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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, August 13, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST
    Registration Open
  • 7:45 AM - 4:30 PM PST
    Board Exam Prep Track
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    ASAM Guidelines on Benzodiazepine Tapering
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    Empowering Patients: Integrative Behavioral Health in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    Redesigning Specialty Substance Use Disorder Systems to Better Reach the 95%
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST
    Morning Break
  • 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM PST
    MERF Luncheon Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Lunch Break
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM PST
    Creating Public Access to Immediate MAT Starts: a Partnership Model linking Telemedicine Touchpoints to long-term Comprehensive Treatment
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM PST
    The Seven Deadly Sins: How to avoid the most common physician pitfalls and mistakes that result in medico-legal liability and unwanted patient outcomes
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM PST
    Optimizing Motivational Interviewing Across Cultures for Busy Clinicians and Educators
  • 2:00 PM - 9:00 PM PST
    Exhibit Hall and Poster Board Setup
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM PST
    Afternoon Break
  • Thursday, August 14, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST
    Breakfast in Exhibit Hall (Supported by Alkermes)
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM PST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM PST
    Welcome to the CSAM Conference
  • 8:15 AM - 9:10 AM PST
    Lived Experiences of Physician Advocacy: A Panel
  • 9:10 AM - 9:55 AM PST
    Primary Care for People Who Use Drugs
  • 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM PST
    Morning Break
  • 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM PST
    Poster Sessions
  • 10:20 AM - 11:05 AM PST
    Updates in Starting MOUD
  • 11:05 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    Spicy Debate on Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine: 1st vs. 2nd Generation
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Food Trucks Open
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Indoor Seating for Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PST
    Protecting and Advancing the Rights of Incarcerated People
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PST
    Online Casinos, Sports Betting, Gambling
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    Afternoon Break
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM PST
    Poster Sessions
  • 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM PST
    Anabolic Steroids: SARMS, SERMS & Cialis
  • 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM PST
    Improving Overdose Response: Compassionate Care
  • 4:20 PM - 5:00 PM PST
    Street Smart: What’s Really in Your Drugs
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM PST
    Reception in Exhibit Hall
  • 6:45 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    MERF Dinner Meeting
  • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM PST
    Mutual Help Support Meeting: 12 Step Meeting
  • Friday, August 15, 2025
  • 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM PST
    Yoga
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST
    Breakfast in Exhibit Hall (Supported by Alkermes)
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST
    MERF Breakfast Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST
    Mutual Help Support Meeting: 12 Step Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM PST
    CSAM & ASAM President's Message & Annual Awards
  • 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM PST
    Pushing Boundaries in Addiction Medicine
  • 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM PST
    Outpatient PICC Lines: a Spicy Debate
  • 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM PST
    Benzodiazepine Sparing Options for Ambulatory Alcohol Detox
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PST
    Morning Break
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PST
    Poster Sessions
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM PST
    GLP-1 Agonists: A Prospective New Treatment for AUD
  • 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM PST
    Methadone Pharmacology
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    SUD in Women: Pregnancy, Incarceration and Menopause
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Food Trucks Open (Supported by Shepard Health)
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST
    Indoor Luncheon Seating and Special Presentation from Shepard Health (Reimagining Behavioral Health Quality: The Shift from Spreadsheets to AI)
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PST
    Early Reflections on SB 43 Implementation: A Panel Discussion
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM PST
    Kratom Use Disorder
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PST
    Addiction Care at the End of Life
  • 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM PST
    Quizial Pursuit
  • 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM PST
    Ice Cream Social
  • 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM PST
    Poster Sessions
  • 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM PST
    Wound Care for People who Use Drugs
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM PST
    Exhibit Hall Teardown
  • 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM PST
    Substance Use and Cancer Risk
  • 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM PST
    A Practical Approach to Assessing Cannabis Use and Use Disorder
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PST
    Meet Them Where They Are: A Practical Harm Reduction Workshop
  • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM PST
    Mutual Help Support Meeting: 12 Step Meeting: Demonstration AA
  • Saturday, August 16, 2025
  • 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM PST
    Yoga
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST
    Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST
    MERF Breakfast Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PST
    Mutual Help Support Meeting: 12 Step Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM PST
    Saturday Morning Welcome
  • 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM PST
    Upcoming Federal and California State Legislation Impacting Addiction Medicine
  • 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM PST
    Sex and Substances: A Panel Discussion
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM PST
    Holistic Health and Harm Reduction
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST
    Morning Break
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST
    Poster Sessions
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
    Poster Board Teardown
  • 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM PST
    Generative AI for the Busy Provider: Motivational Interviewing, CBT, and DBT
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM PST
    Addiction and Primary Care for the Unhoused