On Tuesday, Dec. 1, Portland area pain specialists, health care providers and community members will join Oregon State Health Officer Dr. Katrina Hedberg and Tri-County Health Officer Dr. Paul Lewis to announce new tools against opiate harms.
This press conference will include a new Multnomah County Health Department report on 10-year-trends in opiate overdoses and deaths; new state of Oregon tools and new community-wide approaches to pain treatment and prescribing.
Where: Portland State Office Building, first floor, 800 N.E. Oregon, Portland, OR 232
When: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015
Who: Dr. Katrina Hedberg, Oregon Health Officer; Dr. Paul Lewis, Tri-County Health Officer; Dr. Melissa Weimer, assistant professor, division of internal medicine and geriatrics at OHSU School of Medicine; Dr. Amit Shah, Care Oregon Medical Director; Nora Stern, a physical therapist and pain specialist with Providence Health & Services the Providence Persistent Pain Clinic, Joe Badolato and Maggie Bennington-Davis from FamilyCare Health and Health Share of Oregon, staff from American Medical Response, Portland Fire & Rescue, Haven Wheelock of Outside In, and community members.