Integration of SUD and OB Care

Programs focused on improving health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women, and their babies, experiencing SUDs by integrating care needs.

2024 Colorado Perinatal and Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Integration Conference

Speaker Presentations

Keynote Day 1 -

Beyond the Blues: Understanding the Spectrum of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions

Dr. Sarah Nagle-Yang, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine

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Meghan Cliffel

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Breakout 1 - Riverside

Long Term Outcomes for Infants Prenatally Substance Exposed: Knowns, Unknowns and Strategies for Intervention

Dr. Laurie Halmo, MD

Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

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Breakout 1 - Gondola

The Launch of a Recovery Coach Doula Program

Britt Westmoreland, CAT

University of Colorado, College of Nursing, Aurora, CO

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Jessica Anderson, DNP, CNM, WHNP, FACNM

University of Colorado, College of Nursing, Aurora, CO

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Breakout 2 - Riverside

Breastfeeding and Substance Use: Best Practices and Recommendations

Dr. Laurie Halmo, MD

Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

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Dr. Christine Gold, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

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Breakout 2 - Gondola

Preventing Alcohol-Related Concerns for the Pregnant Person-Infant Dyad

Carolyn J. Swenson, MSPH, MSN, RN

Denver, CO

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Dr. Kaylin Klie, MD, MA, FASAM

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

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Workshop - Riverside

Planning for Sustainability: Grants, Funding Sources, and Medicaid Services

JK Costello, M.D., M.P.H

The Steadman Group, Denver, CO

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Anoushka Millear

Colorado Dept. of Healthcare Policy and Financing,
Denver, CO

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Jose Esquibel

Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse,
Denver, CO 

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Workshop - Gondola

Perinatal and Adolescent Clinical Best Practices: Early Childhood Attachment Considerations and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Interventions in Sensitive Periods

Dr. Sukhmeet Sandhu, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

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Dr. Aviva Olsavsky, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

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Hard Beauty Panel

Mama Recovers: Empowering Mothers on the Journey to Healing

Moderated by Racquel Garcia

Hard Beauty, Colorado

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Tiffany Kuhwede

Hard Beauty, Colorado

Amy Walker

Hard Beauty, Colorado

Alie Fulton

Hard Beauty, Colorado

Mandy Chapman

Hard Beauty, Colorado

Cortnie Watson

Hard Beauty, Colorado

Jessica Waddell

Hard Beauty, Colorado

Jamie Davis

Hard Beauty, Colorado

Panel

Building Bridges: Prioritizing Patients in Substance Use Policy Design 

Dr. Christine Gold, MD

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

christine.gold@cuanschutz.edu

Katherine “Lyle” Wagner, CPNP-PC, MSN, RN

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

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Dr. Kelly McMullen, MD

Denver Health, Denver, CO

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Robyn Gustafson, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, C-ONQS

UCHealth North Region, Fort Collins, CO

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Closing Plenary

Enhancing Child Welfare and Healthcare System Collaboration with Plans of Safe Care

Protecting and Caring for Our Most Vulnerable: A Cross System Collaboration to Identify and Care for Substance Exposed Newborns and Their Families

Shannon Bryan, MPH

Colorado Department of Human Services,
Division of Child Welfare, Denver, CO

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Angela Mead, MSW

Larimer County Department of Human Services,
Fort Collins, CO

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