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Upcoming at a Glance

Friday, February 3, 2012: 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Public Policy Forum - The New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York

Speakers from NYSAM:


Andrew Kolodny, MD: Overview of the Problem
Kelly Clark, MD: A study of ER prescriptions in New York State
Steven Kipnis, MD: OASAS efforts to reduce the problem
Sharon Stancliff, MD: prevention of deaths from overdoses
Norman Wetterau, MD: Positions of ASAM and NYSAM

Invitations have been sent to the New York State Attorney General's Office, New York State Health Department, and Chairman of the Assembly and Health Committees and other selected legislators.


This forum is open to any physician, not just NYSAM members. There is no charge. To RSVP for the Public Policy Forum, please contact Sherry LaFountain at (518) 689-0142 or via email at: slafountain@asapnys.org.

 

February 3-4, 2012

New York Society of Addiction Medicine's 8th Annual Medical-Scientific Conference
"Addiction Medicine 2012: Best Practices"

The New Yorker Hotel, 481 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York

Join physicians and other health professionals at the New York Society of Addiction Medicine Medical-Scientific Conference. 

To download the Save the Date click here.

To download the Preliminary Brochure click here.

NYSAM has reserved a block of discounted guest rooms for your convenience at The New Yorker Hotel.  To make reservations, call the New Yorker Hotel at 1-800-764-4680. Group Rate: Single Rate Room $149.00, Double Room $149.00;  Triple Room $169.00 and Quad Room $189.00 per night.  Make sure to mention NYSAM to get this discounted rate. 

Public Policy Updates

NYSAM News Updates

Advocacy

Advocacy

Urgent Action: Contact the Senate Leadership

Please contact the NYS Senate leadership and ask them to remove medical marijuana from the budget bill and to vote no.

Lobby Day

June 7, 2010 (was May 25)
Albany, NY

We plan visits to various Senators, Assemblyman, and to OASAS. Medical Marijuana is the priority item but not the only one. Email Dr. Norm Wetterau if interested in participating. Read more here.

NYSAM Resources 

For those who heard Dr. Bruce Maslack's presentation in San Francisco, here are his slides, as promised.

Welcome to the New York Society of Addiction Medicine’s website

The New York Society of Addiction Medicine (NYSAM) is an organization of physicians in New York State from all medical specialities, dedicated to understanding and preventing addiction problems and to improving addiction treatment. NYSAM is a State Chapter of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. 

The site is less than a year old, but is already a useful resource. We are actively soliciting content from our members, so send us items for the News page, and please make use of our Classifieds section. 

Many pages have related links and resources, in particular the Science journal. You'll find topical articles on the Public Policy page, where you can access policy materials such as NYSDOH bulletins, NYS legislation/bills, NYSAM memoranda and position papers, published articles, and more. The Upcoming page will help members stay informed of NYSAM events, CME and meetings. We are building contacts with Regional groups (New Jersey and New England) and welcome your submissions for addiction medicine-related groups, organizations, events and meetings.

More about the site

We envision the NYSAM website will: increase communication among the membership; streamline the distribution of important and time-sensitive news and information; increase interest in becoming a NYSAM member; offer advocacy tools; and, will generally be an indispensable membership resource. 

Get involved!

We need feedback, ideas, and engagement. We believe this will continue to be a great member resource. Please bookmark us, visit often, contribute content, contact us and tell your colleagues about us. Keep an eye on your email inbox for updates, and if you'd like to get involved, please get in touch.