AUA Quality Improvement Summit: Opioid Stewardship in Urology (2018)
The opioid epidemic in America is an urgent public health crisis. According to the CDC, nearly two million Americans have a prescription-related opioid use disorder, and 46 people die from a prescription opioid-related overdose every day. While many entities are looking at this problem holistically, no one is looking at how urologic care may be contributing to the problem and how urologists can be part of the solution.
While everyone is aware of the opioid problem, attention has not been given to urology's contribution to this problem. There are many treatment plans which currently utilize opioid prescriptions, but alternatives may be just as effective. The Summit will allow the sharing of such alternatives and their effectiveness. Additionally, there are discrepancies in on opioid dosage for urologic conditions. While each patient is different, conversations should begin to standardize appropriate dosages. Lastly, urologists should learn how to address patients' request for opioids when perhaps alternatives are more appropriate.
Target Audience
This course is designed for:
- Urologists
- Residents
- Advanced Practice Providers
- Medical Students
- Research/Scientists
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, particpants will be able to:
- Explain the opioid epidemic in the context of surgical management of urologic diseases
- Describe steps that can be taken by urologists to influence the opioid epidemic
- Delineate roles urologists can play in combating epidemic
- Identify opportunities to propose or implement new policies to combat the opioid epidemic.
AUA Quality Improvement Summit: Opioid Stewardship in Urology
December 8, 2018
7:30 – 8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:00 – 8:15 AM Opening Remarks
8:15 – 9:00 AM Keynote
- The Role of Physicians and Prescription Pharmaceuticals in the Opioid Epidemic (Chad Brummett, MD, University of Michigan)
9:00 – 10:00 AM Session 1: Physician-led Multicomponent Interventions in Opioid Stewardship
- Procedure-specific opioid prescribing guidelines (Richard J. Barth, MD, Dartmouth University)
- Opioid reclamation efforts (Jonah Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, Northwestern Medicine)
- MUSIC and opioid stewardship (Jim Dupree, MD, University of Michigan)
10:00 – 11:15 AM Session 2: Understanding Postoperative Pain
- Pathophysiology of Post-operative Pain (Brooke Chidgey, MD, University of North Carolina)
- Complementary Alternative Medicine Pain Management Strategies (Meghan Sperandeo-Fruge, ND, National University of Natural Medicine)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Other Non-Pharmacologic Approaches to Pain Management (Margaret Rukstalis, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine)
11:15 – 12:00 PM Urology Perspectives
- Challenging Urology Cases in Opioid Management (Moderator: Tudor Borza, University of Michigan; Panel Members: Vernon Pais, MD, Dartmouth; Benjamin Davies, MD, UPMC; Matthew E. Nielsen, MD, University of North Carolina)
12:00 – 12:15 PM Lunch Break
12:15 – 1:00 PM Urology Perspectives (continued)
1:00 – 2:00 PM Session 3: High-Risk Patients and Expectations
- Expectation Setting for Opioid Prescribing (Behfar Ehdaie, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering)
- A Surgeon’s Role in the Management of Opioid Misuse Disorders (Margaret Rukstalis, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine)
- The Role of Pain Specialists for Managing High-Risk Patients (Brooke Chidgey, MD, University of North Carolina)
2:00 – 3:00 PM Session 4: Policy and Outreach
- Opioid Education and Outreach (Jennifer Waljee, MD, MPH, MS, University of Michigan)
- Policy Change/Legislature to Address the Opioid Crisis (Greg Murphy, MD, North Carolina General Assembly)
- Opioid Prescribing and the FDA Safe Use Initiative (Scott Winiecki, MD, Food and Drug Administration)
3:00 – 3:30 PM Closing Remarks: Timothy Averch, MD, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee Chair
Name | Company | Role | Financial |
Gregory B. Auffenberg, MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Timothy David Averch, MD | Canadian Journal of Urology | Health Publishing | Yes |
Journal of Endourology | Health Publishing | No | |
Richard Barth | Nothing to disclose | ||
Jennifer Bertsch | Nothing to disclose | ||
Tudor Borza | Nothing to disclose | ||
Chad Brummett, MD | Recro Pharma Inc. | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Heron Therapeutics | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Peripheral Perineural Dexmedetomidine | Owner, Product Development | Yes | |
NIH | Other | Yes | |
NIDA | Other | Yes | |
MDHHS | Other | Yes | |
Christi Marie Butler, MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Brooke Chidgey, MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Benjamin John Davies MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
James M. Dupree IV, MD | Procter and Gamble | Investment Interest | No |
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan | Leadership Position | Yes | |
Lipocine | Investment Interest | No | |
American Urological Association | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Behfar Ehdaie, MD | Myriad Genetics, Inc | Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes |
InSightec | Meeting Participant or Lecturer, Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Julia B. Finkelstein | Nothing to disclose | ||
Elizabeth A. Green MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Tracey Lynn Krupski, MD | Argos | Scientific Study or Trial | No |
FKD - Instilidrin | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
American Cancer Society | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
NIH | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Tim Large, M.D. | Nothing to disclose | ||
Gregory Francis Murphy, MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Vikram M. Narayan, M.D. | Nothing to disclose | ||
Matthew Edward Nielsen, M.D. | American College of Physicians High Value Care Task Force | Consultant or Advisor | Yes |
Grand Rounds, Inc | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
American College of Physicians | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Victor William Nitti, MD | Astellas | Health Publishing, Scientific Study or Trial | No |
Allergan | Health Publishing, Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Serenity Pharmeuticals | Investment Interest | Yes | |
Medtronic | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Vernon M. Pais Jr., MD | Clinical Nephrology | Health Publishing | No |
Suzanne Boland Pope, MBA | Nothing to disclose | ||
Margaret Rukstalis | Nothing to disclose | ||
Angela M. Smith, MD, FACS, MS | AHRQ | Scientific Study or Trial | Yes |
PCORI | Scientific Study or Trial | No | |
Merck | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Photocure | Consultant or Advisor | Yes | |
Meghan Sperandeo-Fruge | Nothing to disclose | ||
Jonah Stulberg, MD, PHD, FACS, MPH | Pacira Pharmaceuticals | Health Publishing, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes |
National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | Health Publishing, Scientific Study or Trial | Yes | |
Intuitive Surgical | Health Publishing, Meeting Participant or Lecturer | Yes | |
Ruchika Talwar, MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Jennifer Waljee, PHD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Scott Winiecki, MD | Nothing to disclose | ||
Anna Zampini, MD | Nothing to disclose |
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Available Credit
- 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 7.25 Non-Physician Participation