Revolutionizing Methadone Initiation: A Virtual Approach to Accessible Care

Saturday, April 26, 2025

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

Presenter(s)

J Stryder ZoBell, BMsc, MD, MBA, CCFP, ISAM

Addiction Physician
VODP, Recovery Alberta
Ponoka, Alberta
Lindsey Davis, MPH

Addiction Counselor
VODP, Recovery Alberta
Beaumont, Alberta

Non-presenting author(s)

IG

Imran Ghauri, MD CCFP AM (c)ISAM (c)CSAM

Addiction Physician
VODP, Recovery Alberta
Chorley, England
ND

Nathaniel Day, MD CCFP ABAM FASAM CHE

Medical Director, Addiction, Provincial Addiction & Mental Health
Alberta Health Services, Recovery Alberta
Ponoka, Alberta

Through innovative leadership, and partnerships with community health professionals and policy makers, Methadone has become a treatment option no longer restricted by traditional barriers. Leveraging virtual technologies and front-line partnerships, patients suffering from opioid use disorder, can now access a continuum of Methadone treatment from initiation to stabilization, in order to support their journey in recovery.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Understand that patients can be initiated and stabilized on methadone via virtual technology both safely and successfully.
Compare and contrast the efficacy between traditional methadone dispensary clinics and barrier free methadone clinics.
Describe 1000 patient outcomes who were prescribed methadone and provided ongoing care within a virtual care model.

Disclosure(s):

J Stryder ZoBell, BMsc MD MBA CCFP ISAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Lindsey Davis, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Imran Ghauri, MD CCFP AM (c)ISAM (c)CSAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Nathaniel Day, MD CCFP ABAM FASAM CHE: No financial relationships to disclose