Making a Case for Incorporating Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Into Your Practice

H. Samuel (Sam) Landsman, MD

~Objectives:
-Attendees will gain an understanding of the current opioid crisis on a national, regional and patient level.
-Attendees will gain an understanding of the pharmacology, efficacy and how to choose between medications: buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone – for opioid use disorder.

H. Samuel (Sam) Landsman, MD is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine. He went to medical school at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2015 and graduated residency in Psychiatry, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 2019. He completed a fellowship in Psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital-Brown University Program, Providence, RI, 2020. He is board certified in psychiatry. 

Dr. Landsman has nothing to disclose and the planners for this event have no financial relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education 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 Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and NHMS. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.