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Media Alert: Altering the Course —  Solutions for the W.Va. Opioid Misuse Crisis Forum

Highmark Foundation, axialHealthcare event set for Wednesday, Nov. 9, with U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, U.S. Rep Evan Jenkins.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin - U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin
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                        U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins

MEDIA Alert:

When:  Wed, Nov. 9 at 5:00 p.m.

Where: Charleston Marriott Town Center, 200 Lee Street East, Charleston, WV 25301

Agenda

5 – 5:30 p.m.               Reception and hors d’oevres
5:30 – 5:40 p.m.        Welcome: Yvonne Cook, President, Highmark Foundation
5:40 – 6:15 p.m.        Keynote speaker: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)
6:15 – 7:00 p.m.        Panel : Policy/Legislative/Law Enforcement Solution

Moderator –David A. Thomas, Ph.D., Co-Chair of The NIDA Prescription Opioids and Pain Workgroup, Founding Member of the NIH Pain Consortium

Panelist 1 – Dr. Kimberly Johnson, Ph.D., Director of the CSAT at SAMHSA

Panelist 2 – Dr. Elizabeth Ann Stringer, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, axialHealthcare

Panelist 3 – Lt. Eric Johnson, Commander of Metro Drug Enforcement Unit, Charleston, W.Va. Police Department

7:00 – 7:30 p.m.         Combating the Drug Epidemic: U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.)

7:30 – 8:15 p.m.         Panel: Recovery, Public Health + Family Solutions

Moderator – Dr. Kimberly Johnson, Ph.D., Director of the CSAT at SAMHSA

Panelist 1 – Dr. Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, FACP, WV Dept. of Health and Human Services Bureau of Public Health

Panelist 2 – Dr. Steve Bentsen, MD, MBA, DFAPA, Regional Chief Medical Officer, Beacon Health Oaptions

Panelist 3 – Dr. Carl Sullivan, MD, Professor, Director, Addictions Programs, WVU School of Medicine Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry

8:15 – 8:30 p.m.          Special Address:  General Arthur T. Dean, Chairman & CEO, CADCA

8:30 – 8:40 p.m.          Closing remarks:  John J. Donahue, Chairman & CEO, axialHealthcare

To register for this free event, visit the online registration page at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/altering-the-course-solutions-for-the-west-virginia-opioid-misuse-crisis-tickets-27409482500

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Media Contact:

Cathy McAlister

Corporate Communications

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia

200 Tracy Way

Charleston, WV  25311

304 347-7754

[email protected]

 

 

 

 

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