The webinars below include a small fee and provide CME (free for CSAM members). These two webinars were created with the support of a grant funded by the California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS).

The number of X-waivered providers in California is increasing.  Many primary care providers are now doing office-based care of patients with opioid use disorder.  This webinar will showcase common, challenging situations that arise for patients being maintained on buprenorphine.  Expert discussants will talk through cases to teach the learner practical management tips. 
Presenters: Soraya Azari, MD, Kenneth Saffier, MD, FASAM and Scott Steiger, MD, FACP, FASAM
This webinar will review the complexities of carrying out buprenorphine inductions among patients with co-morbid pain, and a novel approach for managing these transitions.
Presenters: Soraya Azari, MD and Tauheed Zaman, MD

Fundamentals to Advanced Buprenorphine (Recorded 9/4/2019) (2 hours)

This workshop, part of the Addiction Medicine Review Course 2019 focuses on the modern prescribing of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. Core topics of pharmacology, side effect management, and regulations of buprenorphine treatment are covered. 
Presenters: David Kan, MD, DFASAM, Farah Zaidi, MD, Matthew A. Torrington, MD, Joseph Mega, MD, MPH