Speaker: Leonard Ditmanson, MD
Title: "The Opioid Epidemic in America; Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment"
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Lenn Ditmanson is a practicing internist in Tucson. He is the Medical Director of the 5th St. clinic and MAT Medical Director at ConnectionsAZ. He has been involved with opiate addiction treatment for 15 years.
"This presentation will review the history of Opiate use in medical practice leading to our current Opiate misuse epidemic, the physiology of Opiate compounds on the endorphin system and approaches to diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependency syndrome."
Room 6120
UA College of Medicine – Tucson
1501 N. Campbell Ave
This University of Arizona event is sponsored by the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UA College of Medicine - Tucson. Held on the first Tuesday of the month, it is open to community physicians and other interested health-care professionals.
For more information, please contact Andrew Pritchard or Myrna Seiter, (520) 626-6887.
