Steering Committee

PCSS-MOUD Steering Committee is composed of stakeholders from multi-disciplinary national professional organizations including: medicine, judges, recovery committed to addressing opioid use disorders and treating chronic pain.  

Steering Committee Members:

  • Provide strategic input on the progress and needs of the project
  • Assist in outreach to promote the training and educational opportunities among their constituents.
  • Evaluate Quality Assurance data collected.
  • Offer expertise and guidance in efforts to provide evidence-based practices.
2019 Steering Comiitee

Organizations

*Partner Organizations developing projects or receiving funding support for PCSS-MOUD initiatives.

Addiction Policy Forum

Representative: Jessica Hulsey

Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network*

Representatives: Maxine Henry, MSW, MBA

American Academy of Neurology

Representative: Mark Bailey, DO, PhD, FACN

American Academy of Pain Medicine

Representative: Larry C. Driver, MD

American Academy of Pediatrics*

Representative: Deepa Camenga, MD, FAAP

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Representative: Theresa Campo, NP

American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists

Representative: Bethany DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP

American Chronic Pain Association

Representative: Kathy Sapp

American College of Emergency Physicians*

Representative: Sandra Schneider, MD, FACEP

American College of Medical Toxicology

Representative: Paul Wax, MD, FACMT

American Dental Association

Representative: Diane Metric, DDS

American Medical Association*

Representative: Jennie Jarrett, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, MMedEd, FCCP

American Orthopaedic Association

Representative: Joseph R. Hsu, MD, FAOA

American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine*

Representative: Stephen A. Wyatt, DO

American Pharmacists Association*

Representatives: Thomas Franko II, PharmD

American Psychiatric Association*

Representative: John A. Renner Jr., MD

American Psychiatric Nurses Association*

Representative: Patricia Black, PhD, RN

American Society for Pain Management Nursing

Representative: Cathy Carlson, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, RN-BC

American Society of Addiction Medicine*

Representative: Melissa B. Weimer, DO, MCR, DFASAM

Coalition of Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders

Representative: Jennifer Van Deusen, M. Ed

Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry*

Representative: Frances Levin, MD

Council of Social Work Education*

Representative: Megan Fujita, PhD, MSW

Faces and Voices of Recovery

Representative: Patty McCarthy, MS

Mobilize Recovery

Representative: Ryan Hampton

NAADAC the Association for Addiction Professionals*

Representative: Terrence D. Walton, MSW

National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development

Representative: Daria Boccher-Lattimore, DrPH

National Association of Community Health Centers

Representative: Katheen McNamara, MA, RN

National Association of Social Workers*

Representatives: Anthony Estreet, Ph.D., MBA, LCSW and Barbara Bedney, Ph.D., M.S.W.

National Council for Mental Wellbeing*

Representative: Aaron Williams, MA

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

Representative: Timothy Arehart

The National Judicial College

Representative: Joy Lyngar, JD

Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Representatives: David Stephens

Partnership to End Addiction

Representative: Fred Muench, PhD

Physician Assistant Education Association

Representative: Tyler Smith, MPH

Project Lazarus

Representative: Fred Wells Brason II

Public Health Foundation (TRAIN Learning Network)

Representative: Ilya Plotkin, MA

Sickle Cell Adult Provider Network

Representative: Ward Hagar, MD

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine*

Representative: Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS

Veterans Health Administration

Representatives: Joseph G. Liberto, MD and Andrew J. Saxon, MD

World Psychiatric Association

Representative: Allan Tasman, MD

Young People in Recovery

Representative: Ann Herbst

Individuals

Anthony H. Dekker, DO
Karen Drexler, MD
David A. Fiellin, MD
Margaret Kotz, DO
Colleen LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN
Seddon R. Savage, MD, MS

Rick Garcia, MD, Roger Chou, MD

Education and Training

Clinical support is provided through online modules, webinars, resources, podcasts and videos.

2018 Steering Committee Meeting

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