8:00am-8:45am | Breakfast & Check-in

EVENT MODERATOR: Stephen Loyd, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Cedar Recovery and Chairman, Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council

8:45am-9:00am | Welcome Remarks

Edward Healton, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean, Georgetown University School of Medicine.

9:00am-9:45am | Opening Keynote Address

9:45am-10:00am | Break

10:00am-10:45am | U.S. System of Care for Individuals in Recovery

Stephen Loyd, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Cedar Recovery and Chairman, Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council.

10:45am-11:45am | State Abatement Models

Moderator: W. Clay Jackson, MD, DipTh, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Tennessee College of Medicine and Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council Member.

Panelists:

North Carolina – Debby Futrell, PharmD, President/ CEO Area L AHEC; Jeff Hill, Executive Director, Wilson County Substance Prevention Coalition; and Savannah Junkins, PA-C, Advanced Practitioner, Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc.
Kentucky – Jennifer Hancock, President & CEO, Volunteers of America Mid-States; and Van Ingram, Executive Director, Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy.

Florida – Alan Johnson, Chief Assistant State Attorney, Palm Beach County, Florida.

11:50am-1:15pm | Lunch

12:12pm-12:27pm | Lunch Special Topic Speaker – Fentanyl Drug Molecule Research

V. Tyrone Lam, COO, GATC Health

12:30pm-1:15pm | Lunch Keynote Address

Regina LaBelle, JD, Director, Addiction and Public Policy Initiative, Distinguished Scholar, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law Center.

1:20pm-2:15pm | Importance of MAT in the Correctional System

Moderator:

Stephen Loyd, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Cedar Recovery and Chairman, Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council.

Panelists:

Kent Runyon, MSM, Vice President of Operations, Centurion.
Jennifer Urra, RN, BA, Deputy Director of Holistic Services at Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) – Topic: State of Ohio Model.
Lottie Ryans, Director of Workforce and Literacy Initiatives, First Tennessee Development District – Topic: Social Determinants of Health Post-incarceration.

2:15pm-2:35pm | Special Topic Speaker

Stefanie Davis, Legal Services Corporation – Topic: The Critical Role of Civil Legal Aid in State Abatement Plans.

2:35pm-2:45pm | Break

2:45pm-3:45pm | Measurables, Metrics and Evaluation

Moderator: Megan Meacham, MPH, Director, Rural Strategic Initiatives Division, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Panelists:

Robert Pack, PhD, MPH, Executive Vice Provost, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Director, ETSU Addiction Science Center & Director, ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center – Topic: Recovery Ecosystem Index & Beyond.
Michael Meit, MA, MPH, Deputy Director, ETSU/NORC Rural Health Equity Research Center; and Director, ETSU Center for Rural Health Research.
Jarrod Koski, Senior Data Analytics Consultant, Tiger Analytics – Topic: Social Autopsy data collection and tracking.

3:45pm-3:55pm | Break

3:55pm-4:15pm | Special Topic Speakers

Topic: Opioid Settlement Fund Tracking & Long-Term Sustainability

Jarrod Koski, Senior Data Analytics Consultant, Tiger Analytics

David Garcia, Associate Director, Postlethwaite & Netterville

4:15pm-5:15pm | Emergency Department & Hospital In-Patient Services

Moderator:

Stephen Loyd, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Cedar Recovery and Chairman, Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council

Panelists:

Al Johnson, Chief Assistant State Attorney, Palm Beach County, Florida – Topic: Addiction Stabilization Unit.

Julia Richards van Zyl, MD, Internal Medicine Specialist, The University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Stanton G. Elseroad, MD, Emergency Medicine, The University of Tennessee Medical Center.

5:15pm-5:35pm | Closing Remarks

Karla L. Palmer, Director, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. – Topic: Successes and Challenges of Opioid Litigations

5:35pm | Adjourn