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2 Annual Substance
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Use Disorder Symposium
Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Dorrance H. Hamilton Building
1001 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Presented by
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he devastating effects of substance
abuse on patients, their families, the healthcare
system, and society has led to the creation
of numerous initiatives aimed at training
healthcare professionals and students
to identify, intervene, and care for those
individuals who have or are at risk for substance
use disorders.
Jefferson is committed to addressing the
abuse of both prescription and nonprescription
opioids, which has become a crisis locally and
nationally. The opioid epidemic affects a broad
spectrum of people and industries, and there
are many factors that contribute to the rising
numbers of opioid addictions and deaths. While
the crisis is too complex to settle in a day, this
multidisciplinary, full-day symposium aims
to bring together stakeholders and thought
leaders and start a conversation about what
can be done in the healthcare industry to
protect those suffering from addiction and
prevent others from becoming addicted.
The symposium will arm attendees with the
knowledge and skills needed to help address
addiction in their specific environment and
identify strategies to assist and support those
suffering from substance use disorders.
Local, state, and national speakers will deliver
presentations on topics such as Philadelphia’s
response to the crisis, innovative care models,
how the private sector can address public
health emergencies, and accessing available
community resources.
The overall goal of the symposium is to create
a platform to discuss and disseminate best
practices, create standardized action plans, and
to take the first step in a coordinated approach
to addressing the opioid crisis.
Special thanks to our presenting sponsor, the
AmerisourceBergen Foundation, for providing
the funds that made this event possible.
The content, topics, and views and opinions
expressed in this symposium are those of the
presenters and do not necessarily reflect the
views or interests of AmerisourceBergen.
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SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
7:00 AM - Registration and Breakfast, 9:40 AM - Break, Conrady Lobby
Conrady Lobby
10:00 AM - Morning Session #2, Connelly
8:00 AM - Morning Session #1, Auditorium
Connelly Auditorium
Panel, Community Resources: Making
Opening Remarks the Match
Edmund Pribitkin, MD, MBA, FACS Loren K. Robinson, MD, MSHP, FAAP (Moderator)
Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Secretary for Health Promotion
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and Disease Prevention
Keynote Lecture, Opioid Epidemic Silvana Mazzella
Associate Executive Director,
in the US: The CDC Response
Prevention Point Philadelphia
Jamie Mells, PhD
Lieutenant, U.S. Public Health Service, Lara C. Weinstein, MD, MPH
Program Integration and Evaluation Associate Professor in the Department of Family
Branch Division of Analysis, Research and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical
and Practice Integration, Centers for College, Thomas Jefferson University; Director of
Disease Control and Prevention Integrated Care, Pathways to Housing, PA; Project
Director, Center of Excellence at Pathways to Housing
8:55 AM - Panel, Philadelphia’s Response and Project HOME Health Services
and Path Forward
Christine Simiriglia
Jean Bennett, PhD (Moderator) President and CEO, Pathways to Housing PA
Regional Administrator, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration Carol Rostucher
Founder, Angels in Motion
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH
Commissioner, Philadelphia Adam Fussaro
Department of Public Health Project Supervisor, Center of Excellence,
PHMC - Care Clinic Health Center
Deputy Commissioner Joseph P. Sullivan
Philadelphia Police Department
Bruce Herdman, PhD, MBA
Chief of Medical Operations,
Philadelphia Department of Prisons
Roland Lamb, MA
Strategic Planning and Innovation Division,
Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual
Disability Services
Sam Gulino, MD
Chief Medical Examiner, Philadelphia Medical
Examiner's Office
211:00 AM - Lecture, Identifying the Causal 1:55 PM - Panel, New Models of Care
Agents of the Opioid Mortality Epidemic: Priya Mammen, MD, MPH (Moderator)
Toxicology and Chemistry of Synthetic Director of Public Health Programs, Department
Opioids of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical
College at Thomas Jefferson University
Barry K. Logan, PhD, F-ABFT
Sr. Vice President of Forensic Science Initiatives and
Kurt Haspert, MS, CRNP, APN-BC
Chief of Forensic Toxicology, NMS LABS
Clinical Director of Addiction Services
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington
11:45 AM - Lunch Session, Conrady Lobby Medical Center
Keynote, The Crisis in PA
Sharon Larson, PhD
Rachel Levine, MD, MPH Executive Director, Center for Population Health
Secretary of Health, Physician General, State of PA Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
(LIMR) and Professor, College of Population Health,
12:15 PM - Community Resource Table Thomas Jefferson University
Visitation, Conrady Lobby
Terry L. Horton, MD
Medical Director, Project Engage, Christiana Care
1:00 PM - Afternoon Case Studies, Health System
Connelly Auditorium
Rachel Haroz, MD
Panel, How the Private Sector and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Medical
Toxicology Addiction Medicine, Cooper Medical
Philanthropy Can Address a Health Crisis
School of Rowan University
Sara Appleyard Adams (Moderator)
Senior Director, Communications and
Marketing, CECP: The CEO Force for Good
2:50 PM - Break, Conrady Lobby
David Barash, MD
Chief Medical Officer, GE Foundation
Gina Clark
President, The AmerisourceBergen Foundation
Rev. Lorina Marshall-Blake, PhD
Vice President of Community Affairs, Independence
Blue Cross and President, Independence Blue Cross
Foundation
Lisa Dalesandro DiChristofer
Vice President, SAP Regulated Industries,
Industry and Value Advisory Practice
33:10 PM - Closing Session and Town Hall, Connelly Auditorium Panel, Jefferson’s Path Forward Brian Swift, PharmD, MBA Enterprise Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Jefferson Health, Associate Dean of Professional Affairs, Jefferson College of Pharmacy Edmund Pribitkin, MD, MBA, FACS Chief Medical Officer, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Theodore Christopher, MD, FACEP The Green Family Foundation and John and Patricia Walsh Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals, President, Pennsylvania Medical Society Eugene Viscusi, MD Professor, Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Director, Acute Pain Management, Jefferson Health Robert C. Sterling, PhD Medical Director, Narcotic Addiction Rehabilitation Program (NARP) and Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Thomas Jefferson University
Symposium
Planning Team
Theodore Dr. Christopher is past president of the
Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency
Medicine, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the
Christopher, American College of Emergency Physicians,
receiving the Chapter’s Meritorious Service
MD, FACEP Award, and the Philadelphia County Medical
Society, serving as its liaison to the Philadelphia
Theodore Christopher, Health Management Corporation (PHMC). He
MD, FACEP, is the Green has also served as a Pennsylvania Delegate to
Family Foundation and John and Patricia the American Medical Association for many
Walsh Professor and Chair of the Department years.
of Emergency Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel
Medical College (SKMC) of Thomas Jefferson A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard
University, Philadelphia. He became the 168th University, Dr. Christopher attained his medical
president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at
(PAMED) on October 14, 2017, having served Mount Sinai in 1981. He then completed
on its board of trustees since 2011. residencies in internal medicine at Brown
University’s Rhode Island Hospital (1984) and
Since becoming a physician, Dr. Christopher emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson
has been active in emergency medicine University Hospital (1986); he is board-certified
clinical practice, administration, education, in both specialties.
and research. Under his leadership, Jefferson’s
Department of Emergency Medicine has Dr. Christopher has written or co-authored
treated millions of patients and has helped more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and
establish Thomas Jefferson University Hospital delivered more than 140 abstracts and research
as one of Philadelphia’s premier safety net presentations, nationally and internationally,
hospitals. He has volunteered extensively in his on a wide range of topics, including ischemic
community and assumed leadership positions reperfusion injury, hospital patient access and
not only in his medical institution, but also flow, advocacy in medicine, and the future
within several medical organizations. of emergency medicine and health care.
Under his academic leadership, Jefferson’s
He currently serves on the Governor’s Department of Emergency Medicine is
Pennsylvania State Opioid Crisis Task Force, currently ranked No. 7 nationwide in specialty-
and co-chairs the Thomas Jefferson University specific NIH funding.
Hospitals’ Opioid Task Force. He has also
been the chair of Thomas Jefferson University Dr. Christopher resides outside of Philadelphia
Hospitals’ Pharmacy and Therapeutics with his wife of 33 years, Claudia, a head
Committee for the past 16 years. trauma and spinal cord physical therapist. He
has three daughters: Monica, a plastics and
reconstructive surgery physician’s assistant
5at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Philadelphia County Medical Society, and
Baltimore; Adrienne, a general surgery resident the Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Task
at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Force. She currently facilitates Emergency
in Philadelphia; and Vanessa, a fourth-year Department–based public health initiatives
medical student at the Sidney Kimmel Medical within Jefferson Health, such as safe opioid
College in Philadelphia. prescribing guidelines, overdose prevention
and education, and HIV and hepatitis C
screening as director of Public Health
Priya Programs.
Mammen, Dr. Mammen was appointed to the Mayor’s
Task Force to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
MD, MPH in Philadelphia and also served on the
subcommittee for Service Access, Best
Practices and Treatment Providers. She
Priya Mammen, MD, was inducted as a Fellow of the College of
MPH, is director of Physicians of Philadelphia in 2015 and was
Public Health Programs elected to the Executive Committee of the
and clinical associate professor in the Section of Public Health and Preventative
Department of Emergency Medicine at Sidney Medicine in 2017. Dr. Mammen’s career is
Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson marked by the consistent application of her
University. After graduating from Tufts experience and perspective as an emergency
University with a Bachelor of Science in biology clinician to serve the well-being of her patients
and child development in 1997, she worked on the spectrum from individual to population
with John Snow, Inc and the US Agency for health.
International Development (USAID). She was
engaged in health systems development in
war-torn countries such as Cambodia, and
specifically focused on the integration of
reproductive health services to the community
health infrastructure by facilitating interagency
collaborations.
Dr. Mammen completed a master’s in public
health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health in 2004 and her medical
education at Temple University School
of Medicine in 2005. She completed her
residency training in emergency medicine
at Temple University Hospital in 2008.
Her research interests include emergency
department utilization by the medically
underserved and as a point of access to care.
Interagency work has continued throughout
her academic career, involving the American
Public Health Association (APHA), the
Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office, the
6Brian G. Administration Medical Center in 1986. He
received his master’s in business administration
in healthcare administration from Saint
Swift, Joseph’s University in 2004. Dr. Swift has
served as a clinical assistant professor
PharmD, of Pharmacy for Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy and Science since 1985, and is a
MBA clinical professor at the Jefferson School of
Pharmacy.
Brian G. Swift, PharmD, MBA, is currently the
Dr. Swift served on the 2015 Task Force and
vice president and chief pharmacy officer
Advisory Committee on Opioid Prescription
at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Drug Proliferation in Harrisburg and is the
and a clinical professor and associate dean
current co-chair of the Jefferson Opioid
for professional affairs at the Jefferson
Task Force. Dr. Swift also serves on the Saint
School of Pharmacy. In this capacity, Dr. Swift
Joseph’s University Bioethics Institute advisory
has responsibility for acute care Pharmacy
board and the Lehigh University Healthcare
operations servicing approximately 14
Systems Engineering program advisory
Hospitals, 2,300 patient beds, five outpatient
board. He has published numerous articles
retail pharmacy operations, a health system–
in professional and scientific journals and
based Home Infusion program, and a Specialty
presented at international, national, state, and
Pharmacy program.
local meetings. He and his wife, Colleen, live
in Havertown, PA, with their family Kara, Eric,
Dr. Swift served as the first chair of the
Anna, and Danny.
American Society of Health System
Pharmacists (ASHP) Section of Home Care
Practitioners and was instrumental in the
success of the launch of the Section. He
has also represented ASHP on the Joint
Commission of Health Care Organizations
(JCAHO) Home Care Professional and
Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) and
was chair of the group for a number of years.
Dr. Swift had previously been a home care
surveyor for the JCAHO, and he served on
the Health Care Finance Administration Task
Force to establish Peer Review Organization
Criteria for Catastrophic Healthcare Coverage.
He has served as the vice chair of the
Standards Committee for The National Home
Infusion Association (NHIA) and as the ASHP
representative to the Joint Commission’s
Home Care PTAC.
Dr. Swift received his Bachelor of Science
in pharmacy and his Doctor of Pharmacy
from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and
Science. He completed a clinical residency
in ambulatory care at Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy and Science and The Veteran’s
7Symposium Speakers
Committee member of the board of directors
Sara Adams of the Newtown Memorial Fund. She is active
with the Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk
As senior director of and is a member of the Ad Council’s Advisory
Communications and Committee on Public Issues.
Marketing for CECP: The
CEO Force for Good, Ms.
Adams provides counsel to
leading global corporations David Barash,
on their social strategies—how they effectively
engage with stakeholders such as community, MD
employees, and customers. Engaging top-tier
media and like-minded partners, she strives David Barash, MD is the
to change the dialogue on business and chief medical officer for the
communicate the vital role of corporations in GE Foundation, leading their
solving societal challenges. Through her role, investment strategy to impact the opioid and
Ms. Adams builds awareness of CECP’s thought addiction crisis in Boston and Massachusetts.
leadership by putting CECP’s companies, He is also responsible for the GE Foundation’s
spokespeople, data, research, and networks commitment to improve surgical access to
front and center. underserved populations globally. Dr. Barash is
founder and past co-chair of the Private Sector
Prior to CECP, Ms. Adams was vice president Roundtable, a collaboration of multinational
at Widmeyer Communications, spending companies supporting the work of the Global
time in both their Washington, DC, and Health Security Agenda.
New York offices. For more than 10 years,
she provided communications counsel on Prior to joining the GE Foundation, Dr. Barash
a wide variety of domestic policy issues to was chief medical officer of Life Care Solutions
the nation’s leading foundations, nonprofits, at GE Healthcare. He was also founder and
and corporations, as well as federal agencies. president of Concord Healthcare Strategies,
She brought to Widmeyer a background in where he provided strategic and operational
federal policy through her work at the U.S. expertise to medical technology investors
Department of Education and the Education and development stage medical technology
and Workforce Committee in the U.S. House companies.
of Representatives. Working in politics on
both sides of the Atlantic, Ms. Adams logged Dr. Barash is a practicing emergency physician
experience with the Clinton-Gore Campaign and received his Bachelor’s and medical
in Florida and New Hampshire, and the Greater degrees from Cornell University. He is the
London Labor Party in England. author of several clinical publications and
patented innovations.
Ms. Adams has an MA in public administration
from The George Washington University and
a BA in political science from the University of
New Hampshire, and was a founding Executive
8Jean Bennett, Gina Clark
PhD Gina Clark is executive
vice president and chief
Jean Bennett, PhD, is the communications and
regional administrator for the administration officer for
Substance Abuse and Mental AmerisourceBergen, where
Health Services Administration, responsible for she oversees strategic communications,
federal Region III, which includes Pennsylvania, marketing, government affairs, human
Delaware, DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West resources and corporate citizenship. With more
Virginia. Dr. Bennett chairs the HHS Region than 25 years of experience in the healthcare
III Opioid Task Force and collaboratives, industry, Ms. Clark’s dynamic and insightful
including the Philadelphia Medical Schools, leadership supports one of the world’s largest
MAT Expansion, Naloxone Coordination, global pharmaceutical services companies.
Suicide Prevention, Harm Reduction, Peers, Her expertise also includes thought leadership,
and Virginia and West Virginia Medical public relations, managed care contracting,
Schools. Dr. Bennett was also a member of and strategic development.
the Mayor’s Task Force to Combat the Opioid
Epidemic in Philadelphia. In addition to her In May 2016, Ms. Clark was named the
other federal roles with HHS in DC and Dallas president of the AmerisourceBergen
and for the Department of Veterans Affairs Foundation, the company’s independent not-
in San Francisco, Dr. Bennett served in the for-profit charitable giving organization that
Navy, where she retired at the rank of captain supports health-related causes that enrich the
after serving in clinical roles and medical global community. As president, Ms. Clark has
recruiting leadership roles. Dr. Bennett has an guided the nonprofit’s efforts to help combat
undergraduate degree in nursing, a master’s in opioid abuse and provide communities with
nursing, master’s in management, and a PhD in the critical resources needed to drive sustained
organization and management. change. In recent months, the Foundation
announced a number of new partnerships and
grants, as well as the launch of two programs:
a Municipal Support Program and Opioid
Resource Grant Program.
Ms. Clark earned a bachelor’s degree from
Georgia Southwestern University. Her board
affiliations, memberships and honors include:
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
(current)
• CMO Forum Advisory Board (current)
• PA Women’s Forum Member (current)
• IFPW Foundation’s Trustee Advisory
Committee (current)
• Business of Personalized Medicine
Summit Advisory Board (current)
• National Leukemia Society (former)
• National Heart Association (former)
• Named a 2015 Woman of Distinction by
the Philadelphia Business Journal
• Member of the Union League of
Philadelphia
9Lisa Thomas
Dalesandro Farley, MD,
DiChristofer MPH
Lisa Dalesandro Thomas Farley,
DiChristofer is national vice president for SAP’s MD, MPH, has been
Regulated Industries – Industry & Value and commissioner of health for Philadelphia
Advisory practice. She is responsible for driving since 2016, where he is working to reduce
thought leadership and digital transformation tobacco and alcohol outlets in low-income
across the federal defense, civilian, aerospace, neighborhoods, improve child health, and
state and local government, higher education, address the opioid crisis. From 2009 to 2014,
healthcare, and utilities industries. Dr. Farley was commissioner of the New
York City Department of Health and Mental
She is a highly effective leader with over 23 Hygiene. There, he advocated for innovative
years of business process and enterprise public health policies, including prohibiting
transformation experience excelling in price discounting of cigarettes, raising the
building and leading high performing teams. legal sales age of tobacco to 21, and restricting
She has a proven record of successfully the burning of air-polluting dirty fuels to heat
helping clients solve their unique business buildings. Earlier, Dr. Farley was chair of the
problems by developing and implementing Department of Community Health Sciences
best practices to build high-performing, high- at Tulane University. He is co-author of more
growth organizations. Since joining SAP in than 100 scientific publications on topics such
1996, Ms. DiChristofer has been instrumental as HIV, Legionaires’ disease, gun violence,
in all aspects of the field sales-and-operations infant mortality, and obesity. He also is co-
organizations across multiple public sector author of Prescription for a Healthy Nation
and commercial industries. She is a seasoned (Beacon Press) with RAND Senior Scientist
professional and a positive, motivated, Deborah Cohen, and author of Saving Gotham:
empathetic leader who is highly dedicated to A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the
her clients success. Fight for Eight Million Lives (W.W. Norton).
Ms. DiChristofer possesses a purpose-driven
agenda focused on improving peoples’ lives
and advancing society through technology.
She has strong execution skills to drive rapid
business growth, helping clients deliver on
expectations today while preparing for the
future.
Focus areas:
• Women in technology – STEM outreach
• Business process transformation and
value creation
• Postmerger technology and operational
consolidation
• Design thinking and digital
transformation
10Adam Fussaro of Medicine and the Drexel University School
of Public Health.
Adam Fussaro is the program
supervisor of the Center Rachel Haroz,
of Excellence (COE) at
Public Health Management MD, FAACT
Corporation (PHMC), a
targeted intervention that engages individuals Rachel Haroz, MD, FAACT
who have opioid use disorder and facilitates is assistant professor in the
linkage to the appropriate treatment levels Department of Emergency
of care. PHMC COE is imbedded in PHMC’s Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan
Federally Qualified Health Centers as part of University. She is board-certified in emergency
an integrated primary healthcare model. Mr. medicine, medical toxicology, and addiction
Fussaro oversees the facilitation of medication- medicine. She helps staff the Outreach Clinic
assisted therapy (MAT) at the Care Clinic at at the Urban Health Institute at Cooper
1200 Callowhill Street in coordination with University Hospital, an addiction-medicine
the COE. Prior to spearheading the COE, Mr. specialty clinic dedicated to treating patients
Fussaro’s 15-year career has focused on ending with substance use disorders, and the Early
chronic homelessness in Philadelphia, and he Intervention Program Clinic dedicated to the
has held leadership positions at Project Home care of patients with HIV and substance use
and Pathways to Housing. Mr. Fussaro holds a disorders. She helped create and implement
Masters in Social Work from Temple University an initiative to bridge patients to treatment
and is a licensed clinical social worker. with buprenorphine from the Emergency
Department. She is heavily involved in
education of residents, medical students,
Sam Gulino, MD and pharmacists and organizes education
forums focused on topics related to opioid
Sam Gulino, MD, has more than 20 years of dependency and treatment. She also works
experience as a forensic pathologist, and has closely with local government and emergency
been the chief medical examiner of the City provider organizations such as the EMS staff
and County of Philadelphia since 2008. and the Camden County Addiction Drug Task
Force.
He is a native of Chicago and a graduate of
Northwestern University, where he received
both his undergraduate and medical degrees. Kurt Haspert,
After training in anatomic pathology at the
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), he completed a MS, CRNP,
fellowship in forensic pathology at the Dade
County Medical Examiner’s Office in Miami, APN-BC
under the mentorship of Dr. Joseph Davis.
Prior to being recruited to Philadelphia to be Kurt Haspert is a graduate of
its chief medical examiner, he was the deputy Catonsville Community College in Maryland,
chief medical examiner for Hillsborough where he received his associate’s degree in
County in Tampa, Florida. nursing in 1996. In 2009, he graduated from
the University of Maryland School of Nursing
Dr. Gulino has a career long interest in the with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. In 2011,
evaluation of suspected fatal child abuse. His he graduated from the same institution with
other professional interests are epidemiology— a master’s in science and was awarded the
especially the epidemiology of child abuse and Master’s Program Special Award – Excellence
neglect—and cardiovascular pathology. He is in Primary Care Nursing.
on the faculty of the Drexel University College
11That same year, he began work at the
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Terry L.
Medical Center as the hospital’s first addiction
medicine nurse practitioner. In that role, he is Horton, MD,
responsible for the diagnosis and management
of all patients admitted to the medical center FACP, FASAM
who are thought to have substance use
disorders. Additionally, he has worked as Terry L. Horton, MD, FACP,
hospital liaison with Anne Arundel County FASAM, is a member
Health Department. He was instrumental of the teaching faculty of the Department
in implementing the Opiate SOS grant, the of Medicine, attending physician, chief of
Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution the Division of Addiction Medicine, and
grant, and the SAMHSA pilot project ROAR. associate physician lead of the Behavioral
Health Service Line at Christiana Care Health
Services in Wilmington, Delaware. In addition
Bruce to teaching medical students and residents
in inpatient and outpatient medicine, he has
Herdman, chaired the Alcohol Withdrawal Workgroup,
which developed and implemented alcohol
screening, treatment, and referral protocols
PhD, MBA into the institution’s electronic health record—
an effort recognized nationally by the Agency
Bruce Herdman, PhD, for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
MBA, is the chief of medical operations at the Innovation Exchange as a model effort. More
Philadelphia Department of Prisons (PDP), a recently, Dr. Horton helped develop and
role he has held since it was created in 2006; launch the Opioid Withdrawal Pathway, a
he is responsible for the delivery and quality groundbreaking effort to screen, identify and
of the medical, behavioral health, and dental treat opioid addicted patients who are admitted
services provided to more than 30,000 inmates into the hospital. He has similarly developed a
annually in prison and the community. new Substance Abuse Consultation Liaison role
assisting with the care of hospitalized patients.
Dr. Herdman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Pennsylvania State University (1969), Dr. Horton is also the founder and medical
served as an officer in the United States Coast director of Project Engage, a nationally
Guard (1969–1973) and earned an MBA in recognized and award-winning program using
health care Administration (1975), a Masters in peer counselors integrated into health systems
management (1980), and a PhD in economics to help identify and transition substance use
(1981) from the Wharton School of Business at disordered patients into ongoing drug and
the University of Pennsylvania. alcohol treatment.
Dr. Herdman’s career in healthcare Dr. Horton currently chairs Delaware’s new
administration in Philadelphia includes Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission
service as executive director of the Mayor’s and has served on a number of similar efforts
Commission on Health, senior vice president both in New York and Delaware. His interests
for Psychiatric Services at Pennsylvania include improving the care of hospitalized
Hospital, vice president for Risk Arrangements substance disordered patients as well as
and Ancillary Services at Independence Blue understanding their impact on health systems,
Cross, and senior vice president of Provider innovating and researching methods to better
Network Management at Keystone Mercy integrate addiction medicine into inpatient
Health Plan. Dr. Herdman has served on the and outpatient systems of care, and physician
boards of federally qualified health centers, and student training. Dr. Horton has published
healthcare foundations, and hospitals. broadly and is a frequent speaker regionally
12and nationally on these topics. chair for the American Association for the
Previously, Dr. Horton worked as the medical Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD).
director and vice president of Phoenix House On April 15, 2016, Mr. Lamb was appointed
Foundation in New York developing innovative deputy commissioner for the Department of
models of on-site primary care and the use Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability
of buprenorphine within substance abuse Services (DBHIDS). He currently serves
treatment settings. He was a member of as an adjunct faculty to the University of
the Clinical Trials Network of the National the Sciences of Philadelphia and Villanova
Institute on Drug Abuse from 2000 to 2015, University.
participating in a number of national research
efforts.
Sharon
Roland Larson, PhD
Lamb, MA Sharon Larson, PhD,
Roland Lamb, MA has is a professor and the
been working in the field executive director of the
of alcohol and substance Main Line Health Center for Population Health
abuse/dependence treatment for more than Research at the Lankenau Institute for Medical
44 years as counselor, therapist, supervisor, Research, Wynnewood, PA. Her research focus
coordinator of addictive services, program encompasses behavioral health, epidemiology,
director, trainer, lecturer, consultant, and policy, access to care, care delivery models,
administrator. Because of the extent and conditions that co-occur with depression, and
nature of the various positions held within the survey design. At Main Line Health she works
behavioral health system, i.e., managed care, with clinical partners to conduct research
services to the uninsured, and coordinating aimed at improving the healthcare delivery
the Single County Authority, he currently system and patients’ outcomes.
provides cross-system management over Before joining Main Line Health, Dr. Larson
several different work cultures. Over the last held positions of increasing responsibility at
10 years, Mr. Lamb has been very involved Geisinger Health System, including chair of
in the development and implementation of the Department of Epidemiology and Health
Integrated Behavioral Health models, and for Services Research. Prior to that she served as
the last five years has played a significant role the associate director of science and division
under the leadership of Arthur C. Evans PhD director for Evaluation, Analysis and Quality
in Philadelphia’s Transformation to a Recovery at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Oriented System of Care. Services Administration of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services. Her doctorate
Mr. Lamb was honored in 2010 by the in sociology was awarded from the University
American Association for the Treatment of of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Opioid Dependence (AATOD), receiving
the Nyswander/Dole award. In 2011 he was
honored by Faces And Voices Of Recovery
(FAVOR) with the Vernon Johnson Award,
and in 2012 he received the Lucien Blackwell
Award. Mr. Lamb was the keynote speaker for
the Alcohol Recovery Conference in Sheffield
England. In 2013 he served as the conference
13Rachel Levine, Barry K.
MD Logan, PhD,
Rachel Levine, MD, is F-ABFT
currently the secretary
of health for the Barry K. Logan, PhD, is a
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Professor Fellow of the American
of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Penn State Board of Forensic Toxicologists and has
College of Medicine. more than 100 publications in toxicology and
analytical chemistry, including work on the
Her previous posts include vice chair for effects of drugs and driving impairment, and
clinical affairs for the Department of Pediatrics cause and manner of death for a wide range of
and chief of the Division of Adolescent drugs and toxins. His recent work has focused
Medicine and Eating Disorders at the Penn on the analytical and interpretive toxicology of
State Hershey Children’s Hospital-Milton S. emerging recreational and designer drugs.
Hershey Medical Center.
His other appointments include executive
She graduated from Harvard College in 1979 director of the Robert F. Borkenstein course
and the Tulane University School of Medicine in at Indiana University and holds academic
1983. She completed her training in pediatrics appointments at Indiana University, Arcadia
at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New University, Thomas Jefferson University, and
York City in 1987 and then did a fellowship in Temple University, and he oversees a variety of
adolescent medicine at Mount Sinai from 1987 research initiatives with academic institutions
to 1988. and medical examiners’ offices.
In recognition of his work and contributions,
Dr. Logan has received numerous national and
international awards, including the AAFS Rola
Harger Award, the ICADTS Widmark Award,
and the National Safety Council’s Robert F.
Borkenstein Award, and in 2013–14 he served
as president of the American Academy of
Forensic Sciences.
14Rev. Dr. Lorina Doctorate of Humanities from Albright College.
She is pursuing her Master of Divinity Degree
Marshall- from Palmer Theological Seminary.
Blake, MGA, Silvana Mazzella
FAAN Silvana Mazzella is associate executive director
of Prevention Point Philadelphia, which seeks
Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, MGA, FAAN, to promote health, empowerment, and safety
serves as the president of the Independence for communities affected by drug use and
Blue Cross Foundation, where she leads the poverty.
Foundation’s strategic, programmatic, and
operational efforts to fulfill its mission of
leading sustainable solutions to improving the
health and wellness of our neighborhoods
Jamie Mells,
that can be replicated on a national scale. This
includes overseeing grantmaking work for the
PhD
$65 million Foundation. Jamie Mells, PhD, is a
lieutenant in the U.S.
Outside of work, Rev. Dr. Marshall-Blake is Public Health Service
devoted to her church and community. She Commissioned Corps. He is serving as the
serves as an associate minister at the Vine lead project officer for the Centers of Disease
Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia. In Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Opioid
addition, she is affiliated with more than 30 Prevention in States (OPIS) cooperative
professional and civic organizations, including agreements. Lt. Mells is a member of the state
the Anti-Defamation League and the United support team providing technical assistance
Negro College Fund, and is the past president and guidance in support of CDC’s opioid
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. prevention work. He also serves as a public
health advisor in the Division of Analysis,
She also serves on 25 nonprofit boards and Research and Practice Integration at CDC’s
committees of local, state, and national National Center for Injury Prevention and
organizations, including Albright College, Blue Control. He has a diverse background in
Cross Blue Shield Association – Corporate nutritional biochemistry and liver biology,
Responsibility Committee, Pennsylvania having completed a PhD in nutrition and
Conference for Women, the Urban Affairs biomedical sciences at Emory University in
Coalition, and the Urban League of 2011.
Philadelphia.
In 2016, Rev. Dr. Marshall-Blake was inducted
into the American Academy of Nursing as an
honorary fellow and received an appointment
to the National Advisory Council on Nursing
Education and Practice in the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
She graduated from Antioch College with
a BA in human services and holds an MA in
government administration from the University
of Pennsylvania. She also received an Honorary
15Edmund Loren K.
Pribitkin, MD, Robinson, MD,
MBA MSHP, FAAP
Edmund Pribitkin, MD, Loren K. Robinson, MD,
MBA, serves as SVP and chief medical officer MSHP, FAAP, is the deputy secretary for Health
for Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Promotion and Disease Prevention for the
(TJUH) and president of Jefferson University Commonwealth of PA. In this capacity, she
Physicians (JUP) and Jefferson Community is responsible for overseeing the Bureaus of
Physicians in Center City. Family Health, Communicable Disease, Health
Promotion Risk Reduction, and Women Infant
Dr. Pribitkin aligns and promotes strategies for and Children’s Supplemental Nutrition Program
the success of TJUH, JUP, and our growing (WIC), and the Office of Health Equity. Her
Community Physician network in Center City. focus is on preventive health and wellness
As an innovator and collaborative team builder, programming, geared toward improving the
Dr. Pribitkin works closely with clinicians to well-being of all Pennsylvanians of all ages.
enrich programs at Jefferson that provide Dr. Robinson completed her Masters in health
state-of-the art diagnosis and treatment, policy through the Robert Wood Johnson
while creating important opportunities Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at
for clinical and translational research. He the University of Pennsylvania, her internal
engages affiliated physician groups in efforts medicine and pediatrics residency program
targeted for improvement to ensure success at UNC Chapel Hill in North Carolina, and her
in the evolving healthcare market and assists medical degree from Duke University. Prior
senior management and chairs in designing to her career in health, she graduated from
and developing comprehensive physician Spelman College, where she has recently
recruitment and retention strategies. Dr. become the youngest member of Spelman’s
Pribitkin also directs the enterprise Value Board of Trustees. Originally from Buffalo, NY,
Analysis process. and residing now in Philadelphia, Dr. Robinson
enjoys mentoring and running to stay healthy
A recipient of the Jefferson Career in the City of Brotherly Love.
Achievement in Medicine Award and
the Dean’s Outstanding Clinician Award,
Dr. Pribitkin is regularly listed as one of Carol
Philadelphia’s Top Docs by Philadelphia
magazine and one of America’s Top Docs by Rostucher
Castle & Connolly. Dr. Pribitkin is a professor
at Thomas Jefferson University, where he co- “I can proudly say that I am
founded the Jefferson Thyroid and Parathyroid the mother of two amazing
Center, the first multidisciplinary center of its sons. My youngest is Dylan,
kind in the region. He received his medical a freshman at Temple. My oldest son, Drew,
degree from the Perelman School of Medicine is a talented artist with an amazing heart. He
at the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA suffers with the disease of addiction; he is 28
from The Wharton School. years old and is currently in recovery.
“Drew is the reason I started Angels in Motion.
The concept of AIM was formed when I
started to reach out to people struggling with
16substance use disorder. There are over 10,000 Her work around homelessness and mental
members. Since AIM started I have become illness been published, and she offers
a certified recovery specialist. AIM distributes consulting services relating to nonprofit
over 1,000 blessing bags monthly consisting development, personal productivity, and
of nonperishable snacks—this is how we organizational management.
build trust and relationships with those on
the streets. We assist and transport more than
100 people monthly to get into treatment,
get to doctor’s appointments, obtain IDs, Robert
get insurance reinstated, and provide CRS
services.” Sterling, PhD
Robert Sterling, PhD, is
Christine a professor and director
of the Department of
Simiriglia Psychiatry’s Division of Substance Abuse
Programs at Thomas Jefferson University,
Christine Simiriglia a position he has held since 2011. After
established Pathways to completing doctoral studies in psychology in
Housing PA in Philadelphia 1986, Dr. Sterling began his academic career in
in 2008. Pathways serves approximately 400 the Department of Community Medicine at the
chronically homeless people with multiple Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Coming to
disabilities in permanent, scattered-site Jefferson in fall 1989, he oversaw the Division
housing. The program has remarkable results of Substance Abuse Program’s innovative
with a population that doesn’t usually see a lot intensive treatment program, designed to
of successes. address the needs of cocaine dependent
individuals.
Under her leadership, Pathways to Housing
PA has grown exponentially, launching the The recipient of numerous awards for
Philadelphia Furniture Bank (PFB) in 2014, mentoring, research, and clinical service,
providing free furnishings to individuals and Dr. Sterling has been the principal or co-
families moving out of homelessness. In investigator of multiple NIH- and city-funded
2016, Pathways became the first Housing research projects. In addition to publishing
First program to use a scattered-site/harm- more than 70 peer-reviewed articles on
reduction model to work with chronically addiction treatment, Dr. Sterling has served on
homeless people addicted to opioids, and the editorial board of the American Journal
in 2017, developed a Housing First Training of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, and reviewed
Program for agencies and communities articles for journals such as Drug and Alcohol
looking to use the model. Dependence, the Journal of Substance Abuse
Treatment, and the Journal of Consulting and
Holding several positions at the Mental Health Clinical Psychology.
Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania,
Ms. Simiriglia left as vice president in 2008.
She worked as assistant director for the
Center City Proprietors’ Association, ran the
Outreach Coordination Center at Project
HOME, was assistant director at the Office
of Services to the Homeless and Adults, and
served as assistant director for the Philadelphia
Committee for the Homeless.
17Joseph P. State University and a Master’s degree in
public safety from St. Joseph’s University. He
Sullivan teaches as an adjunct professor at several
area colleges. He is also a graduate of the FBI
National Academy. He has completed several
Deputy Commissioner in-depth training seminars, including the Anti-
Joseph P. Sullivan oversees Defamation League’s (ADL) study of counter
Patrol Operations for the terrorism techniques with Israeli Military, Police
Philadelphia Police Department. As a 35-year and Civil Defense Authorities in Israel, and the
veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, FBI-sponsored Leadership in Counterterrorism
his experience in the department is vast. (LINCT) project, where senior-level state and
local counter terrorism officials collaborate
He began his career in 1982 serving as an with the FBI and international counterparts
officer in the 39th district. Since then he has to create or enhance methods used in the
held virtually every rank in the department. detection, prevention, and disruption of
Deputy Sullivan has supervised in several terrorism.
districts and the elite Special Weapons and
Tactics (S.W.A.T) Unit. He has also commanded Deputy Sullivan’s service to the community
two districts, the Narcotics Bureau and the continues in his off-duty hours as president
Training and Education Bureau. and board member of the Irish Pub Children’s
Foundation. This 501(c)(3) nonprofit has
Prior to his appointment to deputy raised $42 million for children in need and the
commissioner, Sullivan was a chief inspector families of fallen first responders in the greater
and commander of the Department’s Philadelphia and South Jersey region.
Homeland Security Bureau, Counter-Terrorism,
and Special Operations. His responsibilities
ranged from bomb disposal and dignitary
protection to Highway Patrol and the Joint
Lara Carson
Terrorism Task Force. For several years
he served as the Department’s incident
Weinstein,
commander at all major protests, where he
established nationally heralded procedures
MD, MPH
on handling demonstrations and marches in Lara Carson Weinstein, MD,
Philadelphia. MPH, is a board-certified family practitioner
and public health researcher. Her clinical and
Deputy Sullivan’s father was a civilian employee research interests are focused on realizing
of the Police Department. Becoming deputy health equity for people with experiences
commissioner is the realization of a lifelong of psychiatric disabilities, substance use
dream. Despite his tactical background, he disorders, and complex chronic disease. She
remains committed to fostering relationships is an associate professor in the Department
that enable the Department to work of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney
cooperatively in partnerships with the diverse Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson
communities of Philadelphia while utilizing University. She is the director of Integrated
data and technology to drive down crime. He Care at Pathways to Housing, PA, and a
is also committed to ensuring officers have the clinician at the Steven Klein Wellness Center of
training, support, and tools needed to support Project HOME.
the mission.
She completed a fellowship in primary care
Deputy Sullivan holds a Bachelor’s degree research in the Department of Family and
in the administration of justice from Penn
18Community Medicine at Jefferson and a Master
in Public Health in the Bloomberg School of
Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She
is presently concluding her doctoral degree
in the Department of Community Health and
Prevention at the Dornsife School of Public
Health at Drexel University.
As a clinician and researcher, Dr. Weinstein has
implemented programs of system innovation in
integrated medical and behavioral healthcare
and community-based participatory research
in partnership with people with serious mental
illness and substance use disorder with funding
from organizations such as the American
Cancer Society, the National Institute of
Mental Health, and the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Service Administration. She
is currently the project director of a Primary
and Behavioral Healthcare Integration grant
funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Service Administration to coordinate
and integrate primary care services into
publicly funded, community-based behavioral
health settings, as well as the project director
of a newly funded Center of Excellence for
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, with support
from the Pennsylvania Department of Human
Services. Her work is done in collaboration
with two nationally recognized community
organizations in Philadelphia, Pathways to
Housing PA and Project HOME, that provide
permanent supported housing for people
with experiences of homelessness and serious
mental illness.
Eugene
Viscusi, MD
Eugene Viscusi, MD, is a
professor of Anesthesiology
at Thomas Jefferson
University and director of Acute Pain
Management at Jefferson Health.
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Community Resource
Partners
Case Management and Treatment Providers
Advocacy Services Crozer Keystone Health System-
Center of Excellence
Allied Against Opioid Abuse www.crozerkeystone.org
www.againstopioidabuse.org
Thomas Jefferson University,
Angels in Motion (AIM) NARP Center of Excellence
www.aimangelsinmotion.org www.jefferson.edu/university/jmc/
departments/psychiatry.html
Community Legal Services
www.clsphila.org Penn Foundation
www.pennfoundation.org
Maternity Care Coalition
www.maternitycarecoalition.org Penn Presbyterian
Penn Mothers MATTER
www.med.upenn.edu/recovery
Philadelphia FIGHT
www.fight.org
Foundations and
PHMC Health Network
Government Support www.phmchealthnetwork.org/
Philadelphia Department of Public Health RHD-MCRC-COE
www.phila.gov/health www.rhd.org/opioid-services/
The Amerisource Bergen Foundation Temple-Wedge Opioid Program
www.amerisourcebergen.com/abcnew/ www.wedgepc.com/
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