Implementing Hospital and ED SUD Care: Translating ASAM Guidance into Action

Friday, April 24, 2026

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Location: Harbor G-I, Level 2

Presenter(s)

Sarah E. Wakeman, MD, FASAM

Medical Director, Substance Use Disorder
Mass General Brigham
Charlestown, Massachusetts

Slides
Honora Englander, MD

Professor; Founding Director, Improving Addiction Care Team
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, DFAPA, DFASAM

Professor and Chair
Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, California

Hospitals and emergency departments represent critical opportunities to address substance use disorders. This interactive workshop will share practical models, strategies, and tools from ASAM’s new implementation guide to support evidence-based care in hospital/ED settings. Participants will engage in case-based learning and small group discussions to identify solutions for overcoming barriers such as stigma, financing, and workforce limitations.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:

Learning Objective 1: Upon completion, participants will be able to describe ASAM’s core competencies for hospital and ED-based SUD care.
Learning Objective 2: Upon completion, participants will be able to analyze barriers and facilitators to implementing SUD care in acute settings.
Learning Objective 3: Upon completion, participants will be able to design an interprofessional implementation strategy for hospital-based SUD services.

Disclosure(s):

Sarah E. Wakeman, MD, FASAM: Springer textbook: Textbook editor (Ongoing); Wolters Kluwer: Textbook editor and author (Ongoing)

Honora Englander, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Itai Danovitch, MD, MBA, DFAPA, DFASAM: Bexson Biomedical: Stockholder/Ownership Interest (excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing); Workit Health: Stockholder/Ownership Interest (excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)