AMERSA

"AMERSA has grown the organization in a way that has kept it truly multidisciplinary. That's a hard thing to do. It's hard to not prioritize a particular profession, but it has really not grown that way, but preserved its multidisciplinarity." - Matt Tierney, MS, NP, FAAN #AMERSA2024 Deborah Finnell Rebecca Northup

Congrats to Dr. Suen & team (& AMERSA Board Members!) for receiving the 2024 SAj Most Downloaded Paper Award: "#Methadone's Resurgence in Bridging the Treatment Gap in the #Overdose Crisis: Position Statement of AMERSA, Inc).Science into advocacy! https://lnkd.in/gYWu5eYs

"As an attendee, I saw how AMERSA is truly unique. I had special conversations with professionals from many fields and am better equipped to incorporate new values and concepts in my own research and clinical work". -Dr. Fernanda Gushken, GDWA Awardee #Amersa2024

We are so grateful for the amazing community that came together to make #AMERSA2024 a success! And thank you for those that took the time to tell us what makes the conference so special to you. "It is always like you hang out with your friends and that is the best part. Because we have breaks, we can debrief the sessions and contextualize them to our local cities. And it is nice because you have a world expert sitting right next to you and it is easy to approach them and ask questions." -Raagini Jawa

As an organization, AMERSA has made the decision to discontinue using X and migrate to Bluesky. Find us there @amersa.org. You will continue to find us here on LinkedIn as well.

I have never been to a conference where every session was interesting and relevant to my work. It has been a joy to meet and network with such a compassionate and driven group of addiction professionals. - Emily Pasman, PhD, LMSW

When I started working in substance use, I was told that I was wasting my career by going into the field. And now it's such a robust field, with new divisions of substance use medicine and nursing for example, even whole divisions of schools dedicated to this. -Sidney Schnoll, MD, PhD #AMERSA2024

Amazing conference with 802 friends and colleagues working to improve compassionate care for people with substance use disorder! It's a privilege to serve on this talented board. Thanks for having me back as emcee. Check out the conference growth graph! There are so many people this year we had to do two group photos! See you next year in Portland!! AMERSA, Deborah Finnell, Lucas G. Hill, PharmD, FCCP, Miriam Komaromy, Gina (Chin Hwa) Dahlem PhD, FNP-C, FAANP, Shannon Mountain-Ray, LICSW, Rebecca Northup, Adam Gordon, Megan Buresh, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Ximena Levander, Colorado Hospital Association, #MentalHealth #Health #Addiction #AddictionCare #QualityImprovement #PatientSafety

"AMERSA is my favorite week of the year. I don't care what discipline you're from, we all care about the same thing. We all come together around this common cause and it makes it easier to approach anyone because you already know we care about the same thing." -Rachel Winograd #AMERSA2024 #addictionspecialists

#AMERSA2024 day 2 is underway! We have such a great group of presenters and attendees this year. We are loving the energy!