ACMT at the ASAM 53rd Annual Conference
There was a large presence of American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) members presenting at the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Annual Conference, which was held in Hollywood, Florida from March 31-April 3rd, 2022.
ACMT staff and Executive Director Paul Wax, MD staffed an exhibition booth at the conference as well and provided information about affiliate membership, the Addiction Toxicology Case Conference, and ACMT ToxIC surveillance efforts.
Medical toxicologist, JoAn Laes, MD was awarded Distinguished Fellow status for the American Society of Addiction Medicine (DFASAM) as was Soumya Pandalai, MD.
The Medical Toxicology Interest Group meeting was well attended with Dr. Laes serving as Chair for this ASAM group and Stephanie Weiss, MD, PhD recently appointed co-chair.
Members presented numerous sessions at the ASAM meeting including focus, panel, and other types of sessions on a variety of topics. The following sessions were among the most highly attended of the conference:
- Precipitated Withdrawal 2.0 Outpatient Tips and Tricks
- Naloxone: What you Need to Know
- Focus on Phenobarbital: Application for Alcohol and Sedative Hypnotic Withdrawal
- The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Drug Testing in Liver Transplant Evaluations
- Facts About Fentanyl
- Toxicology Topics: Drug Levels for Buprenorphine; Efficacy, Diversion, and Compliance
- The Role of Opioid Metabolic Pathways; Interpreting Urine Drug Testing Results
Presenting and non-presenting participants in the Medical Toxicology focused sessions included:
- Jeremiah Fairbanks, DO
- Hiroko Furo, MD, PhD, MA, MS
- Rachel Haroz, MD, FACMT (on behalf of Alaina Steck, MD, FASAM)
- JoAn Laes, MD, FACMT, DFASAM
- Lewis Nelson, MD, FACMT
- Soumya Pandalai, MD, FACP, DFASAM
- Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, FACMT
- Robert Cole Pueringer, MD
- Evan Schwarz, MD, FACMT, FASAM
- Stephanie Weiss, MD, PhD
- Rachel Wightman, MD, FASAM
Several other Medical Toxicologists attended, including Leslie Dye, MD, FACMT, FASAM, Matt Salzman, MD, and Ross Sullivan, MD, FACMT, FASAM.
