, MD — The rise of gambling disorder.
• Hector Colon-Rivera, MD — Technology addiction.
• James R. Latronica, DO, DFASAM — Safe and efficacious prescribing for chronic pain.