Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds

August 7, 2025: Obesity & Addiction Cross Paths: Parallels Between Neurobiology of Obesity and Addiction

Anukrati Shukla, MD, FACP, DipABOM
Internist and obesity medicine physician in Seattle, WA

June 26, 2025: First Contact, Lasting Impact: Substance Use Disorder Treatment Law and Policy

Michael C. Barnes, JD
Managing Attorney at Sequel Health Law

June 5, 2025: Medical Complications of Methamphetamine Use: Strategies for Prevention, Harm Reduction, and Treatments

Sarah Leyde, MD
Assistant Professor,
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director,
University of Washington

May 1, 2025: Potential Interactions Between Illicit Substances and Prescription Medications

Kristen Ward, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Associate Professor,
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy

April 3, 2025: Increasing Naloxone Prescribing from a VA Urgent Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Michelle Singh, DO
Acting Section Chief,
Acute and Intensive Mental Health,
VA San Diego

March 6, 2025: Methadone for Opioid Use Disorder


Zahir Basrai, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
 
Manuel Celedon, MD

Faculty, Department of Emergency Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Co-Director, VA Emergency Medicine Addiction Hotline, VISN 22 Tele-Emergency Care Program
HS Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

February 6, 2025: Incorporating Hepatitis C Treatment Education into Addiction Medicine Training

Matthew Evans, MD
Medical Director, New Hope Behavioral Health Center

January 2, 2024: Pharmacological Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Henry Kranzler, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Director,
Center for Studies of Addiction,
University of Pennsylvania Perelman,
School of Medicine

December 5, 2024: Extending the Framework of Treatment - The new science on mutual-aid organization effects and mechanisms

John F. Kelly, PhD
Elizabeth R. Spallin Associate Professor of Psychiatry 
Harvard Medical School
Director of the Recovery Research Institute
Massachusetts General Hospital

November 7, 2024: Neuromodulation in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Nick Bormann, MD
Medical Director,
Mayo Clinic Fountain Centers SUD Treatment Program

September 5, 2024: Synthetics: Bath Salts, Spice, and Other Evolutions in Recreational Drug Use

Cynthia Koh, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician,
Greater Los Angeles VA

August 1, 2024: Language Style in SUD Care: Strategies to Reduce Stigma

Kamonica Craig, PharmD, BCPP
VISN Pharmacy Program Manager
Desert Pacific Healthcare Network

 

The educational objective for the Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds is to provide health professionals with updates on addiction topics with the goals of increasing knowledge, competence, and patient care. The Addiction Medicine Lecture series is held monthly on a Thursday from 12 to 1 p.m.