Methamphetamine Use Disorder | May 4th 2023
Date of Presentation: May 4, 2023
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Substance Use Disorder ECHO Program
Keywords: #medications for treatment #meth #methamphetamine #Methamphetamine Use Disorder #pharmacotherapy
In this presentation, Dr. Jessica Gregg discusses methamphetamine use disorder including a review of the scope of the problem, describes two evidence-based behavioral interventions that can be implemented in the hospital, contingency management and harm reduction and discusses clinical considerations for MUD in the hospital and research (past and present) on medications to treat MUD.
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Presented by:
Jessica Gregg, MD, PhD
Jessica Gregg, MD, PhD, received her undergraduate degree at Stanford University, her medical degree at the University of New Mexico, and a PhD in Medical Anthropology at Emory University. She began her medical career in primary care at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), where she co-founded the OHSU Department of Medicine’s Social Medicine curriculum in partnership with City Central Concern, a non-profit caring for individuals struggling with lack of housing and substance use disorders. She subsequently became the medical director for Central City Concern’s Hooper Detoxification and Stabilization Center, and eventually assumed the role of Senior Medical Director for Substance Use Disorder Services for the agency. She subsequently developed the HRBR clinic at OHSU, a low-threshold buprenorphine clinic, and in 2021, she became Chief Medical Officer for Fora Health in Portland, Oregon.
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Date added: May 4, 2023
