Matthew A. Torrington, M.D., has given more than a hundred lectures on topics surrounding the subject of "Addiction Medicine". Soon we will begin posting his scheduled lectures in advance so that you may be able to attend.
Past Lectures Presented
“Substance Abuse and Dependence”
Christiana Care Department of Family Medicine Lecture Series
Christiana Care, Wilmington, DE, 5.27.03
“Diagnosis and Treatment of opiate dependence”
Christiana Care Department of Family Medicine Lecture Series
Christiana Care, Wilmington, DE, 5.27.03
“Implementation strategies; Buprenorphine in the methadone setting”
Brandywine Counseling Leadership group
Brandywine Counseling, Newark DE, 5.28.03
“The Psychotropic Medications; an overview”
Matrix; Continuing education series
Los Angeles, CA, 8.20.03
“Substance Abuse”
UCLA Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series
UCLA Westwood Campus, Westwood, CA, 8.27.03
“Buprenorphine”
NIDA Blending Conference 2003
Denver, CO, 9.9.03
“Diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependence”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Suburban Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 10.2.03
“Diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependence”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Valley Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 10.7.03
“Substance Abuse 2”
UCLA Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series
UCLA Westwood Campus, Westwood, CA, 10.22.03
“Diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependence”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Century City Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 11.3.03
“Buprenorphine”
Reckitt Benckiser facilitated lecture
Long Island Medical Center, NY, 11.24.03
“Diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependence”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Torrance Medical Center, Torrance , CA12.15.03
“Buprenorphine”
Reckitt Benckiser facilitated lecture
Sacramento County Physician Society, Sacramento, CA 1.29.04
“Diagnosis and Treatment of Substance abuse; Part 1: Stimulants, Club Drugs and Hallucinogens”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Valley Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2.03.04
“Diagnosis and Treatment of Substance abuse; Part 1: Stimulants, Club Drugs and Hallucinogens”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Suburban Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2.19.04
“Buprenorphine training course for physicians”
CSAM Buprenorphine Certification Course
Member of ‘expert panel’ APA, Anaheim, CA, 2.21.04
“Diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependence”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Midway Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, 3.17.04
“Diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependence”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Verdugo Hills Medical Center, Pasadena, CA, 4.15.04
“Diagnosis and treatment of opioid dependence”
UCLA Department of Family Medicine Grand Rounds
St. John’s Hospital, Santa Monica, CA, 4.28.04
“Buprenorphine and the treatment of opioid dependence”
Matrix/Sierra Tucson Continuing Education Series
Beverly Hills, CA 6.10.04
“Opioids and Pain”
Haight Ashbury Free Clinics 37th Anniversary Conference
UCSF Laurel Heights, San Francisco, CA 6.11.04
“Identifying substance abuse in primary care”
Third Annual Conference on Co-Occurring Disorders
Long Beach, CA 6.20.04
“Evidence based screening for alcohol misuse and dependence”
USC Continuing Medical Education Lecture Series
Midway Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 7.21.04
“Induction, Maintenance, and Discontinuation”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, Los Angeles, CA 7.24.04
“Managing Acute and Chronic Pain in Patients taking Buprenorphine”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, Los Angeles, CA 7.24.04
“Medical Morbidity in Methadone Maintenance Treatment”
“Hepatitis and HIV in Methadone Maintenance Treatment”
California Opioid Maintenance Providers
Annual Training and Educational Symposium, Los Angeles, CA 9.2.04
“Special populations in Buprenorphine Treatment”
San Diego Area Addiction Physicians, Workgroup, San Diego, CA 9.28.04
“Methadone at 40: An update for Clinicians”
California Society of Addiction Medicine Pre-Conference Workshop
Addiction Medicine Review Course, San Diego, CA 10.6.04
“Buprenorphine Grand Rounds: Four Cases in Office-Based Opioid Pharmacotherapy Using Sublingual Buprenorphine”
California Society of Addiction Medicine Pre-Conference Workshop
Addiction Medicine Review Course, San Diego, CA 10.6.04
“Introduction to Buprenorphine”
Department of Anesthesiology, Resident Physicians
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, 10.8.04
“Implementing Buprenorphine in an inpatient Detox Setting”
In service training for Tarzana Treatment Center
Matrix Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 10.12.04
“Induction, Maintenance, and Discontinuation”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, San Diego, 10.10.04
“Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Pain”
Cedars Sinai Pain Center, Physician Inservice
Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, 10.21.04
“Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Addiction”
UCLA Addiction Medicine Work Group Lecture Series
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 11.11.04
“New Medications in the treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders”
Western Conference on Addictions
UCLA ISAP, PSATTC, MAI, LAPIC, Universal City, CA 11.13.04
“Bio-behavioral Foundations of Substance Abuse and Dependence”
Graduate School of Nursing Lecture Series
UCLA Graduate School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA, 11.17.04
“Medical Morbidity in the Treatment of Opiate Dependence”
“Special Populations in Buprenorphine Treatment; Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, and Pregnancy”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, Los Angeles, CA, 12.4.04
“Group Facilitator” “Panel Member”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, Las Vegas, NV, 2.16.05
“Use of buprenorphine in the treatment of opiate dependency and pain”
In service training for Van Nuys Pain Clinic, Van Nuys, CA 4.1.05
“Addiction is a Brain Disease”
“The Methamphetamine Crisis: A Physician’s Viewpoint”
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Orlando, FL, 6.9.05
“Buprenorphine in the Treatment of Opiate Dependence in the OTP setting”
Matrix Institute on Addictions, NTP training series
Matrix WLA, Los Angeles, CA, 7.6.05
“Substance Abuse and Dependence”
Graduate School of Nursing Lecture Series
UCLA Graduate School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA, 7.20.05
“Addiction overview and diagnosis and treatment of opiate dependence “
UCLA Extension; Substance Abuse Drug Counselor Training course
UCLA main campus, LA, CA, 8.27.05
“Induction; How to begin therapy with Buprenorphine”
“Medical Morbidity in the Treatment of Opiate Dependence”
“Special Populations in Buprenorphine Treatment; Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, and Pregnancy”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, San Francisco, CA, 9.11.05
“Optimizing Recovery from Substance Dependence”
Community Outreach Lecture Series; sponsored by Hythiam, INC
Lux Hotel, Brentwood, CA, 9.28.05
“Live Addiction question and answer with Dr. Torrington”
ALL TALK Recovery Radio
Live in Studio, Los Angeles, CA 10.15.06
“Addiction is a Brain Disease”
Recovery Radio presentation with Q and A
Syndicated Radio Show, Orange Co, CA 10.22.05
“Addiction is a Brain Disease”
Lecture for community treatment providers; sponsored by Hythiam, INC
Los Angeles, CA 10.26.05
“Special Populations in Buprenorphine Treatment; Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, and Pregnancy”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training San, Diego, CA 10.29.05
“Novel treatments are reshaping the treatment landscape”
Doctors Who Care Physician Lecture
Los Angeles, CA 90230
“Buprenorphine and the office based treatment of opiate dependence:
What's New, What's Working, What's Next?”
Western Conference on Addictions
Studio City, CA, 11.13.05
“Special Populations in Buprenorphine Treatment; Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, and Pregnancy”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, Santa Barbara, CA 11.19.05
“Addiction is a brain disease”
Co-presentation with the Honorable Andrea Barthwell, MD
2nd National Methamphetamine Legislative and Policy Conference
Honolulu, HI 11.29.05
“The role of biologic interventions in the drug court model”
Presentation facilitated by Hythiam Inc, department of governmental affairs
Tacoma CO Courthouse, Tacoma, WA 12.20.05
“Substance abuse and dependence: Biopsychosocial illnesses requiring multidimensional treatments”
California Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Lecture
Los Angeles office of Greenberg Traurig LLP, Santa Monica, CA 1.31.06
“Buprenorphine and the office based treatment of opiate dependence”
Addiction Medicine Clinic Lecture Series
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Westwood, CA 2.9.06
“Pharmacologic advances in the treatment and management of opiate dependence”
EAPA Regional Continuing Education lecture series
Tarzana Treatment Center, LA, CA 2.24.06
“Medical Comorbidity”
Special Populations in Buprenorphine Treatment: Pain, Pregnancy, Adolescents and the Elderly”
ASAM: Buprenorphine Office based treatment of Opiate Dependence
Buprenorphine Physician Training, Los Angeles, CA 2.25.06
“Addiction is a brain disease and the need for Biologic interventions in the treatment of substance dependence”
Congress of State Drug Court Associations of the NADCP meeting
Hyatt Arlington, Arlington, VA 3.13.06
“Addiction is a brain disease and the need for Biologic interventions in drug court model”
County of San Diego, HHSA, Alcohol and Drug Services
San Diego CO Administrative Building, San Diego, CA 3.23.06
“Dosing and patient management requirements during induction, stabilization, and detoxification with buprenorphine”
Fundamentals of Buprenorphine
Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, CA 4.21.06