Time | Speaker | Topic |
7:30 – 8:00 | Breakfast (Provided) | |
8:00-8:10 | Erin Shirley Orey, MS UMMC | Introduction |
8:10-8:15 | Alan Jones, MD, Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, UMMC | Welcome |
8:15-9:15 | Saurabh Bhardwaj, MD; Addiction Psychiatrist UMMC, MPA | Cannabis In the Treatment of Other Substance Use Disorders |
9:15-9:45 | Robert Welch, Ph.D. University of Mississippi | National Center for Cannabis Research and Education |
9:45-10:30 | Panel, University of Mississippi Mahmoud El Sohly, Ph.D. Soumyajit Majumdar, Ph.D. | National Center for Cannabis Research and Education |
10:30-10:45 | Break | |
10:45-11:45 | Brad Ingram, MD, Neurologist, UMMC | Medical Cannabis for Seizure Disorders |
11:45-12:45 | Lunch (Provided) |
12:45-1:45 | Steve Maxwell, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics | Law Enforcement Perspective on Medical and Recreational Cannabis |
1:45-2:45 | Laura Goodson, JD, Acting Director, Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program, Mississippi Department of Health | Administration and Regulation of Medical Cannabis in Mississippi – The Law and Its Implementation |
2:45-3:00 | Break |
3:00-4:00 | Daniel Edney, MD, FACP FASAM, State Health Officer, Mississippi Department of Health | Medical Cannabis in MS |
4:00-5:00 | Claude Brunson, MD, Executive Director MSMA, Professor Emeritus UMMC | Future of Medical Cannabis in Mississippi |