Maternal SUD and NAS Summit

Event Details

Tuesday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 1

Location

Courtyard by Marriott
3301 Lemone Industrial Boulevard
Columbia, Mo.

This event will focus on Missouri’s progress in treating maternal substance use disorders and neonatal abstinence syndrome/neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, while highlighting information and interventions on continued gaps and promising practices. Presenters will cover topics related to clinical care and best practices; policy, systems and workforce; and innovations in addressing SUD and NAS/NOWS. Participants will have access to resources and subject matter experts in the fields of maternal SUD and supporting care for infants with NAS/NOWS.

This event is complimentary for all attendees. CEs are pending.

Agenda

9:00 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast, Resource Tables Open

9:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks

10:00 a.m. | Back to Basics: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable in Clinical Conversations
Speaker: Fred Rottnek, M.D., MAHCM, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

10:45 a.m. | Break

11:00 a.m. | Pain Management, Treatment, and Risk Mitigation in 2026: What Do We Know and What Are We Learning to Promote Individual and Family Safety?
Speaker: Fred Rottnek, M.D., MAHCM, Saint Louis University School of Medicine

12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Networking Break

1:00 p.m. | Missouri Perinatal SUD Perceptions Survey: Learnings, Implications, and Reactions
Speakers: Reggi Rideout and Jenny Klenke, Simply Strategy

2:30 p.m. | Afternoon Break

2:45 p.m. | Emerging Substance Use Threats in Perinatal Addiction
Speaker: Niraj Chavan, M.D., MPH, FACOG, FASAM, SSM Health WISH Center

3:45 p.m. | Closing

7:00 a.m. | Breakfast

8:00 a.m. | Preparing Mothers and Families to Engage with the Eat, Sleep, Console Model
Speaker: Becky Boedeker, DNP, RNC-MNN, IBCLC, C-ONQS, Advanced Clinical Nurse – Perinatal, SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Louis

8:45 a.m. | Break

9:00 a.m. | Show-Me Grace: Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care Panel
Facilitators: Lindsey VonDras, MSW, PQC Care Coordination Manager, MHA; Shawn W. Billings, M.S., Vice President of Substance Use Programming, MHA
Panelists: Bridget Galati, D.O., Washington University School of Medicine; Circuit Judge Shannon R. Dougherty, Jefferson County, Mo.; Brittany Estes, CPS, EPICC Peer Support Specialist, Gibson Center for Behavioral Health; Merissa Fisk, Supervisor, Child Abuse/Neglect, Greene County Juvenile Office

10:15 a.m. | Break

10:30 a.m. | Building What We Need: How Lived Experience Is Informing Program Design and Leading System Innovation
Speakers: Bryce Starr, M.S., ASN, Project Manager, Missouri Maternal Health Action Network; Kri Korte, CADC, CPS, MARS, Peer Recovery Coach for CARE and HBCD; Heather Reams, Respite Specialist for in2Action

11:30 a.m. | Closing Remarks & Adjournment