Reality & Response to Addiction Symposium

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The Reality and Response to Addiction Symposium is a free educational event brought to healthcare providers by the Richard G. Lugar Center for Rural Health and Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency. In an effort to educate the healthcare provider community, the Symposium will feature industry experts in the treating patients suffering from substance use disorder.

Highlighting the event is Dr. Steve North. Dr. North is the Vice President of Medical Operations for Eleanor Health, an outpatient substance use disorder treatment program grounded in harm reduction and focuses on the whole person. Prior to joining Eleanor Health, he practiced family medicine, including caring for people with substance use disorders, at a rural health center in the Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina.

Dr. North received his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his medical doctorate from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He completed his Family Medicine Residency, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship, and Master’s in Public Health at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

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