Speakers Jonathan Kost, MD Medical Director, Hartford Hospital Pain Treatment Center Medical Director, Spine & Pain Institute at MidState Medical Center Board Certified in Pain Management and Anesthesiology Member, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Medical Marijuana Advisory Board A free symposium for healthcare providers Algis Domeika, RPh Medical Dispensary Manager/Pharmacist, Prime Wellness of Connecticut Member, Connecticut Pharmacists Association Marijuana: Robert J.T. Britt, Esq. Principal, Rome McGuigan, P.C. Thirty years of experience in criminal law, including former Assistant State’s Attorney, former Chairman of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section, Co-Chairman of the Hartford County Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Committee Medical Uses, Legal Implications and Practical Guidelines Mary Alice Moore Leonhardt, Esq. Principal, Rome McGuigan, P.C. Concentration on healthcare, employment, special needs and elder law and litigation, with extensive trial experience before the state and federal courts as well as numerous agencies and administrative offices Thursday, January 22, 2015 5 pm to 8:30 pm John Gadea, Jr. Hartford Hospital Education & Resource Center Heublein Hall, 560 Hudson Street Hartford, CT 06106 Director, Drug Control Division, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Oversight of state Prescription Monitoring Program and Medical Marijuana Program Address Service Requested HH-DM-7564 Dec14 80 Seymour Street P.O. Box 5037 Hartford, CT 06102-5037 Board Administrator, Commission of Pharmacy Objectives: 1. Identify legal implications to participating in 1 Connecticut’s medical marijuana program. 2. Describe process of how physicians and other 2 providers register into the program. Program 5 to 6 PM 3. Practice Gap Objective: 3 Explain which patient population may benefit from medical marijuana use. Registration is required, contact: Sandi Beggs 860.972.2390 | [email protected] Free and secure adjacent parking Hartford Hospital Employee garage 500 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT 06106 CME credits will be awarded Sponsored in part by Prime Wellness of Connecticut Continuing Medical Education Hartford Hospital is accredited with the Connecticut State Medical Society to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Hartford Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 credit (s). Conflict of Interest Policy All faculties participating in CME activities sponsored by Hartford Hospital are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content. 6 PM Registration and buffet dinner Welcome Andrew L. Salner, MD Medical Director, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at Hartford Hospital 6 to 6:30 PM Medical Marijuana: Indications, Efficacy, Toxicity Jonathan Kost, MD 6:30 to 7PM The Dispensary Experience: The Role of the Pharmacist Algis Domeika, RPh 7 to 7:30 PM Medical Director, Hartford Hospital Pain Treatment Center Dispensary Facility Manager, Prime Wellness of Connecticut Legal Implications for Certifying Physicians Robert Britt, Esq. Rome McGuigan, P.C. Mary Alice Moore Leonhardt, Esq. Rome McGuigan, P.C.a 7:30 to 8PM Connecticut’s Medical Marijuana Program: How It Works John Gadea, Jr. 8 to 8:10PM A Patient Perspective 8:10 to 8:30PM Q&A Director, Drug Control Division, Department of Consumer Protection State of Connecticut