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Philadelphia Chapter—Holly J. Valerio, MD

The Philadelphia Chapter recently hosted the 7th Annual Addictions Symposium on Saturday, September 18th. The meeting took place virtually. The event featured Frank Leone, MD as the keynote speaker on tobacco addiction as well as Jeffrey Hom, MD, MPH & Lara Weinstein MD, MPH, DrPH who spoke on disparities in addiction. Peter D’Maria, MD, FASAM, DFAPA, Vishesh Agarwal, MD, and Joseph D’Orazio, MD, FAAEM, FACMT addressed difficult clinical encounters. Two tracks were offered. The generalist track featured “Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment: Beyond Medications” by Benjamin Kum, DO, FASAM and “Opioids” by William Jangro, MD. The specialist track included “ASAM Criteria and Related Products” by Margaret Jarvis, MD and “What’s on the Street - Current Trends in Substance Use” by Joseph D’Orazio, MD, FAAEM, FACMT. The Symposium drew 74 attendees and three exhibitors and received rave reviews.