California Society of Addiction Medicine / CSAM Seeks Your Sponsorship for Educational Activities

Founded in 1973, CSAM is a medical specialty society comprised of practicing physicians dedicated to improving the care of persons with addictions. It is the largest organization of addiction medicine physicians in California. We provide high quality, meaningful and much needed educational opportunities and tools for physicians providing health care to patients suffering from alcohol, nicotine and other drug dependencies. According to the American Medical Association, addictive diseases are the number one preventable cause of illness and mortality in the United States. However, resources, tools and training for physicians to appropriately manage addiction lags sorely behind the need.

The Society sponsors an annual four-day conference, alternately a Review Course or a State of the Art Course. These conferences draw a national audience and provide a podium for nationally recognized researchers, clinicians, and leaders from national institutes such as NIDA, NIAAA, and CSAT. The Society provides scholarships for medical students and physicians-in-training to attend our conferences and organizes activities for these young physicians to interact with senior leaders in the field. In addition to its educational activities, the Society has an active public policy committee that contributes to public discourse on matters of public or legislative interest.

The Society publishes a quarterly newsletter and an annual directory of members. The CSAM website (www.csam-asam.org) provides easy access for physician referrals and is a resource for pertinent, up-to-date information.

We request an annual sponsorship from your organization to provide CSAM with the resources required to achieve our goals. Your support would help provide: 1) high-caliber faculty to educational conferences; 2) scholarships and educational grants for physicians in training; 3) conferences and workshops designed to disseminate clinically important tools for physicians to diagnose and appropriately treat patients with substance use problems; 4) communications activities (guidebooks, white papers, clinical synopses, etc.) designed to expand the experience of practicing physicians; 5) increased exposure for physicians to pertinent scientific advances and relevant products and services.

This is also an excellent way for our members to increase their educational exposure to relevant products and services. Our Federal ID # is: 23-7364605.

CSAM Executive Council

David Pating, MD, President
Judith Martin, MD, President-Elect
Donald Kurth, MD, Immediate Past President
Jeffrey Wilkins, Treasurer
Peter Banys, MD, Representative to ASAM Board
Steven Eickelberg, MD, Medical Education and Research Foundation
Monika Koch, MD, Committee on Education
Denise Greene, MD, Committee on Public Policy
Shannon Chevez, MD, Committee on Physician Well-Being
Romana Zvereva, MD Committee on Membership
Timmen Cermak, MD, At-Large
Karen Miotto, MD, At-Large