Christie Okoye, BS, MHS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Race influences the treatments of opioid use...

MARGARET WESTPHAL, BA  Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Endometriosis is a growth of endometrial tissue outside the...

SAKET GOHKALE, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College SUMMARY POINTS Opioids are used preoperatively for a quarter of patients undergoing...

LIZA BECKER, BA Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Incarcerated individuals face a significantly increased risk of...

Kazune J. Matsuoka, BA Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive and interactive...

KATHRYN FULTON, BS    Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Class of 2026 SUMMARY POINTS Early efforts in opioid withdrawal treatment focused on...

John L Gibbons, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University   SUMMARY POINTS Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist...

Grace Eddy Thomas Jefferson University SUMMARY POINTS In the climate of the opioid crisis, there is a need to determine factors...

JACOB HEILIZER, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University SALONI SHARMA, MD Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas...

JESSICA THELEMAQUE, BS Temple Lewis Katz School of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Opioid use disorder and mental health disorders are public...

EMMA LIPSCHUTZ, MS  Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Opioid-sparing pain management strategies for patients following...

EMMA BOYAJIEFF, BS Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS A large number of plastic surgery procedures are performed each...

Daniel Doherty, BA Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University SUMMARY POINTS Safe Injection Sites are facilities that use harm...

Benjamin Joffe, BA Sidney Kimmel Medical College SUMMARY POINTS Urine drug tests (UDTs) are recommended for patients in opioid...

SUJAY DESHPANDE, BA Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Intraoperative opioids have had a predominant role in anesthesia...

TAYLOR B. GOLDBERG, BS Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Over half of all children experience at least one adverse...

AKINSHOLA JOLAOSO, BS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Lower back pain can present across widespread...

TEAGAN MCCARTHY, BS Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University SUMMARY POINTS  There are 1.2 million cesarean sections...

TAYLOR DILISI, MS Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS  Plastic surgery patients are overprescribed opioids, often...

NANCY IBRAHIM Lewis Katz School of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Opioids are a poor treatment tool for chronic pain given their adverse risk...

Robert C. Juniewicz, BA Sidney Kimmel Medical College- Thomas Jefferson University SUMMARY POINTS Cannabis use is increasing in the...

SIMRAN F. SHAMITH, BS Drexel University College of Medicine DAVID I. PEDOWITZ, MD Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson...

Neha Bhardwaj BS, PharmD  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine SUMMARY POINTS Medical marijuana is an effective form of pain...

Mickey Heinbaugh, B.S. Drexel University College of Medicine SUMMARY POINTS The prevalence of Opioid Use Disorder in pregnancy has...

MICHAEL VO Sidney Kimmel Medical College SUMMARY POINTS There are a multitude of preoperative risk factors that are predictive of opioid...

NICHOLAS PIARULLI, BS DAVID S. STOLZENBERG, D.O. SUMMARY POINTS Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that is poorly understood....

JACOB BEIRIGER, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Early treatment with NSAIDs or steroids leads to prolonged pain following...

TARA TRONETTI, BS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid-tolerant patients require thoughtful and active management during the perioperative period to...

Qudratullah S. Qadiri, BS SUMMARY POINTS In the last five years, there has been a significant decrease in the use of opioids for...

GASTON DAVIS, BS SUMMARY POINTS In response to the ongoing opioid epidemic, total joint arthroplasty surgery has embraced opioid...

Emily Baus, BS Summary Points ● Orthopedic surgeons are the third-highest prescribers of opioid medications amongst all medical...

HEE W. KIM, BS SUMMARY POINTS An average of 34 opioid pills are prescribed to patients following foot & ankle surgeries, with...

DAKOTA L. TAYLOR, BS, LAT, ATC SUMMARY POINTS Vitamin D can modulate the effects of ultraviolet radiation-induced β-endorphin and its...

ALICE WU, BA SUMMARY POINTS The use of medical cannabis has been shown to offer therapeutic effects to combat patients with opioid use...

RITU VYAS, BS Summary Philadelphia continues to lead in fatal overdoses amongst large cities in the United States. Meta-analyses studies...

JOSH MARET, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Abuse-deterrent opioid formulations (ADOs) aim to make opioid abuse less...

Mubazar Ishfaq, BS SUMMARY POINTS Illicit synthetic fentanyl abuse is increasing across America and is the cause of the current 4th wave...

ZACHARY BLICKLEY, BS SUMMARY POINTS Smoking increases postoperative opioid usage and pain scores across different surgical specialties...

Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Pregnancy and Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Pennsylvania Rachael Wittmer, BS SUMMARY POINTS Pennsylvania’s...

Patrick Ioffreda, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Chronic pain is prevalent in over two-thirds of patients following spinal...

ROMINA GARAKANI, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid death rates have increased among Black Americans. Non-White people...

Ripal Sheth, BS SUMMARY POINTS The Pennsylvania state legislature mandated the use of opioid treatment agreements when starting chronic...

Tala Allababidi, BS SUMMARY POINTS The United States’ extensive opioid consumption has been attributed to pharmaceutical advertising,...

ANASTASIA A. MITAYANINA, BS SUMMARY POINTS Less than 10% of Dermatologists prescribe opioids. There has been an overall decrease in...

ANISHA SINGH, BS SUMMARY POINTS Mu-opioid receptors are found in a variety of organs that can influence fertility, such as the...

Henley Spracklen, BS SUMMARY POINTS Endurance athletes have a high prevalence of tramadol use in competition. Tramadol is not considered...

John Bodnar, MS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Buprenorphine or methadone use in the perioperative period is challenging due to...

Matthew Nguyen, BS SUMMARY POINTS Medical cannabis has the potential for benefit in alleviating muscle soreness, improving mental...

CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF M. ILYAS, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring (PDMP) data showed a 33% decrease in the...

Brock K. Bakewell, MPH Chaim Miller, BA Matthew B. Sherman, BS Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS: In 2016 nearly 2 million opioid...