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Program Date: 02 October 2019
Publication Date: 29 January 2020
Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.25 CE; Dietitian 1.25 CPEU
In this course, Barbara Parilla, MD, FACOG, FASAM, will discuss the process for screening pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD); identify intervention options for OUD patients; and review resources and recovery services.
Performance Indicators: 2.2.2, 2.3.5, 4.2.6
Activity Code: 183991
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Addiction Medicine Specialist
Lexington, KY, USA
Dr Parilla is board-certified in both Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She is part of the OB clinical leadership team for the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative's initiative "Mothers and Neonates Affected by Opioids." She is a speaker for the Buprenorphine Waiver Course jointly sponsored by ACOG and ASAM. She also serves on the Illinois Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee, specifically the subcommittee that reviews homicides and overdoses. She was the recipient of the March of Dimes Physician Award in 2016 for her work in the area of opioid use disorders in pregnancy.
Dr Parilla received her undergraduate and medical degree from Stony Brook University and her fellowship training at Northwestern University, where she stayed on as a full-time faculty member for 14 years. She then spent the next 14 years with Advocate Medical Group, where she served as the Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Lutheran General Hospital. She joined Rush Medical Group in April 2018.
Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:
Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.
Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:
This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.
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