CHAUTAUQUA: Opioid Use Following TBI: A Perfect Storm (864042)

Thursday, October 22, 2020

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM EST

Presenter(s)

Kristen Dams-O'Connor, PhD

Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology, Director of Brain Injury Research Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Rachel Sayko Adams, PhD, MPH

Scientist; Health Services Researcher
Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy & Management at Brandeis University; Veterans Health Administration Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center
Waltham, Massachusetts

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Faye Rim, MD

medical director, pre-surgical chronic pain
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Moderator(s)

John D. Corrigan, PhD, ABPP, FACRM

Professor
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

The opioid epidemic has been recognized as a public health emergency in the United States and several countries around the world, as awareness of the dire consequences of long-term opioid use has spread. Individuals with TBI are increasingly recognized as a subgroup at elevated risk for opioid misuse, opioid use disorders (OUD) and dire consequences of opioid use. Still, opioid pain medications play a lifesaving role in acute TBI management and can effectively manage chronic pain in this population. This complicated topic will be discussed by leading experts in the fields of TBI, substance use, and pain management.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will understand opioid use following TBI
Discuss the relationship between pain and medication use following TBI
Participants will learn the consequences of opioid use following TBI