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.
2019 Steering Comiitee

Organizations

Addiction Policy Forum

Addiction Policy Forum

Representative: Jessica Hulsey

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry

Representative: Kevin Sevarino, MD

American Academy of Neurology

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​

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Representative: Theresa Campo, NP

American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists​

American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists

Representative: Bethany DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP

American Chronic Pain Association​

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​

American Orthopaedic Association

Representative: Joseph R. Hsu, MD, FAOA

American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine

American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine

Representative: Stephen A. Wyatt, DO

American Pharmacists Association

American Pharmacists Association

Representatives: Thomas Franko II, PharmD

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychiatric Association

Representative: John A. Renner Jr., MD

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Representative: Patricia Black, PhD, RN

American Society for Pain Management Nursing​

American Society for Pain Management Nursing

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

American Society of Addiction Medicine

American Society of Addiction Medicine

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

Coalition of Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders​

Coalition of Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders

Representative: Jennifer Van Deusen, M. Ed

Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry

Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry

Representative: Frances Levin, MD

Council of Social Work Education

Council of Social Work Education

Representative: Megan Fujita, PhD, MSW

Faces and Voices of Recovery​

Faces and Voices of Recovery

Representative: Patty McCarthy, MS

Mobilize Recovery​

Mobilize Recovery

Representative: Ryan Hampton

NAADAC the Association for Addiction Professionals

NAADAC the Association for Addiction Professionals

Representative: Terrence D. Walton, MSW

National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development

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

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

National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Representative: Aaron Williams, MA

National Council of State Boards of Nursing​

National Council of State Boards of Nursing

Representative: Timothy Arehart

The National Judicial College​

The National Judicial College

Representative: Joy Lyngar, JD

Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board​

Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Representatives: David Stephens

Partnership to End Addiction​

Partnership to End Addiction

Representative: Fred Muench, PhD

Physician Assistant Education Association​

Physician Assistant Education Association

Representative: Tyler Smith, MPH

Project Lazarus​

Project Lazarus

Representative: Fred Wells Brason II

Public Health Foundation (TRAIN Learning Network)

Public Health Foundation (TRAIN Learning Network)

Representative: Ilya Plotkin, MA

Sickle Cell Adult Provider Network

Representative: Ward Hagar, MD

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Representative: Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS

Veterans Health Administration

Veterans Health Administration

Representatives: Ashley Engels and Jennifer Burden, PhD

World Psychiatric Association

World Psychiatric Association

Representative: Allan Tasman, MD

Young People in Recovery

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

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