CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF M. ILYAS, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring (PDMP) data showed a 33% decrease in the...

Brock K. Bakewell, MPH Chaim Miller, BA Matthew B. Sherman, BS Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS: In 2016 nearly 2 million opioid...

Ramin Talebi, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid prescribing rates and prescription opioid overdose rates are trending down,...

Kimberly Townsend, M.S. Jenna Adalbert, M.P.H. Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Drug-induced deaths have increased in the last...

Danielle Lehman, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 80% of...

Mike Heller, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Naloxone (Narcan) is an opioid receptor antagonist that can be used to rapidly...

Kevin Rooney, BS, Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Summary Points In 2019, PA ranked 26th in state opioid prescription...

Dominic Farronato Summary Points: A pill mill is a medical practice that inappropriately prescribes large amounts of opioid drugs without...

John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...

John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...

Bela Delvadia, BS Surena Namdari, MD, MS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS: Fractures represent common acute painful injuries that...

CLAY TOWNSEND, BS ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Based on a recent Pew Research poll, two-thirds of American...

DUNCAN VAN NEST, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS ARI GREIS, DO SUMMARY POINTS Medical Cannabis has been growing in utilization across the...

Austin Saline, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The first wave of the “Opioid Epidemic” was related to prescription opioids...

CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The PDMP remains the single most studied legislative action addressing the...

Chaim Miller, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Takeaway Points: The CDC categorized the past 20 years of drug overdose data into 3 waves to...

JOSEPH LABRUM, IV, MD ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS Hand Surgery is a high volume surgical field with historically excessive...

DANIEL CALEM, BA MARK KURD, MD SUMMARY POINTS Spine surgery has historically relied on the routine use of opioids, with spine surgery...

BROCK BAKEWELL, MPH ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Rothman physicians have reduced the number of opioid prescriptions from 2015...

JENNA ADALBERT, BS SOMMER HAMMOUD, MD SUMMARY POINTS Orthopaedic sports medicine subspecialists perform a wide variety of anatomic...

PANKTI ACHARYA, MPH ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Formal Opioid-prescribing education of orthopaedic surgical residents...

DANIEL CALEM, BA ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Inadequate pain control following surgery can potentially result...

JENNA ADALBERT, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS In medical school curricula, active methods of opioid prescribing instruction...

BROCK BAKEWELL, MPH ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS THC and CBD behave in a dynamic and dose-dependent manner. THC...

JUSTIN A. LY, BA ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Cannabinoids have both analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties...

TAYLOR PASKEY, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Orthopaedic Surgeons write 5.8% of all opioid prescriptions, behind: Family...

ZACHARY HERMAN, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid mortality is defined as a death related to opioid use, be it...

ZACHARY HERMAN, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Understanding opioid prescribing habits and patient utilization of opioids is...

TAYLOR PASKEY, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Despite recent decreases in opioid prescribing, significant variation in...

DUNCAN VAN NEST, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Opioids receptors are located throughout the body and are activated by...