Total Credits: 6.00 including 6.00 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
Gap Analysis: The Osteopathic Embrace originates from the deep camaraderie that permeates the osteopathic profession. We embrace our roots in osteopathic manipulation treatment while also embracing the ever-changing medical landscape. This conference will embrace these topics and allow the osteopathic physicians of Oklahoma to continue providing excellent medical care for their patients.
Learning Objectives: After physicians depart from this program, they will better understand the emerging technologies in medicine and gain knowledge, including approaches to osteopathic manual medicine for the shoulder, how to appropriately prescribe controlled substances, and other skills that will build on and improve their practice of medicine.
"What's New in Minimally Invasive Procedures"
Blake P. Parsons, DO
(certified vascular & interventional radiology, Oklahoma City, OK)
• Learn about newly approved minimally invasive options for treatment of hemorrhoids, knee pain, benign prostate hypertrophy and uterine fibroids
"ADHD Past & Present"
V. Ray Cordry, DO
(certified psychiatry, Oklahoma City, OK)
• History
• Functional Symptoms
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Evaluation
• Treatment
o Medications
o Other treatment modalities
o Prognosis
"Snakes On the Great Plains of Oklahoma: Managing Envenomation"
L. Claire Epperson, DO
(certified emergency medicine, Oklahoma City, OK)
• Understand the difference between the terms venomous and poisonous
• Discuss the treatment recommendations for the management of pit viper envenomation native to Oklahoma
• Understand basic dosing differences between the two types of antivenom used in management of N. American pit viper envenomation
"Caring for Patients with Substance Use Disorder"
Natasha N. Bray, DO, MSEd, FACOI, FACP, FNAOME
(certified internal medicine & preventive medicine, Tahlequah, OK)
• Understand the prevalence of Substance Use Disorder and describe the criteria for diagnosis
• Identify key neurotransmitters, brain pathways, and brain structures implicated in addiction and addiction treatment
• Describe evidence-based treatment strategies for commonly mis-used substances
"MAT/MAR: Clinical Services Perspective"
Dustin Bryan LPC, LADC, MA
(clinical director, Center for Therapeutic Interventions, Tulsa, OK)
• Clinical treatment modalities using "best practice" methods
• The importance of effective communication between Medical and Clinical treatment
"Methadone Matters"
Constance G. Honeycutt, DO
(certified family medicine/OMT & addictive diseases, Tulsa, OK)
• Identify the components of a comprehensive treatment program for the treatment of OUD / Opiate Use Disorder
• Select ASAM patient criteria for treatment of OUD
• Determine the best treatment or medication (methadone, buprenorphine products, naltrexone) individual patients
• Evaluate withdrawal symptoms using COWS and SOWS (pregnant patients)
• Prescribe a titration regimen to safely reach the maintenance dose
• Explain importance of treatment of OUD in pregnancy and the difference in treatment in pregnant patients and breastfeeding recommendations while on methadone and buprenorphine
• Differentiate between several substances that cause NAS, identify withdrawal in the newborn with Finnegan scale, and NICU treatment options
• Prescribe acute and post surgical pain medications to patients currently on medication assisted treatment for OUD
• Differentiate/define terms: substitution vs. treatment; active use vs. in treatment/recovery; harm reduction vs. physiological vs. analgesia; NAS vs. born addicted; etc.
"Deciding How and When to Taper or Discontinue Medications in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder"
Layne E. Subera, DO, FACOFP
(certified family practice & addiction medicine, Skiatook, OK)
• When or if one should taper
• Deciding how to taper
• Tapering MOUDs and other opioids
Program Attendee Notice: Thank you for your continued support of our continuing medical education (CME) offerings. Please feel free to contact our staff representatives to resolve any problems you may have regarding facilities, handouts, program contents, etc. Should you have concerns about the program’s compliance with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Uniform Guidelines, please express these concerns to Audrey K. Hendricks, Director of CME Programs, Oklahoma Osteopathic Association. For any unresolved issues regarding compliance with the AOA Uniform Guidelines, you may contact the AOA Division of CME at 142 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611, 800-621-1773.
How Speakers and Topics Are Selected: The Oklahoma Osteopathic Association’s Bureau on Continuing Medical Education meets twice annually to choose seminar chairs, topics of interest, and the best presenters available to speak on each chosen topic. In addition, past program evaluations are used in determining speakers and topics from past conferences.
Grievance Policy: Program grievances will be presented to the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association Board of Trustees and dealt with appropriately. If this action did not resolve the problem to satisfaction, the person with the grievance will be directed to the American Osteopathic Association’s Division of Continuing Medical Education.
| What's New in Minimally Invasive Procedures (8.2 MB) | 86 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| ADHD Past & Present (2.4 MB) | 57 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Toxicology: Snakes on the Great Plains of Oklahoma (5 MB) | 54 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Caring for Patients with Substance Use Disorder (3.5 MB) | 88 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Medication Assisted Treatment/Medication Assisted Recovery: Clinical Services Perspective (3.5 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Methadone Matters: Myths and Pearls (4.1 MB) | 131 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Deciding How and When to Taper or Discontinue Medications in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (566.3 KB) | 46 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Blake Parsons, DO, an Ardmore native, earned his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the University of North Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas. He then completed his residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and his Fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Board certified in vascular and interventional radiology, Dr. Parsons is concrete in Oklahoma and practices with Drs. Smith and Melton at the Cardiovascular Health Clinic, Advanced Interventional Radiology Solutions.
(Dr. Parsons has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose)
V. Ray Cordry, DO earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences’ College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri in 1975. Following graduation, he performed a psychiatry residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita, Kansas and a fellowship in child psyciatry at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City. Board certified in psychiatry, Dr. Cordry’s experience includes rural primary care and emergency medicine, psyciatry medcial directorships and teaching osteopathic and allopathic students. Dr. Cordry is currently the Outpatient Medical Director for the Red Rock Behavioral Health Services.
(Dr. Cordry has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose)
Claire Epperson, DO, earned her medical degree at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed residency in emergency medicine at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She’s currently an Assistant Instructor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and a medical toxicology fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She works with the North Texas Poison Center and provides toxicology consultations at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Clements University Hospital, and Children's Medical Center of Dallas. She holds a national research position for the Toxicology Investigator's Consortium with the American College of Medical Toxicology, where she does multicenter toxico-surveillance and works closely with the FDA and CDC. Another of her current research interests include the use of bedside point of care ultrasound in the management and evaluation of North American pit viper envenomation. When she’s not working in the hospital, she enjoys alpinism and rock climbing in the mountains with her husband (while of course carefully avoiding any formidable snakes on the hiking trails).
Dr Epperson has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose
Natasha N. Bray, DO, (certified internal medicine, Tahlequah, OK) earned her osteopathic degree from OSU-COM. Dr. Bray went onto the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her internship as the Chief Intern Physician and completed her residency at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Affiliated Hospital. Dr. Bray is currently an internal medicine clinical assistant professor of rural health for Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a contract physician for the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority.
(Dr. Bray has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose)
Dustin Bryan, LPC, LADC, began his professional career in an adolescent group home, working primarily with male teens who struggled with mental illness and were neglected and/or abused by their parents. After 2.5 years in this setting, Dustin began working in Juvenile Justice with the Tulsa County Juvenile Probation Office. During the next 11 years, he helped develop an educational program for Tulsa Public School students involved in Juvenile Justice and supervised a branch office of probation and the entire probation department. His specific role in probation supervision was to provide a training program for probation counselors to enhance the treatment provided to adolescents in Juvenile Justice. While working with Juvenile Probation, they boasted one of the lowest recidivism rates in the nation.
In 2007, Dustin graduated with a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology and began supervision for professional licensure at a Tulsa area Methadone clinic. In 2014, after obtaining his LPC and LADC, he accepted a position with The Center for Therapeutic Interventions as the Family Drug Court Coordinator. In February 2016, Dustin was named the Coordinator for the agency's Opioid Treatment Program and Medication Assisted Recovery program. He has presented his agency philosophy and protocols to various medical and clinical professionals in the Tulsa area and at the 2016 Prevention and Recovery Conference. In May 2019, Dustin was promoted to Clinical Director of CTI. He continues to learn more about substance abuse and dependence daily and is passionate about continuing to learn new ways to help people enter and maintain recovery.
Mr. Bryan has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose.
Constance G. Honeycutt, DO, obtained a BS in Medical Technology from Indiana University. She graduated from OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery; did a rotating internship at Tulsa Regional Medical Center; and completed a Family Medicine Residency at OU Medical College of Tulsa.
Dr. Honeycutt has practiced Family Medicine/OMM for thirty-one years with sixteen years in the addiction medicine field. She is board certified in Family Medicine, Neuromusculoskeletal and Osteopathic Manual Medicine, and a subspecialty in Addiction Medicine from the American Board
of Preventive Medicine.
From 2007-2016, Dr. Honeycutt was the Medical Director for Mission Treatment Center, methadone treatment center in Tulsa. In 2009, she obtained a DATA 2000 waiver to treat opiate-dependent patients with Suboxone and opened a private practice in Glenpool, Oklahoma. After closing her private practice in 2019, she returned to Mission Treatment Center - now known as Tulsa Comprehensive Treatment Center, treating 500+ opioid dependent patients with methadone and buprenorphine.
Dr. Honeycutt has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose.
Layne E. Subera, DO, FACOFP, graduated from the Oklahoma State University Health Science Center College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1995. He is board-certified in Family Medicine and Pain Medicine and is in private practice in Skiatook, Oklahoma. He is a past president of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association, a graduate of the AOA Health Policy Fellowship Program, and earned his master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University Chicago. He is currently serving as a medical adviser for the Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners and the medical director for the Center for Therapeutic Interventions, a Tulsa based opioid treatment program.
Dr. Subera has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose.