The Health of Healthcare Providers: From Suicide, Substance Abuse and Burnout to Resiliency and Prevention

Physician Wellness event sponsored by OCMA, Cooperative of American Physicians and CMA Foundation

Title: The Health of Healthcare Providers: From Suicide, Substance Abuse and Burnout to Resiliency and Prevention

Description

Despite being at the core of the healthcare system, physicians (and other healthcare professionals) tend to neglect their own health and rely on self-management when they have health problems. This tendency towards self-treatment and the increasing demands of the environment in which they practice, leads healthcare providers to have increasing rates of adverse outcomes such as suicide and burnout. However, there is hope and evidence-based interventions to improve resiliency and the physical and mental health of our healthcare workforce.

Speaker: Matthew Goldenberg, D.O.

Dr. Goldenberg is the Associate Medical Director of the Promises Professionals Treatment Program, in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Goldenberg's work at Promises and in his private practice focuses on physicians and other licensed professionals with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health conditions. Dr. Goldenberg is also on the medical staff and is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Goldenberg completed his Psychiatry Residency Training at Banner University Medical Center of the University of Arizona. He completed an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Goldenberg has numerous peer-reviewed publications and has spoken extensively on Physician Health and other topics related to mental health and substance abuse.

Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Time: 6:00 p.m. – Dinner

6:30 p.m. – Program

Place: OCMA Conference Center

17322 Murphy Avenue

Irvine, CA 92614

Price:

OCMA member & CAP member – FREE

Non-physician guest of OCMA or CAP member - FREE

Non-member physician - $50 *

Non-physician guest of non-member physician - $25.00

*This fee can be applied to physician’s membership dues if he/she joins OCMA/CMA

Complimentary parking.

Questions:
Holly Appelbaum

happelbaum@ocma.org

(949) 398-8100 ext. 106