Addiction in Healthcare Professionals

Molly Rossignol, DO FAAFP FASAM

~Objectives:
-Understand the Risks for Substance use and Addiction for Healthcare Professionals
-Review Treatment recommendations for Healthcare Professionals with AUD/SUD
-Become aware of the function of the NH Professionals Health Program

Dr. Rossignol has no conflicts to declare.

Dr. Molly Rossignol is a graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a family medicine residency at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston in 1999 and practiced family medicine in New Hampshire for 15 years before completing a fellowship at the University of Wisconsin- Madison in Addiction Medicine in 2015. Dr. Rossignol helped to start inpatient and outpatient addiction-focused programs in primary care in two community hospitals prior to accepting the position of NHPHP Medical Director in 2021.

Dr. Rossignol served been on the Governor’s Healthcare Task Force for Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery for 13 years. She is a contributing author to the New Hampshire Practice Guidance Document on Best Practices: Key Components for Delivering Community Best Practices: Medication Assisted Treatment Services for Opioid Use Disorders in New Hampshire. She was involved in training over 300 prescribers in medication for opioid use disorder between 2017 and 2020.

Dr. Rossignol trains, supports, and mentors healthcare professionals as they learn more about substance use disorders and care for those with addiction. She served on the New Hampshire Medical Society Council, is the immediate past President of the Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine chapter of ASAM and is the past president of the NH Academy of Family Physicians.

The Maine Medical Education Trust designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This includes 1 credit that is compliant with New Hampshire RSA 318-B:40 - opioid education requirement.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and NHMS. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.