August 11, 2026 Medications for Treating AUD

August 11, 2026

This is a live, virtual activity.

Join us for this 8-part lecture series featuring topics chosen by your peers. This series is intended to increase your comfort and confidence in talking to patients about alcohol and in offering them support, solutions and treatment while supporting you in holding difficult conversations. Let’s grow together over lunch.

Session 3: Medications for Treating AUD
Speaker: Mark Publicker, MD, DFASM, DABAM & Stephanie Vail, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCPP, FCCP

Target Audience

This activity is intended for any healthcare professional interested in talking to patients about alcohol use.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe how alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic disease and managed like other chronic diseases.
  2. List which medications are FDA-indicated and those used off-label with supporting evidence for the treatment of patients with AUD. 
  3. Detail how to develop a treatment and monitoring plan for use of medications for AUD (MAUD).

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
05/04/2026
Course expires: 
02/08/2027
Event starts: 
08/11/2026 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
08/11/2026 - 1:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
The Time to Ask Interprofessional Lecture Series: Addressing Alcohol Use - Conversations, Treatment & Professional Growth
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Mark Publicker, MD, DFASM, DABAM

Mark Publicker, MD, has practiced addiction medicine for more than 30 years and is a nationally recognized leader in the field. He is the immediate past president of the Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine, a past president of the Virginia and Pennsylvania Societies of Addiction Medicine, and editor-in-chief of the American Society of Addiction Medicine magazine. Dr. Publicker is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and a diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine.

A respected educator and advocate for evidence-based addiction treatment, Dr. Publicker has taught addiction medicine in China and helped develop a treatment program for drug-addicted homeless boys in Turkey. In 2009, he was named “Caregiver of the Year” by the Maine Hospital Association, and in 2014, Down East magazine recognized him as Maine’s “Top Doctor in Addiction Medicine.” Lunder-Dineen is honored to collaborate with Dr. Publicker to advance evidence-based education on substance use and addiction.

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Stephanie Vail, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCPP, FCCP

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In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statements

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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