PC15 - Presentations by the World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence

Sunday, May 19, 2024

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST

Location: Celebrity 5

CE: 4.0

Chair(s)

Icro Maremmani, MD (he/him/his)

Professor of Addiction Medicine
VP Dole Research Group, G De Lisio Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Pisa, Italy
Pietrasanta, Toscana, Italy

Co-Chair(s)

Michael Rizzi

Chair, AATOD International Committee
Codac Behavioral Healthcare, Cranston, RI (Ret)
Cranston, Rhode Island

Pre-Conference Speaker(s)

Gregory C. Bunt, MD (he/him/his)

Past President
International Society of Addiction Medicine
Yonkers, New York

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Fabio Curcio, MD (he/him/his)

Internal Consultant
ASL Napoli 1 Centro - Dipartimento Dipendenze - U.O.C. Dipendenze Ovest
Naples, Campania, Italy

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Alice Deschenau, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

head of department
Paul Guiraud Hospital Group
Antony, Ile-de-France, France

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Alexander Kantchelov, MD

Director
The Kantchelov Clinic
Sofia, Sofiya, Bulgaria

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Andrej Kastelic, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

HEAD
CENTER FOR TRX DRUG ADDICTION
LJUBLJANA, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Sarah March, LMHC, CASAC (she/her/hers)

Program Director
Samaritan Daytop Village
New York, New York

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Nusa Segrec, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

Psychiatrist
University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana, Centre for Treatment of Drug Addiction
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Tsvetana Stoykova, MA in Clinical Psychology (she/her/hers)

Therapeutic Director and Senior therapist
The Kantchelov Clinic Sofia
Sofiya, Sofiya, Bulgaria

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Peter Vossenberg, MD (he/him/his)

Specialist in Addiction Medicine, immediate past president of VVGN
Netherlands Society of Addiction Medicine (VVGN)
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands

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Anne Yee, MD PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate prof Dr
Monash University Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Pre-Conference Planner(s)

Marilena Guareschi, PhD

Executive Secretary
AU-CNS/EUROPAD
Pietrasanta (LU), Italy

Presentation Summary: The World Federation for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (WFTOD) was founded during the EUROPAD meeting of July 2007 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. All the member nations, which included the member countries of EUROPAD and all the member states within AATOD, agreed to a charter for the World Federation.

The World Federation has organized a symposium representing selected practitioners, researchers, and medical professionals to provide brief presentations on topics related to opioid use disorder trends, treatment, etc.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will:

Discuss how individuals with opioid use disorder are treated in different countries all over the world.
Explain the treatment of patients with opioid use disorder using depot formulations of agonist opioid medications.
Describe ‘addiction’ as a normal illness in different countries of the world.