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Rx Summit
Educational Advisor for the Rx Summit
Join the global community of stakeholders, focused on prevention, treatment, and recovery.
April 10-13, 2023

More than one million lives have been lost since the start of the opioid epidemic. Overdose deaths have reached record rates, and we can't afford for more lives to be lost. It's time to turn the numbers around. Rx Summit is the largest, most influential event addressing this crisis, where strategies are shared and put into action. Our global community is made up of multidisciplinary stakeholders "from federal to family". Join us in Atlanta this April to learn the latest strategies for prevention, treatment, and recovery.

Registration is open. Reserve your spot today for discounted rates.

Rx Summit
Highlights

Share strategies with decision-makers and allied professionals, embrace innovation, and learn about what is working in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.

4
Days
3,500+
Participants
50
States Represented
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Who Should Attend?
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The Rx and Illicit Drug Summit attracts a wide range of stakeholders addressing the opioid crisis, including:

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Counselors, social workers, therapists, psychologists, interventionists
Physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, pharmacists, dentists
Advocates, families, and people in recovery
Law enforcement personnel
Public health and prevention officials
Federal, state, and local officials and lawmakers
Education specialists and researchers
Treatment center owners and operators
Attorneys
First responders
Featured Speakers

Led by multi-disciplinary experts from across the nation, Rx Summit provides the most extensive educational experience for professionals on the frontlines of this epidemic. This year's speakers include:

Hal Rogers
U.S. Congressman,
Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District
Buddy Carter
U.S. Congressman,
Georgia's 1st Congressional District
Madeleine Dean
U.S. Congresswoman
Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District
David Trone
U.S. Congressman,
Maryland’s 6th Congressional District
Denis R. McDonough
Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, PhD
Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, SAMHSA
Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP
Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Anne Milgram
Administrator, U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
Robert Califf, MD, MACC
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Performing the Duties of the Director, National Institutes of Health
Nora Volkow, MD
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
George Koob, PhD
Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Monty Burks, PhD, MCJ, CPRS
Director of Faith-Based Initiatives, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Last year, New York City experienced over 1,300 overdoses. When we heard about the Rx Summit, we decided to attend so we could hear what other jurisdictions are doing to combat this epidemic."

Terri Tobin
Deputy Chief, NYPD
New York, NY

We want to give all of our clinicians tools for their toolbox, so I come here to learn from everyone, from federal to family."

Darlene Owens
Director SUD Initiatives
Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority

Anytime you have public health, medicine, law enforcement, and treatment working together to address a situation, especially one that's such a public health impact as this, I think it's important. That's why the Rx Summit is a can't-miss conference."

Vince Caraffi, MPH
Supervisor, Cuyahoga County Board of Health