2023 Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
IHFDA 7th Annual Conference
***Hotel Update – The Westin O’Hare is Sold Out on 9/19. The hotel directly across the street is Chicago Marriott Suites O’Hare. Information about the Marriott can be found here.
IHFDA is pleased to announce the 2023 annual conference this year in the Chicago area. The dates are September 18-20, 2023 at the Chicago Westin O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois.
As in the past, the agenda will be packed full of the most up-to-date information on the diversion of medications in healthcare facilities. Look for a full agenda soon along with exhibitor opportunities.
IHFDA will also be offering the Fundamental Drug Diversion Course this year after the large attendance and positive feedback in 2022. In addition, the course is being improved with updated and additional training content within the diversion space. More information is available below.
The conference is available as in-person or hybrid, the diversion course is virtual with a live (in-person & virtual) Q&A with the panel.
Fundamental Drug Diversion Certificate
The IHFDA Executive Board is proud to once again offer the fundamental course on drug diversion inside healthcare facilities. This groundbreaking 8-hour compilation of some of the most experienced and trusted experts in this field should prove extremely helpful whether you are just starting to seriously look at drug diversion inside your institution or you have been doing it for several years.
IHFDA has updated and added new training content from last year, and we feel that this course will address the main concerns of everyone who is tasked with these crucial investigations, with the ability to ask questions of the actual presenters. The presenters are either currently working on drug diversion inside a healthcare facility, or have spent many years in the field.
This is something many of you in the field have been asking for years to be available for your new people into this area of investigation and those who desire a refresher course while also seeing the most recent methods and means of today’s investigators.
The first offering of this course will provide continuing education credits. The cost for the virtual course is $200.
Fundamental Drug Diversion Certificate Agenda
“Drug Diversion: Personal Impacts, Patient Harm and Unexpected Outcomes” (1 hour)
“Overview of Institutional Drug Diversion” (1 hour)
“Drug Diversion Interviews in Healthcare: Gateway to the Truth” (1 hour)
“The Public Health Perspective: Injectable Drug Diversion and Bloodborne Pathogens Transmission” (1 hour)
“Developing a Comprehensive Drug Diversion Monitoring Program” (3 hours)
“The Intersection of Peer Support and Substance Use Disorder in Nurses” (1 hour)
Conference Agenda
**Attendance is restricted to certificate participants only**
No CEs awarded for this session
Rodrigo Garcia, MBA, MSN, APN-BC, CRNA, Parkdale
Claudia Garcia, MBA, BSN, CADAC II, LAC, Parkdale
Mary Nelson, MSN, RN, HonorHealth
JoAnne Myhre, CPhT, FMSHP, BA, Allina Health
Kevin Vanover, Protective Services Investigator, TriHealth
Amisha Arya, PharmD, BCSCP, CJCP, NYU Langone Health
Jorie Frasiolas, PharmD, BCPS, NewYork-Presbyterian
Nhan Cho, PharmD, NewYork-Presbyterian
Amanda Hays, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, CPHQ, DPLA, FASHP, Becton, Dickinson Company
Rachael Snyders, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, Becton, Dickinson Company
Moderator: Rodrigo Garcia
Terri Vidals, BS Pharm, Rxpert Solutions
Mary Nelson, MSN, RN, CPPS, HonorHealth
Alecia Pittman, BSN, RN, BA, Cooper Health
Kristin Waite-Labott, BSN, RN, BA, Freedom Institute
Drinks and hors d’oeuvres – In The Exhibitor Hall
Will be in the front of the hotel
Joseph Nguyen, PharmD, MBA, CHC, CPPS, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Elizabeth Daniel, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Karen Lettre, MSN, RN, Texas Children’s Hospital
Lacey Rodgers, PharmD, MHA, BCSCP, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Heidi McNeely, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Moderator: Samantha Bastow, PharmD, MBA, Becton Dickinson
Anthony Scott, PharmD, MBA, Emory University Hospital
Nathan Mills, PharmD, CPPS, Appalachian Regional Health
Alex Raymond, PharmD, MS, CHC, Ochsner Health
Alissa Voils, PharmD, MSHA, Mayo Clinic
Anish John MD, ABPN, ABPM, Associate Medical Director, Positive Sobriety Institute
Cory Luper, BA, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Leah Mitchell, PharmD, MBA, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Will be in the front of the hotel
Sharron Coffie MSN, RN, CNS, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Stephen Webster, PharmD, MSBA, University of Rochester Medical Center
Michael Dejos, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CHOP, LSSBB, DPLA, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Amisha Arya PharmD, BCSCP, CJCP – NYU Langone Health
Evan Frasure III PharmD, BCPS – Duke University Health System
Greg Griffin CPhT – Mayo Clinic
Andreece Gandy, PharmD, MBA, Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital – North
Samantha Bastow,PharmD, MBA
Danielle Neal PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CPEL
Leah Mitchell PharmD, MBA, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Summera Zaheer, MHA, CLSSGB
Sharron Coffie, MSN, RN, CNS, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Nic Jenkins, BSHA, AAS, CPhT
Heidi McNeely, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Bailey Eason, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Jennifer Wooten, BS, PharmD, BCPS
Kristen March, BS, PharmD, BCPS, Northwestern Medicine
Amina Luzic, PharmD, RPh
Adam Beeler, PharmD, MS, Protenus