When: February 22, 2024
Where: The Venue at Lenoir City
What Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Check-in opens at 8:30 a.m.)

Registration for the 2024 East Tennessee Opioid Conference has closed. Registration for the 2025 conference will open at the beginning of the year. To be added to a notification list, please email Courtney Fuson at cfuson@metrodrug.org.
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More About the Conference

Topics Include

  • Innovations in Pain Treatment
  • Emerging Trends in Substance Abuse
  • How Increasing Prescriber Access Can Impact Supply
  • Considering Space, Values, Mindset, and Reflective Practice as a Part of Trauma Informed Services
  • Starting Where the Client Is: Guidelines for Harm Reduction-Informed Practice
  • Identifying and Addressing Trauma in an Addiction Treatment Practice
  • Building Trauma-Informed Communities
  • Integrating MOUD Into Primary Care Practice

Speakers Include

  • James Choo, MD – Pain Consultants of East Tennessee
  • Keith Bailey, PhD – Harmony Family Center
  • Brian Winbigler, PharmD – Alliance for Multispecialty Research
  • Rebecca Bruccoleri, MD – Tennessee Poison Control Center
  • Chris Thomas – Knox County Regional Forensics Center
  • Tommy Farmer – Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
  • Terrence L. Boos, PhD – Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Marti Sparks – Roane County Schools
  • Dana Fields-Johnson  – Prevention Institute
  • Sheila P. Vakharia, PhD, MSW – Drug Policy Alliance
  • Anna Dill, MD – MAHEC Internal Medicine
  • Stephen Loyd, MD – Cedar Recovery

6 Hours of CME AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Hours Are Available!

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the Metro Drug Coalition. The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PAs, NPs, and Nurses: Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Nurses may use these credit hours toward certification renewal.  This credit is acceptable by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), American Nurses Credentialing Association (ANCC) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

Pharmacists: The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Successful completion of this knowledge-based activity will provide a statement for 6 contact hours of credit (0.6 CEU) and will be available within 30 days of activity completion. Successfully completing the activity and receiving credit includes: 1) reading the learning objectives and faculty disclosures; 2) participating in the educational activity; 3) evaluating the activity via utcop.learningexpressce.com within 14 days of the scheduled activity date. UAN: 0064-9999-24-028-L08-P. CE credit will be submitted to the NABP CPE monitor within 30 days. It is recommended that you check your NABP CPE Monitor e-profile database 30 days after the completion of any CE activity to ensure that your credits are posted.

This conference meets the new DEA training requirements. Click here to read more about what training qualifies.

Ticket Options

MD, DO, DDS: $75.00
NP, PA, RN, Pharmacist, Other Medical Professionals: $50.00
Community Members: $25.00
Students and Residents: Free

All registration fees, minus processing fees, will be donated to the Metro Drug Coalition.

Students and medical residents must present a valid student ID at registration.

Cigna Resources

Cigna is committed to fighting the opioid epidemic and providers are critical to our effort. View the link below for resources, articles, and tools to help you manage chronic opioid usage.

Cigna Opioid Resources Link

Cigna’s new guide helps clinicians provide safe tapering from opioids and reduce the risk of addiction and overdose.

View Guide Here

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This event is partially funded by an unrestricted
educational grant from Cigna.

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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and the Metro Drug Coalition. The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PAs, NPs, and Nurses: Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Nurses may use these credit hours toward certification renewal.  This credit is acceptable by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), American Nurses Credentialing Association (ANCC) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

Pharmacists: The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Successful completion of this knowledge-based activity will provide a statement for 6 contact hours of credit (0.6 CEU) and will be available within 30 days of activity completion. Successfully completing the activity and receiving credit includes: 1) reading the learning objectives and faculty disclosures; 2) participating in the educational activity; 3) evaluating the activity via utcop.learningexpressce.com within 14 days of the scheduled activity date. UAN: 0064-9999-24-028-L08-P. CE credit will be submitted to the NABP CPE monitor within 30 days. It is recommended that you check your NABP CPE Monitor e-profile database 30 days after the completion of any CE activity to ensure that your credits are posted.

This activity has been approved for 6 hours through the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.