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						Memorial Medical Center, 
						SIU Medicine to host free seminar on opioid crisis
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		[August 19, 2019]  
		Memorial Medical Center and SIU Medicine will hold a free seminar on the 
		opioid epidemic at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in the Memorial Center for 
		Learning and Innovation, 228 W. Miller Street, Springfield. | 
        
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			 The 90-minute event, “Opioid Epidemic: How We Got Here and Where to 
			Go Now,” will be in the M.G. Nelson Family Auditorium on the first 
			floor. 
 The seminar will trace phases of opioid epidemics in the United 
			States and around the world with a focus on the current epidemic, 
			highlight the role the medical community plays in the current 
			epidemic and discuss future directions for combating opioid abuse.
 
			The guest speaker is Dr. Kari Wolf, associate professor and chair of 
			the department of psychiatry at Southern Illinois University School 
			of Medicine. A half-hour question-and-answer session will be held 
			after her presentation. 
			
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Free parking is available in the parking garage south of the MCLI at Rutledge 
and Carpenter streets. Light refreshments will be served.
 To register, visit MemorialMedical. com/Events or call 217-788-3333.
 
				 
			[Michael Leathers] |