Update of Substance Use Disorder: The Golden Thread from Acute to Long Term Care

Glenview, IL US
November 19, 2025
This comprehensive symposium explores the rising trends and complex realities of substance use disorders (SUDs). Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of addiction phenomenology, epidemiology, and the profound impact of SUDs and co-occurring psychiatric disorders on health, mortality, and society. The course addresses pressing needs in the United States, where SUDs affect millions, yet treatment remains inaccessible for many due to resource limitations and disparities. 

Through expert-led sessions, learners will examine current assessment tools, evidence-based interventions—including pharmacotherapy and medication-assisted treatment (MOUD)—and strategies for addressing psychiatric comorbidities.
 
Join us to advance your expertise, improve patient care, and address the urgent societal challenges related to substance use disorders.
 
   
This activity is brought to you in partnership with Endeavor Health.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for psychiatrists, addiction specialists, mental health professionals, primary care providers, and anyone involved in youth health, public health, policy, or community services seeking to improve outcomes in addiction medicine.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the phenomenology of addiction and its effects on morbidity and mortality in the United States;
  • Recognize the importance of effective screening, assessment, referral, and intervention strategies for both psychiatric and substance use disorders;
  • Evaluate and apply evidence-based treatment modalities—including pharmacotherapies—for SUDs and psychiatric disorders;
  • Implement medication-assisted treatment (MOUD) for patients with co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions;
  • Apply FDA-approved treatments for nicotine use disorders in clinical practice when indicated.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Evelyn Morales
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
[email protected]

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 4.50 Participation
Event starts: 
11/19/2025 - 8:00am
Event ends: 
11/19/2025 - 1:00pm
Activity opens: 
09/18/2025
Activity expires: 
02/19/2026
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TimeSessionFaculty
8:00 AMWelcome and IntroductionsAdrienne Adams, MD
Vice Chair for Education and Academics
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Endeavor Health NorthShore & Swedish Hospitals
8:05 AMThe Salience of Salience: How Our Motivations Impact Societal Health and Addiction DevelopmentKevin Masterson, MD
Addiction Psychiatrist
Assoc. Medical Director of Addiction Services
Endeavor Health Linden Oaks
8:50 AMCannabis: The Highs and Lows and the Science

Laura Parise, MD
Medical Director, Doreen E Chapman Center
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Endeavor Health NorthShore & Swedish Hospitals

Betsy White, LCSW & Laurie Eubanks, CADC, LCSW
Program Manager and Lead Social Worker, Doreen E. Chapman Center
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Endeavor Health NorthShore & Swedish Hospitals

9:50 AMBreak 
10:00 AMInpatient SUD Treatment: Consult Service: An Opportunity for Timely Pharmacologic and Care-Linkage Interventions in Hospital SettingsHumna Fayyaz, MD
Staff Addictionologist
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital
10:45 AMContinuity of Care: Inpatient Stabilization to Outpatient Recovery

Maryum Ahmad, MD
Staff Addictionologist
Deptments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
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11:30 AMFollowing the Golden Thread in Nicotine Dependence from Vaping and TobaccoKunal Ghandi, MD
Staff Psychiatrist
Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital
12:15 PMBreak 
12:30 PMQ&A  Panel DiscussionAll Speakers
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Endeavor Health Glenbrook Hospital
2100 Pfingsten Rd
Glenview, IL 60026
United States
HYBRID MEETING
Attend in person or virtually! Learn more about Glenbrook Hospital online, or contact Evelyn Morales by e-mail with program questions.

ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact Evelyn Morales via email at [email protected].
 
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
COURSE DIRECTOR
  Adrienne Adams, MD

 

 


 
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
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 Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and Endeavor Health. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.

Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
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Profession TypeFee (In Person or Virtual)
Physician$25
Other Healthcare Professionals$10
Registration is non-refundable.


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