Blueprints for an Inpatient Addiction Consult Service at Pediatric Institutions

Sunday, April 26, 2026

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

Location: Balboa, Level 2

Presenter(s)

Sukhmeet Sandhu, MD

Addiction Medicine Physician
Children's Hospital Colorado / University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, Colorado

Slides
Deepa R. Camenga, MD, MHS, FAAP

Associate Professor
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Margot Zarin-Pass, MD

Physician
Children's Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Abby Montague, MD

Medical Toxicologist and Addiction Medicine Physician
Children's Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Learn how pediatric institutions are developing inpatient addiction services from the ground up! This session offers a practical framework for developing pediatric hospital-based addiction services, with real-world lessons on implementation, culture change, and strategies to address developmental, legal, operational, and confidentiality complexities.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Describe the core components and framework for a hospital-based pediatric addiction consultative service
Identify key barriers and stakeholders when developing hospital-based pediatric addiction services and analyze strategies to address potential challenges
Examine current practices in current pediatric addiction consult services and explore opportunities for future development of hospital-based services

Disclosure(s):

Sukhmeet Sandhu, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Deepa R. Camenga, MD, MHS, FAAP: FORE Foundation: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)

Margot Zarin-Pass, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Abby Montague, MD: No financial relationships to disclose