This podcast will discuss pain management and opioid safety programs for veterans, focusing on decreasing disparities in access to care and reducing stigma. Dr. Paige Mathew will share her work partnering with patients with chronic pain and lessons learned that you can apply to your practice for opioid use disorder treatment.
SPEAKERS
Paige Mathew, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP oversees pain management and opioid safety programs for Veterans across Washington DC, Maryland, and West Virginia in her role as clinical program manager in the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. She focuses on optimizing medication regimens for patients diagnosed with chronic pain or cancer. By supporting harm reduction strategies and combating the stigma surrounding the treatment of substance use disorders, her work addresses disparities in access to care.
Bayli Larson, PharmD, MS, BCPS is strategic initiatives associate at ASHP. In her role she helps manage and lead a variety of collaborative cross-organizational strategic activities to help advance ASHP’s mission and vision and is also co-coordinator of the ASHP Executive Fellowship in Association Leadership and Management. She completed her PGY1 residency at UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo., and earned her PharmD from the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.