Arizona Pain Society and Dr. Robert Barkin, Rush University Medical Center, Present...
Arizona Pain Society and Dr. Robert Barkin, Rush University Medical Center,
Present Program on Comprehensive Urine Drug Testing Sponsored by Dominion
Diagnostics
An Educational Program: Discriminating Real Science from Faux Science
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., Dec. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- At a recent meeting of the
Arizona Pain Society, Dominion Diagnostics sponsored an extensive educational
program entitled "A Comprehensive Review of Urine Drug Testing: Which Test,
Which Patient and Discriminating Real Science from Faux Science," presented by
Dr. Robert Barkin, Pharm.D, MBA, FCP, DAAPM. Dr. Barkin is an Associate
Professor, Faculty of Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, and Pharmacology, at
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, as well as a
Pharmacotherapy Consultant at the Rush Pain Center, Chicago, Illinois, and the
North Shore Pain Center at Rush North Shore Hospital in Skokie, Illinois.
Dr. Barkin's instructional program on comprehensive urine drug testing
followed an introductory segment on the current "Legal Issues of Pain
Management" given by Mark A. McSally Esq.
Additionally, Stephen Borowsky, MD, Arizona Pain Society President,
presented recent updates on the status of Prescription Drug Monitoring in
Arizona. Dr. Borowsky serves on the Arizona Board of Pharmacy Task Force for
Electronic Prescription Monitoring.
Due to the pertinent topics presented, the meeting was well over-capacity,
with more than 60 people attending. Arizona Pain Society members unable to
attend, or practitioners who would like more information regarding the
material presented at the meeting, may contact Vicky Lipton, Regional Sales
Manager for Dominion Diagnostics, at (623) 262-2361 or
vlipton@dominiondiagnostics.com.
As part of its ongoing training and education initiative, Dominion
Diagnostics sponsors similar educative programs around the United States. For
more information, please email marketing@dominiondiagnostics.com.
About Dominion Diagnostics:
Dominion Diagnostics is a CAP (College of American Pathologists)
accredited and CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) certified
national medical laboratory specializing in advanced, state-of-the-art
clinical quantitative urine drug testing and monitoring for Pain Management,
Addiction Medicine, Primary Care, Mental Health and Well-Being, Behavioral
Health, and Hospital Systems. For more information, please visit
www.dominiondiagnostics.com.
About Arizona Pain Society:
Arizona Pain Society is a gathering of physicians from many areas of
practice who are focused on the treatment and understanding of pain. The
Society brings together Allopathic, Osteopathic, Naturopathic, Dental and
Podiatric Philosophies. The appropriate use of medications, procedures and
other treatments are addressed, as are ethical and professional issues
affecting pain practitioners. For more information, please visit
www.arizonapainsociety.org.
Media Contact (Dominion Diagnostics):
Julie Lenahan
Director of Marketing
1-401-667-0876
jlenahan@dominiondiagnostics.com
SOURCE Dominion Diagnostics
Julie Lenahan, Director of Marketing of Dominion Diagnostics, +1-401-667-0876,
jlenahan@dominiondiagnostics.com
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