2018 Conference Presentations


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Integrating Substance Use, Mental Health, and Primary Care Services: Disruptive Innovations and Sustaining Change

Conference Agenda Day 1 - October 24, 2018

Plenary Session: Integrating Care to Achieve the Triple Aim
Jurgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, University of Washington, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Workshop A: STAR (Substance Abuse Treatment and Re-Entry): Federal Post Conviction Violators Court
Raul Ayala, Office of the Federal Public Defender
Cathleen Cunningham, MA, MPA, LMFT, STAR– Los Angeles
Honorable Rozella Oliver, United States Magistrate Court Judge
Kristie Rzonca, MSJCA, United States Probation Officer
Tim Searight, Assistant United States Attorney

Workshop B: Increasing Cultural Humility: Working with Transgender Clients and Patients
Jaysa P. Jones, MSW-LCSW, Curandera, Xochuhian Traditional Healing

Workshop C: At Risk Youth– What We Don't Know Could Cost Them Their Lives
Lauri Burns, The Teen Project

Workshop D: Health Care for the Homeless: Advocating for those with Severe Medical and Mental Health Care Issues
Susan Partovi, MD, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
Emily DeFraites, MD, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Workshop E: Saving Lives: Bringing Buprenorphine Treatment to Emergency Medicine
Andrew Herring, MD, Highland Hospital—Alameda Health System, UCSF

Workshop F: Black, Bruised and By-passed: The Marginalization of Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence of Black Women and Girls
Brenda Ingram, EdD, LCSW, MSW, Peace over Violence

Workshop G: St. Joseph Center's Vocational Programs Change Lives
Nicole Wiggs, St. JosephCenter
Sharon Plunkett, St. JosephCenter
Nicole Wainright, St Joseph Center

Workshop H: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Programs available Within Los Angeles County
Shana Spangler, PsyD, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Alexis D. Kulick, PhD, ABPP, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Workshop I: The Practice of Integration– Lessons Learned and the Integrated Behavioral Health Vision for La Clinica De La Raza
Gabriela De la Torre, MA, MCRP, La Clinica De La Raza, Inc.
Erica Gomes, LCSW, La Clinica De La Raza, Inc.

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Conference Agenda Day 1 (Afternoon)

Plenary Session: Panel Discussion— Cannabis in the Era of Regulation
Julia F. Orozco, MA, Los Angeles County Office of Cannabis Management
Freddie Agyin, MA, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Yolanda Cordero, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, SAPC

Workshop J: Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care
Christopher Benitez, MD, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
David Hindman, PhD, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, SAPC
Charmaine Dorsey, MSW, LCSW, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Workshop K: Santa Barbara's Collaborative Integrated Healthcare Experience
Charles Fenzi, MD, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

Workshop L: Saving Lives: Ventura County's Overdose Prevention Program
Moderator: Loretta L. Denering, DrPh, MS,Ventura County Behavioral Health Dept
Kristen Donovan, PhD, EVALCORP
Daniel Hicks, BA, Ventura County Behavioral Health Dept
Kim O'Neil, Project SAFER Educational Foundation

Workshop M: Building Hope in Recovery: Implementation of Illness Management and Recovery for Co-Occurring Disorders
Andrew Kurtz, LMFT, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs

Workshop N: Meeting the Unique Legal Needs of LGBT Seniors
Denny Chan, Justice inAging

Workshop O: Cannabis Management: Medical, Legal and Economic Considerations
Julia F. Orozco, MA, Los Angeles County Office of Cannabis Management
Freddie Agyin, MA, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Yolanda Cordero, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, SAPC

Workshop P: A Practical Guide to Organizational Change: Inter-Agency Collaboration and Implementing Evidence-Based Practices
Michael S. Shafer, PhD, Arizona State University

Workshop Q: She Served: Providing Care to Women Veterans
Marissa Burgoyne, PsyD, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Susan Steinberg-Oren, PhD, Veterans Affairs Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center

Workshop R: Integrative Approaches for Supporting Homeless Youth: the Intersections of Wellness, Housing, Education and Employment
Shellena Eskridge, BA, MSW, Larkin Street Youth
Natalie Porter, BA, Larkin Street Youth

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Conference Agenda Day 2 - October 25, 2018

Plenary Session: Neuroimaging to Inform Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Edythe D. London, PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles, Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Workshop S: Treatment Planning for Complex Needs: Integrating Mental Health, Physical Health, and Substance Use Disorders
Alyssa Cohen, PsyD, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, SAPC
Greg Schwarz, PsyD, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, SAPC

Workshop T: The Humanism Pocket Tool: Finding the Joy in Treating Challenging Patients
Andrew Shaner, MD, Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence
Michael Soh, PhD, Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence
Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH, Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence
Carole Warde, MD, Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence

Workshop U: Integrating Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders into Dignity Health's Birthing Hospitals
Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, Maternal Mental Health NOW
Margaret Lynn Yonekura, MD, Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center
Barbara Sheehy, MS, Dignity Health Corporate Office

Workshop V: Integrated Teen Court in Los Angeles County: Utilizing Responsible Restorative Justice to Address Mental Health Issues for Transitional Age Youth
Seymour I. Amster, JD, Parents, Educators/Teachers & Students in Action
Judge Denise McLaughlin-Bennett, JD, Los Angeles Superior Court
Michele Archambeault, PsyD, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Workshop W: Caring for the Increasing Number of Homeless Older Adults
Julie DeRose, MA, LMFT, ATR, The People Concern
Maria Funk, PhD, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Yanira Lima, MPH, MHM, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, SAPC
David Murillo, CAODC, Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
Leepi Shimkhada, MPP, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Workshop X: Provider Issues Working with Trans Clients
Susan Forrest, CADC-CAS, Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Art House
Talia Bettcher, PhD, California State University, Los Angeles

Workshop Y: Peer Insight: Recovery, Wellness and the Volunteer Experience
Suzanne Holland, RN, BS, (Moderator), Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Andrew Shapiro, Wellness Outreach Worker, West Valley Mental Health
Karla Wheeler, Wellness Outreach Worker, West Valley Mental Health
James Walters, Wellness Outreach Worker, West Valley Mental Health
Susan Stewart, Wellness Outreach Worker, West Valley Mental Health

Workshop Z: California's Hub and Spoke: Provider and Consumer Perspectives on Integrated Treatment to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
Gloria Miele, PhD, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
Joe Sepulveda, MD, ABPN, ABPM, FAPA, Family Health Centers of San Diego
Frances Southwick, DO, Communicare Health Centers

AA. Integration of MAT into Programs at the Los Angeles Christian Health Center
Jason Nacorda, DO, Los Angeles Christian Health Centers
Kathryn C. White, MD, Los Angeles Christian Health Centers

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