Upcoming Events
This page is focused on publicly-accessible events related to the CTN and/or hosted by NIDA, Nodes, CTN study teams, or CTN SIGs and committees. We also list some major national/international conferences of particular interest to the Network.
For more national/international conferences and events, visit NIDA’s Meetings & Events page and this list from the journal Addiction.
CTN Youth SIG Webinar: Falling Through the Cracks: The Struggle of Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder in the Face of Limited Treatment Options
September 20 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Presenter: Sivabalaji Kaliamurthy MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Howard University
Director, Addiction Program at Children’s National, Washington, DC
In this presentation, Dr. Kaliamurthy will examine a case involving an adolescent who sought treatment within a pediatric health care system for fentanyl use. The focus will be on the challenges identified in delivering care to adolescents with opioid use disorder. He will also highlight barriers to treatment that must be overcome to deliver the minimum necessary care to ensure engagement in medication treatment for opioid use disorder and reducing overdose risk.
Dr. Kaliamurthy, a physician specialized in pediatric addictions, is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine. He was pivotal in establishing the Addiction Clinic at Children’s National to treat children with psychiatric and substance use disorders. Dr. Kaliamurthy’s current research centers on evaluating the clinical outcomes associated with the use of medications for opioid use disorder in adolescents.