The 3rd annual Project HOPE/Disruptive Physician Conference was held Friday, November 13 at the Queen’s Medical Center Conference Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Around 100 people from the Law Enforcement, Corrections, Substance Abuse Treatment, Medical and Hospital and many other fields gathered to hear a full day of presentations, panels, and Q&A sessions with experts from around the country and beyond.
Disruptive Physician expert Dr. Michael Kaufmann of Ontario, Canada, and former Presidential Drug Czar Dr. Robert Du Pont joined Hawaii Circuit Judge Steven Alm, American Board of Addiction Medicine President Dr. Kevin Kunz, and President of Project HOPE and Pu’ulu Lapa’au Dr. Larry Schlesinger in discussing the challenges and new horizons ahead for successful treatment of addiction in general and in their specific areas of expertise.
Judges, public prosecutors, attorneys and defenders joined counselors, probation officers and health care deliverers in exchanging information and forging new relationships in areas that overlap their job descriptions, all with the goal of improving their service to the general public and the clients who need assistance.
See pictures below of the 2009 Project HOPE/Disruptive Physician Conference.
Dr. Kevin Kunz, Judge Steven Alm, Dr. Robert Du Pont, Dr. Michael Kaufmann, presentors at the 2009 Project HOPE/Disruptive Physician Conference
Conference Moderator Dr. Larry Schlesinger welcomes special guests at a private reception at Honolulu’s historic Washington Place, home to Hawaii’s Governors and their families during the 20th century and the residence of the last ruling monarch of Hawaii, Queen Lili’uokalani.
Special Conference Guests Dr. Michael Kaufmann and wife Judy, ABAM President Dr. Kevin Kunz, former Presidential Drug Czar Dr. Robert DuPont, Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Steven Alm, and Conference Moderator Dr. Larry Schlesinger enjoy historic Washington Place and prepare for the next day’s Conference.
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