This live session provides a focused, case-based review of perioperative management for patients with opioid use disorder, including care considerations for patients receiving medications for opioid use disorder and strategies to optimize pain control while minimizing the risk of withdrawal and relapse.
What This Includes• Perioperative considerations for patients with opioid use disorder across clinical settings• Management of buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone during the perioperative period• Approaches to acute and postoperative pain management in patients with opioid use disorder• Clinical decision-making regarding continuation, adjustment, or temporary modification of MOUD• Multimodal pain management strategies and non-opioid approaches to care• Prevention of withdrawal, relapse, and other perioperative complications• Application of case-based strategies to common perioperative scenarios
What to Expect• Live, faculty-led instruction delivered in an interactive online format• Case-based discussion examining perioperative challenges in patients with opioid use disorder• Structured content aligned with the ACAAM National Addiction Medicine Didactic Curriculum and ABPM content areas• Practical guidance for managing MOUD and pain control before, during, and after procedures• Clinical strategies that can be applied across a variety of surgical and procedural settings
James S. Walsh, MD
Dr. Walsh is a family medicine physician at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where he practices in Addiction Medicine and Family Medicine Obstetrics. He serves as Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship and is board certified in Addiction Medicine with more than 20 years of clinical experience.
He received his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and completed his residency at Montefiore Medical Center.
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