Cara Zimmerman MD MBA is the Medical Director of Primary Care Based Substance Use
Disorder Treatment (MAT) for a federal qualified community health center in Rhode Island. She
completed her Addiction Medicine fellowship and Internal Medicine residency at Brown University.

Dr. Leslie Brick is an Associate Professor at Brown University Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. She also serves as the Associate Director of Quantitative Sciences. Her substantive research focuses on physiological, biological, and contextual factors contributing to substance use behavior and posttraumatic stress. She is currently running a NIDA-funded R01 investigation to examine the impact of trauma exposure on cannabis use among young adults admitted to the Rhode Island Hospital Emergency Department. Dr. Brick has a PhD in behavioral science from the University of Rhode Island and she completed an NIH-funded T2 postdoctoral fellowship at Brown focusing on genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of developmental psychopathology. She is passionate about conducting clinically meaningful research to better understand substance use behavior and addiction, especially among those experiencing adversity, trauma, and stress.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the short- and long-term effects of cannabis.
2. Distinguish between THC and CBD.
3. Explain how to counsel patients on their cannabis use.

Continuing Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. The Rhode Island Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians: Rhode Island Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participations in this activity.

Intended Audience

Medical professionals. 

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