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PCSS-MOUD Steering Committee

The PCSS-MOUD Steering Committee is comprised of partner organizations, individuals and stakeholders from multi-disciplinary national professional groups committed to addressing opioid use disorders and treating chronic pain, across prevention, treatment, recovery, public health and public safety.

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.

Organizations

Addiction Policy Forum

Representative: Jessica Hulsey

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

Representative: Kevin Sevarino, MD

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Representative: Amy M. Yule, MD

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 for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Representative: Kenneth B. Stoller, MD

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 of Addiction Medicine

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

Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction

Representative: Kinna Thakarar, DO

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 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

National Institute of Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network

Representative: Edward Nunes, MD

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

Sickle Cell Adult Provider Network

Representative: Ward Hagar, MD

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Representative: Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS

Veterans Health Administration

Representatives: Ashley Engels and Jennifer Burden, PhD

World Psychiatric Association

Representative: Allan Tasman, MD

Young People in Recovery

Representative: Ann Herbst

Individuals

Karen Drexler, MD
David A. Fiellin, MD
Margaret Kotz, DO
Colleen LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN
Phil Rutherford
Seddon R. Savage, MD, MS
Dawn Tyus

PCSS-MOUD Lead Mentors

Adam Bisaga, MD
Anthony Dekker, DO, FACOFP, FAOAAM, DFASAM
Erik W. Gunderson, MD, DFASAM
Laura G Leahy, DrNP, APRN, PMH-CNS/FNP, CARN-AP, FAANP, FAAN
Debra Newman, PA-C, MPAS, MPH
Andrew J. Saxon, MD, FASAM

PCSS-MOUD Steering Committee

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