100693 - Building Bridges to Care - Together: Virginia ED Bridge Expansion Conference

Overview

VDH sponsored registration – CME eligible – one day in person training and networking on best practices for creating ED Bridges to Treatment:  Buprenorphine As a Medical Bridge; Lessons Learned from Four Years of Quality Improvement Study; Meets DEA addiction training requirement to renew one's DEA registration:   focuses on Emergency Room initiation onto medical treatment for the opioid use disorder; Collaborative Models Showcased.  Program topics and content to include:

• Why buprenorphine in the ED?
• What is a peer and why is their support so powerful?
• Treatment shoreline – long term recovery pathways, not the finish line
• What impact is fentanyl wielding?
• Expanding the Bridge model hospital-wide
• Stigma Busters and culture shifting
• Overdose Survivors As a Special High Risk Population
• ASAM Assessments – Framework for Triaging to Appropriate Levels of Care
• EMS/first responders/ED interface
• Role of pharmacists - strengthening access to buprenorphine at the local drug store

Conference will be CME-based:  keynote speeches, networking via small group discussion, panels featuring subject matter experts, peers (Persons with Lived Experience); multisector participation encouraged; features ED providers at the experienced level and at the “early implementer phase”.

Location Information

The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Ave NW
Roanoke, VA 24016
540-985-5900
Hotel in Roanoke VA | The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center

Directions:
FROM NORTH OR SOUTH: I-81 Exit 143 (I-581 South) to Exit 5. Cross Wells Avenue and continue to the main entrance of the hotel. 

FROM 220N (MARTINSVILLE): 220N becomes I-581N. Take exit 4E (Orange Avenue). Take first right at traffic light onto Williamson Road. After the third traffic light, turn right on Shenandoah Avenue. Take the first right to main entrance of the hotel.

Alternate:  220N becomes I-581N. Take exit 4E (Orange Avenue). Take the first right at traffic light onto Williamson Road. Take the first right at the third traffic light onto Wells Avenue. Take the first left onto Commonwealth Avenue. Take the first right before Shenandoah Avenue to the main entrance of the hotel. 

From 460W (Lynchburg): 460 becomes Orange Avenue. Turn left at the traffic light at Williamson Road and Orange Avenue. After the third traffic light, turn right on Shenandoah Avenue. Take the first right to main entrance of the hotel. 

Alternate:  460 becomes Orange Avenue. Turn left at the traffic light onto Williamson Road. Take the first right at the third traffic light onto Wells Avenue. Take the first left onto Commonwealth Avenue. Take the first right before Shenandoah Avenue to the main entrance of the hotel. 

* PLEASE NOTE THAT IF SELF PARKING OVERNIGHT, YOU MAY COME TO THE FRONT OF THE HOTEL TO DROP OFF LUGGAGE AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND KEEP AT THE BELL STAND. 

**Parking is not provided by the conference

Lodging:
The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center - https://book.passkey.com/e/50528720
Deadline for reservations: August 18, 2023
$183.00 per room/per night based on single occupancy plus applicable taxes
$203.00 per room/per night based on double occupancy plus applicable taxes
$20.00 for each additional person, per day plus applicable taxes
Includes sleeping room rate only. These prices are net non-commissionable.

Hampton Inn & Suites - 
https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/edbridgevirginiatech2023/
Deadline for reservations: August 15, 2023
NQRU 2 QNS MICROWV/FRIDGE  $122.00
NQRUI 2 QNS BAL/MIC/FRIDGE $122.00

SpringHill Suites Roanoke - https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1689696657346&key=GRP&app=resvlink
Building Bridges to Care Together
Deadline for reservations: August 14, 2023
$135 USD per night

Agenda/Schedule

7:30 a.m. Registration, foyer of Washington Lecture Hall\

8 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Announcements (Washington Lecture Hall) 
Neeraj Gandotra, M.D., SAMHSA Chief Medical Officer

8:45 - 9:15 a.m.The Why! Beth Macy, M.A., journalist and author

9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Scaling Up Across the State: Lessons Learned from the CA Bridge Program
Arianna Campbell, P.A.-C, Co-founder, Principal Investigator, BRIDGE, California

10:15 – 10:30 Snack/Coffee Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 Panel Discussion:  Lessons Learned Nationally and in Roanoke, VA.
Arianna Campbell, P.A.-C, California Bridge
John Burton, M.D., Carilion Clinic
Anne Ickes, D.O., Carilion Clinic 
Cheri Hartman, Ph.D., VA ED Bridge Expansion Project Director
Moderator:  Margaret Rukstalis, M.D., Carilion Clinic

11:45 a.m.    Lunch, Crystal Ballroom

12:45 - 2 p.m. Panel Discussion on Special Populations:   
Anne Ickes, D.O., Carilion Clinic
Eric Vance, M.D., Carilion Clinic
Brandon Wills, D.O., VCU Health
Kimberly Simcox, D.O., Carilion Clinic
Moderator:  David Hartman, M.D., Carilion Clinic

2 – 2:45 p.m.    Accessing Follow Up Treatment: Health Equity, Inclusion & Impact of Peers
David Hartman, M.D., Carilion Clinic 
Cheri Hartman, Ph.D., Carilion Clinic
Kimberly Hunt, R.P.R.S., Carilion Clinic
Keith Childress, C.P.R.S., Carilion Clinic

2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break

3:00– 4:00 p.m. Small Group Discussions: Maximize ED Bridge Program Success through Collaborations (each locality – assigned to separate meeting room)

4:00 – 4:40 p.m. Harm Reduction – Steppingstones to Better Health Post ED Crisis
Danny Clawson, MPH, Executive Director, VA Harm Reduction Coalition)

4:40 – 5 p.m. Call to Action
Colin Greene, M.D., MPH, Special Advisor on the Opioid Response (VDH)

5 p.m.    Adjournment
*Book signing by Beth Macy will be available during breaks, throughout the morning and during lunch.