Welcome/Open Remarks
Dennis E. Gonzalez
Acting Regional Director, Office of the Secretary (OS), Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA), Region II
April Smith-Hirak, PhD
Acting Regional Health Administrator, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
VADM Dr. Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH
U.S. Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General
Colette Lamothe-Galette, MPH
Director of Population Health, New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH)
Howard Zucker, MD, JD
New York State Department of Health
Dennis Romero, MA
Regional Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Valerie L. Mielke, MSW
Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
Introduction to the Opioid Crisis
Dennis Romero, MA
Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Introduction to Opioid Crisis
Dennis Romero, MA
Regional Administrator, SAMHSA Region II
Best Practices Panel – Part 1
Moderator:
April Smith-Hirak, PhD
Acting Regional Health Administrator, OASH Region II
NYC RxStat Workgroup
Hillary Kunins, MD, MPH,
Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Susan Herman, JD
Deputy Commissioner, New York Police Department
Best Practices Panel – Part 1 (cont.)
Veteran Affairs
Brian F. Sands, MD
Section Chief for Substance Use Disorder Services, Veteran Affairs NY Harbor Healthcare System
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NY Erie County Coalition
Gale Burstein, MD, MPH
Commissioner, Erie County Department of Health
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Audience Engagement – “How Do We Address this Public Health Issue?”
Moderator:
Former Governor James McGreevy, JD
Executive Director, Jersey City Employment and Training Program
Best Practices Panel – Part 2
Moderator:
Dennis E. Gonzalez
Acting Regional Director, Office of the Secretary (OS), Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA), Region II
NJ Integrity House
Robert Budsock
President and CEO, New Jersey Integrity House
NY Westchester County
Michael Orth, MSW
Acting Commissioner, Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health
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Office of the U.S. Attorney
Joan Loughnane, JD
Acting Deputy, Office of the U.S. Attorney – Southern District of New York
Remarks
Laura Trueman
Principal Deputy Director, Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA)
Q & A Session
Moderator:
Sandra Bennett-Pagan, LCSW
Regional Women’s Health Coordinator, Region II OASH – Women’s Health
Closing Remarks
Dennis Romero, MA,
Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Summit Resources
SAMHSA Opioid Resource
Tx Resources Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid Use in Older Adults Population
SAMHSA Widgets
Region II Opioid Resources
On behalf of HHS Region II Office of the Secretary Intergovernmental and External Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. We appreciate your participation.
HHS Region II Opioid Summit event webpage
Please contact (Marline.Vignier@hhs.gov) and Sean Hightower (Sean.Hightower@hhs.gov) for more information about this event.
A special thank you to Clinical Directors Network for webcasting this meeting.
