Agenda
Speakers57 Speakers
Ahmed Bayoumi
General Internal Medicine
St. Michael’s Hospital
Alyssa Gremmen
Peer Integration and Systems Lead
Support House’s Centre for Innovation in Peer Su
Amy Yang
Occupational Terapist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Anita Kang
PGY 5 Psychiatry resident, Completing a focused ye
University of Toronto
Basant Dhillon
Health Sciences Student
McMaster University
Cathy Maser
Nurse Practitioner
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Charlotte Munro
Child and Youth Worker
Chetan Mehta
RAAM Physician
Anishnawbe Health Toronto
David Frank
Research Scientist (Medical Sociologist), PhD
New York University, Urban Survivors’ Union
Ethan Hopkins
Peer Systems Navigator
Support House’s Centre for Innovation in Peer Su
Gillian Kolla
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, Uni
Hayley Thompson
Project Manager, Toronto’s Drug Checking Service
Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, St. Michael’s
Hedieh Ghanbari
Hospital Medicine Director
Division of Hospital Medicine, Sinai Health System
Hemant Shah
Staff Hepatologist
University Health Network
Himmat Dhillon
Medical Student
Midwestern University Medicine
Jennifer Wyman
Medical Educator
META:PHI
Jessica Empringham
Paediatric Resident – Year 3
The Hospital for Sick Children (Sickkids)
Josée Lynch
Addiction Psychiatrist
University Health Network (UHN) and University of
Julie Samson
Assistant Professor
NOSM (Northern Ontario School of Medicine)
Karen Leslie
Staff Paediatrician
SickKids Hospital
Kate Hayman
Assistant Professor, Emergency Physician
Dept of Medicine, University of Toronto, UHN
Katie Dunham
Nurse Educator
META:PHI
Laura Jones
Withdrawal Management Nurse Practitioner
St Leonard’s Community Services
Leah Steele
Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine
University of Toronto
Louisa Marion-Bellemare
Assistant Professor
Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
Louise Lemieux White
Co-Founder Families for Addiction Recovery
Mark Weiss
Medical Director
Bellwood Health Services
Meldon Kahan
Medical Director
META:PHI
Michelle Firestone
Research Scientist
MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Healt
Narges Beyraghi
Staff Psychiatrist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Omar Ha-Redeye
Lawyer
Fleet Street Law
Omar Ghaffar
Physician Lead, Mental Health
Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, Sinai Health
Oona St-Amant
Associate Professor
Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropo
Pat Fifield
Overdose Prevention Support Worker (OPSW)
Parkdale-Queen West Community Health Centre (Parkd
Richard Adair
Interim Manager, Peer Services
Support House’s Centre for Innovation in Peer Su
Samira Walji
Needle Exchange Supervisor
The Works, Toronto Public Health
Tali Cahill
Professional Practice Consultant
Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
Tanya Hauck
Addictions Psychiatrist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Tianna Costa
Clinical pharmacist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Vincent Lam
Medical Director
Coderix Medical Clinic
Wiplove Lamba
Physician Lead, Substance Use Service
Sinai Health Systems
Ann Marie Corrado
Acting Administrative Director, META:PHI
Women's College Hospital
Andrew McLeod
Community Consultant
Brynlea Barbeau
RAAM clinic - Addiction Medicine Physician
Sault Area Hospital
Harvey Manning
Director, Program and Services
Anishnawbe Health Toronto
Jared Bonis
Staff Nurse Practitioner
Health Sciences North Addictions Services
Jordan Feld
Hepatologist, Interim Director of the Toronto Cent
University Health Network (UHN)
Mary Zheng
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mental Health
Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, Sinai Health
Michael Roach
Regional Lead, Addictions Services, Mental Health
Health Sciences North
Subo Awan
Interim Manager
Anishnawbe Health Toronto
Suzanne Latreille
Peer Educator
City of Ottawa
Zoë Dodd
Community Scholar
MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Unity Healt
Lisa Schlosser
Peer Support Specialist
St. Michael's Hospital
Stephanie Rochon
RAAM Supervisor & Clinical Coordinator
Brant Haldimand Norfolk RAAM Clinic - Brant Commun
Samantha Young
Physician
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Alyssa Scichilone
Registered Social Worker, Outpatient Addictions an
Sudbury Mental Health and Addictions Centre
Raphaela Fagundes
Harm Reduction Coordinator
Parkdale Queen West Community Health CentrePosters7 Posters
Improving Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) patient engagement in psychiatric care through partnership with a Concurrent Disorders Clinic at Unit
Leveraging use of eReferral for access to RAAM
Treatment Outcomes in Major Depressive Disorder in Patients with Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder: A STAR*D Analysis
Beyond the first step: Shifting culture while implementing inpatient harm reduction initiatives as a large urban acute care hospital
Peer Power: The voice that deserves to be heard
Assessing the impact of the SROM drug shortage in Ontario
Opioid agonist treatment retention among people initiating methadone and buprenorphine across demographic and geographic subgroups in Ontario
Exhibitors5 Exhibitors
CCSMH Cannabis and Older Adults Project
Centre for Innovation in Peer Support @ Support House
Opioids Clinical Primer | Free Online Accredited CPD
CATIE
Families for Addiction Recovery (FAR)
Help Desk1 Help Desk
AV-CANADA Help Desk