Unusual Clues: Hidden Presentations of Substance Use Disorders Across Clinical Disciplines

Friday, April 24, 2026

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM PT

Location: Harbor G-I, Level 2

Presenter(s)

Omar Hassan, MD

Resident Physician
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cailean Dakota MacColl, BA, BS

Medical Student
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Slides Handouts
Ese B. Aghenta, MD, MPH, FASAM

Physician
North Memorial Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Seleipiri Iboroma Akobo, MD,MBA,MPH,FASAM

Physician
Maine Medical Center
Scaborough, Maine

Non-presenting author(s)

Charles P. Reznikoff, MD, FASAM, FACP

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine
Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Jacob K. Smith, MD

Resident Physician
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
AJ

Audrey A. Jacobsen, MD, MPH

Chair of Dermatology
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hidden clues reveal big insights. This fast-paced interactive session uses clinical vignettes and images to challenge clinicians to identify overlooked signs of substance use, including the uncertainties inherent to assessing adolescent substance use, dermatologic manifestations of SUDs in people of color, and consequential nutritional deficits occurring in alcohol use disorder. Participants will gain practical, cross-disciplinary skills to recognize and diagnose subtle signs of addiction in patients and to integrate culturally informed, equitable care into their practice.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Apply an adolescent-specific framework to assess and manage substance use disorders in adolescents and young adults, with a focus on immigrant stress and acculturation
Recognize and manage dermatologic manifestations of substance use disorders across a variety of skin tones
Identify and correct nutritional deficits in people with substance use disorders by interpreting the signs and symptoms of those deficits

Disclosure(s):

Omar Hassan, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Cailean Dakota MacColl, BA, BS: No financial relationships to disclose

Ese B. Aghenta, MD, MPH, FASAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Seleipiri Iboroma Akobo, MD,MBA,MPH,FASAM: No financial relationships to disclose

Charles P. Reznikoff, MD, FASAM, FACP: No financial relationships to disclose

Jacob K. Smith, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Audrey A. Jacobsen, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose