CADA Presents Dr. Louis Cataldie
The Evolution of MAT in Opioid Use Disorder
Monday, March 9
Doors open: 1:30pm
Presentation: 2:00 - 3:30pm with Q&A afterwards
Location: Bain Hall, First United Methodist Church, 500 Common Street, Shreveport, Louisiana
This event is free and open to the public but please register to reserve your space.
1.5 contact hours of professional continuing education are available for mental health professionals for $20.00.
Approvals: ADRA: 1.5 contact hours through AEPE017. Social workers: 1.5 Clinical contact hours of continuing education for Social Workers by the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana (CADA), an approval organization authorized by the LA State Board of Social Work Examiners. Professional counselors: 1.5 clock hours of continuing education credit by NBCC ACEP #6983. Texas Counselors: 1.5 contact hours through TCB #2024-18.
Summary:
In The Evolution of MAT in Opioid Use Disorder, Dr. Louis Cataldie will retrace the origins of the opioid and other substance-related epidemics through which we have cycled, and how we can learn from them. He will discuss the pros and cons of how we are addressing current epidemics such as opioids, methamphetamine, alcohol, and tobacco.
Learning Objectives:
1. Receive basic information on MAT and other effective interventions in substance use disorders (SUDs)
2. Acquire a historical perspective on MAT practices
3. Gain a basic understanding of challenges and opportunities in the use of MAT and other SUD interventions
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About the Speaker: Dr. Louis Cataldie is a renowned addictionologist, who practices in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has extensive clinical and administrative experience in addiction medicine and has worked in that field for over 30 years. Dr. Cataldie has developed and served as medical director of several successful recovery programs for both adults and adolescents. His current addictionology practice includes providing detoxification, evaluation and treatment on both an inpatient and outpatient basis for people wishing to recover from the brain disease of addiction.
Dr. Cataldie received his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He was a consultant to the White House on adolescent inhalant abuse during the Reagan years. He previously served as Medical Director for the Office of Addictive Disorders for the State of Louisiana. In 2005, he was appointed Medical Examiner for the State of Louisiana and the Incident Commander of the Family Assistance Center for Hurricane Katrina. He was in charge of the recovery and identification of deceased victims of Katrina and for finding the location of over 26,000 missing/displaced persons. Upon completion of that mission, he returned to the field of addiction medicine.
Dr. Cataldie is a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. He has served as Medical Director of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing and is currently an addictionologist consultant for the Board’s Recovering Nurse Program. He has served as Medical Director of the Physician’s Health Foundation of Louisiana. He has served as Louisiana State Medical Society Governor’s appointee to the Addictive Disorders Resource Authority and to the Child Death Investigation Review Board.
You can find out more about Dr. Cataldie at https://cataldieclinic.com/index.html.