Keynote Speaker

Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, FAPA, DFASAM

Medical director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, FAPA, DFASAM is an addiction physician and the medical director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Brian currently serves as immediate past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He has served on a variety of committees and councils at ASAM including originating ASAM's Motivational Interviewing Course and co-authoring the ASAM and AAAP National Practice Guideline on the Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorder.

Presentation: Treating Stimulant Use Disorder

Managing stimulant use disorder requires a patient-centered, evidence-based approach. This education is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of available treatments and build clinical skills for managing stimulant use disorder. Participants will gain a comprehensive overview of SUD and learn how to effectively engage and care for patients affected by stimulant use. This session will specifically address stimulant use prevention and stimulant use disorder diagnosis and treatment, including behavioral interventions, emerging pharmacologic options, and overdose prevention strategies.

Research Speakers

• Michelle Anne Bholat, MD, MPH
  

  Michelle Anne Bholat, MD, MPH

  Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, UC Riverside School of Medicine

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Brandon Brown, PhD, MPH
  

  Brandon Brown, PhD, MPH

  Professor of the Department of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health at the UC Riverside School of Medicine

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Jesse Clark, MD

  Jesse Clark, MD

  Professor of Medicine & Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH
  

  Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH

  Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the University of California Riverside, School of Medicine

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Robert Rodriguez, MD
  

  Robert Rodriguez, MD

  Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Clinical Research at the UC Riverside School of Medicine

  Robert Rodriguez, MD is a professor of Medicine and associate dean of clinical and population health research at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine. After the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Medical School, he completed a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency at UCLA and a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Stanford.

  Rodriguez has published over 175 original research articles, leading national teams examining issues in public health, infectious diseases, trauma, resuscitation, and critical care. Recognizing the pivotal role that emergency departments play as the “safety net of the safety net," much of his research centers on emergency healthcare access for underserved populations. He has received multiple mentoring, humanitarian and scientific awards, including the Unidos US Xcellence in Leadership award, the American College of Emergency Physicians Outstanding Contributions to Research award, the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH Legacy Award, and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. award given annually to a UCSF faculty member who exemplifies the commitment to the service principles of the late civil rights leader.

  Rodriguez served as an advisor to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the only emergency physician on the Biden/Harris COVID-19 Transition Advisory team, and as a co-author of the book Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report.

• Steve Shoptaw, PhD
  

  Steve Shoptaw, PhD

  Professor & Vice Chair of Research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  Steven Shoptaw, PhD is professor emeritus and vice chair for research in the Department of Family Medicine at UCLA where he founded the Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine. He co-directs the Big South/West Node of NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network where he leads randomized controlled trials on new medications for stimulant use disorder.

  As protocol co-chair for HIV Prevention Trials Network 094, Shoptaw completed a five-city trial of outcomes when delivering peer navigation and integrated HIV and addiction services using mobile medical units compared to peer navigation to available resources alone for out-of-treatment people who inject drugs. These science platforms provide opportunities for Steve to mentor medical students, graduate students, medical fellows, postdoctoral scholars, junior and mid-career faculty interested in conducting clinical and community research in addiction and HIV.

  Shoptaw provides service to science including being prior editor-in-chief for drug and alcohol dependence, a leading journal for addiction science. Shoptaw works internationally in Vietnam, South Africa, Cameroon, and Australia on medication development trials and promotes testing and scaling up of addiction treatments in low- and middle-income countries.

• Roham T. Zamanian, MD, FCCP

  Roham T. Zamanian, MD, FCCP

  Professor & Director of the Department of Pulmonary Vascular Medicine, Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Service at the Stanford University School of Medicine

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Law Enforcement and Community Partners

• Zoe Grover - Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI)
  

  Zoe Grover

  Executive director of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI)

  Zoe Grover is the executive director of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative. Prior to serving in that role, she worked in the nonprofit public health sector for nearly a decade. She has a successful track record in policy advocacy, serving as a lead advocate for Massachusetts’ bipartisan comprehensive gun legislation of 2014, 2017 and 2018. She has extensive experience in organizing, public awareness and communications. She served as a principal organizer for the Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, a nationwide event which included over 350 events and 5000 performers in its first year. She was a founding board member of the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative and currently serves on the board of the States United to Prevent Gun Violence. She attended law school at Lewis And Clark Law School and received her bachelors from the University of Oregon. Most recently she received a graduate certificate in nonprofit management from Harvard.

  About the Presentation

  The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI) will provide an overview of deflection, a proactive model that empowers law enforcement and public to redirect individuals away from the justice system and toward community-based behavioral health services. This presentation will specifically address the growing complexities of the stimulant crisis, highlighting how non-arrest pathways can more effectively manage the unique behavioral and medical needs of those using substances like methamphetamine and cocaine. Audience members will leave with actionable steps for planning and implementing deflection programs and addressing the issues in their communities.

• Brittney Garrett - Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (PAARI)
  

  Brittney Garrett

  Senior Director of Public Safety Training & Engagement at the Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative (PAARI)

  Brittney Garrett, a nationally recognized subject matter expert in the field of police and public safety deflection/diversion, is the senior director of public safety training & engagement at the Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative (PAARI). Brittney has more than 14 years of law enforcement experience and six years of executive leadership experience. Prior to joining PAARI, Brittney served as the administrative commander/major for the Jeffersontown Police Department in Kentucky. Preceding this role, she worked the beginning of her career as a patrol officer and later as an administrative sergeant.

  In 2016, Brittney developed the first Angel Program in Kentucky at the Jeffersontown Police Department. This innovative program was modeled after the original Gloucester program to connect persons struggling with addiction to treatment resources in lieu of arrest. Since this program’s beginning, the model has spread across Kentucky to all state police posts and numerous police departments. The success of this program and the continued need to help those suffering from addiction and mental illness led to the expansion of victim services to a community resource unit, including an additional social services worker to provide broader services to the community.

  Brittney has presented at numerous national conferences and events, including the US Senate Opioid Roundtable, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) Conference on Responding to the Opioid Epidemic, the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, the PAARI Law Enforcement Summit, the Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit, Police Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC) Summit, the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) Conference, and the IACP DAID Conference.

  Brittney previously served as a member of the National Police Council for the Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (PAARI) and on the VAWA Implementation Plan Planning Committee for the state of Kentucky. She also contributed as a subject matter expert to the SAMHSA’s “Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Approaches for First Responders” guide in 2023. Additionally, Brittney has received a PAARI Leadership Award, the Jeffersontown Police Officer of the Year Award, and a Louisville KY Business First Forty Under 40 award.

  Brittney received her bachelor’s degree in justice administration from the University of Louisville and her master’s degree in organizational leadership from Colorado State University-Global Campus. She is a Prosci-Certified Change Practitioner and has received additional certificates from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) Academy of Police Supervision, the DOCJT Criminal Justice Executive Development Course, and 200-hour Power Yoga Teacher Training.