Jeffrey Samet, MD, MPH, served as the UAB Department of Medicine's Tinsley Harrison Visiting Professor on September 6-7, 2016. Dr. Samet is a world-renowned researcher and educator in the care and public health response to addiction and past president of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. 

The Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Founding Director of the Clinical Addictions Research and Education Unit at Boston University School of Medicine will presented two lectures on the topic of opiate addition.

The first session was a detailed explanation of the Massachusetts Model, describing the steps Boston University used to set up the Office-Based Opioid Treatment with Buprenorphine Program at their medical center. Over 40 medical professionals from various disciplines attended.

Download the slide deck as a PDF.

Dr. Samet also presented Medical Grand Rounds "Caring for Patients with Substance Use: An Addiction Medicine Creation Story" at noon on Wednesday. 

Watch the video of his presentation here.