WHAT: UNLV's Department of Counselor Education and Southern Nevada
Association of Addicted Professionals (SNAAP) host a two-day conference addressing current science of addictions and newest developments in addiction treatment.

WHEN: Thursday, September 27, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday, September 28, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: UNLV's Richard Tam Alumni Center
Corner of Harmon and Maryland Parkway

DETAILS: The conference features keynote addresses from the industry's leading experts in addiction recovery. Topics include: the current science
of addictions; the impact of addiction on oral health; how addiction affects the family; the role of pharmacology in healing addiction; and nicotine dependency treatment.

UNLV Provost Neil Smatresk, educators from UNLV's School of Dental Medicine, the Association for Addiction Professionals, the University of Nevada School of Medicine and WestCare of Nevada are among those taking part at this year's conference.

The SNAAP conference is partnered with National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

SNAAP Conference Schedule

Thursday, September 27, 2007

8:00-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcoming Remarks: Neal Smatresk, Ph.D., Provost, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and James Lenhart, M.D., Vice Dean University of Nevada School of Medicine
9:00-10:00 Keynote: Darryl Inaba, Pharm. D., "Current Science of Addictions"
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Darryl Inaba, Pharm. D., "Developments in Addiction Treatment"
11:15-12:15 Victor Sandoval, D.D.S., M.P.H., "The Impact of Addiction on Oral Health"
12:15-1:15 Lunch Speaker: David Smith M.D., M.S., "The History of the Free Clinic Movement and the Development of Addiction Medicine"
1:15-2:15 Jeffery Wilkins, M.D., "The Pharmacotherapy of Substance Dependence in Adults and Adolescents"
2:15-3:15 Peter Mansky, M.D., "The Impact of Co-occurring Disorders on Addiction Treatment"
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 George Kaiser, M.D., "Nicotine Dependency Treatment"
4:30-5:00 Day's Wrap-Up

Friday, September 28, 2007

8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:30 Sony Canteenwala D.C., C.Ad., "Chiropractics in Addiction Medicine"
9:30-10:30 Melissa Piaseki, M.D., "Prescription Drug Abuse: Populations at Risk"
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 James Tracy, D.D.S., "Addiction, a Family Disease"
11:45-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00-5:00 NAADAC: The Association of Addiction Professionals "Pharmacotherapy: Integrating New Tools into Practice"
5:00-5:15 Conference Wrap-Up