Program Schedule

This is a working agenda, it may be subject to minor change.

7:30am – 8:00am –  REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00am  –  Welcome/Opening Remarks –

8:05am – 8:35am – State & Federal Requirements for Prescribing Controlled Substances
                       - Michael Fania, BS Pharm, PharmD, Medication Safety/Regulatory Compliance Officer,                                    Vassar Brothers Medical Center - Pharmacy Services

8:35am – 9:05am – Supportive Care: End of Life Management - 
                           - Ruchira Chandra, MD, Supportive Care Medicine, Vassar Brothers Medical
                              Center; Medical Director of Hudson Valley Hospice

9:05am – 10:10am – Responding to the opioid crisis: Preventing and treating opioid use disorders 

                     - Andrew Kolodny, MD, Executive Director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing;
                      Co-  Director of Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy &
                      Management, Brandeis University

10:10am – 10:30am – BREAK

10:30am – 11:30am – Pain Management: Chronic & Acute Pain
                          ​- Edward Michna, MD, JD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School;                                     Anesthesiologist, Brigham and Womens Hospital in Chestnut Hill, MA