Topics discussed in this episode
🟣Physician faced with a medical crisis within your own family
🟣Personal loss as a catalyst to help others
🟣From mentee to buying an addiction practice.
🟣Fighting for someone and wanting them to have success.
🟣Opioid addiction as a chronic brain disease
🟣From homeless to homeowner managing 50 people
🟣DPC Why some patients prefer to pay cash
🟣Importance of work to rebuild lives
🟣Definition of the goal of harm reduction
🟣Misperceptions of MAT
🟣Neurobiological evidence for what MAT does for the brain
🟣3 phases of the opioid addiction crisis
🟣Pressed pills and the Wild West dangerous zone
🟣What you might not know about Prince's overdose
🟣Opioid addiction and pregnancy
🟣Why many patients prefer not going to meetings
🟣Listen to find out how long this addiction Dr has gone without seeing a positive heroin drug test in central Kentucky
Addiction Podcast Guest:
Alicia Shirakbari-Leslie, MD, Addiction Medicine And Emergency Medicine Physician, President of Central Kentucky Addiction Treatment
Dr. Alicia Leslie is a physician and President of Central Kentucky Addiction Treatment. Her 27 years as an emergency room physician exposed her to the growing epidemic of opioid addiction, along with the lack of treatment resources, so she felt the need to join a practice where patients are treated by a caring physician with professionalism. Dr. Alicia started addiction treatment and management in 2014. She became board-certified in Addiction Medicine in 2019 by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. In July 2022, she bought the practice where she had worked for 10 years in order to expand treatment services for patients. She has a special interest in pregnancy opioid management.
🔗www.kyaddictiontreatment.org
📍128 Daniel Dr. Danville, KY 40422
📞(859) 238-0018
✉️info@kyaddictiontreatment.org
Guest location: Kentucky
Addiction Podcast Host:
⁠Chris Langley⁠, Co-Founder | ⁠Addiction Recovery Place⁠