Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The twin crises of addiction and overdose remain headline news, with a growing toll in lives lost and ruined. In this Medical Grand Rounds presentation, three of our faculty experts in addiction medicine will describe ongoing efforts to address these crises, the disproportionate toll that addiction poses to marginalized populations, innovative new approaches, and ongoing challenges.
Speakers
Ayesha Appa, MD, is an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine at ZSFG. She completed fellowships in both Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine. Her research is focused on the implementation of models that provide simultaneous treatment of substance use disorders and HIV or other serious infections.
Marlene Martin, MD, is an associate professor of Medicine, based in the Division of Hospital Medicine at ZSFG. She also serves as director of the award-winning Addiction Care Team (ACT), an interprofessional consult service that provides compassionate care focused on harm reduction and evidence-based treatment for patients with substance use disorders.
Christy Soran, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of Medicine and medical director of the Outpatient Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC). Her areas of interest are the integration of addiction medicine treatment into primary care, the overlap of substance use and chronic pain, medical education, patient-empowered clinical care, and building trustworthiness in medicine.
Note: Closed captions will be available within 48-72 hours after posting.
Program Bob Wachter: Introduction
00:01:58-00:09:55 – Ayesha Appa, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine at ZSFG
00:10:09-00:24:41 – Marlene Martin, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at ZSFG and director of the Addiction Care Team (ACT)
00:24:47-00:35:06 – Ayesha Appa, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine at ZSFG
00:35:10-00:46:19 – Christy Soran, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Medicine and medical director of the Outpatient Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC)
00:46:39-00:58:18 – Q&A
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• November 9: 2023 Updates in Anticoagulation
youtu.be/9rpX3lvbrSM?si=LiiSbBlM6GDYILp3
• October 26: Bridging Synthetic Immunology and Genome Editing to Advance CAR-T Cell Therapies
youtu.be/gkIUZBERO_c
• October 19: Mapping the Clinical and Multi-Omics Terrain to New Horizons in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
youtu.be/zxM_1vL2d4g
• October 12: Improving Value in Medicine: Health Technology Assessment and Determining the Value of Treatments
youtube.com/watch?v=ujA--4BtFSU&t=1763s
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, at youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp2l8GCZXFqSgUfwaResQ7rGwKbGIUi_m.
The twin crises of addiction and overdose remain headline news, with a growing toll in lives lost and ruined. In this Medical Grand Rounds presentation, three of our faculty experts in addiction medicine will describe ongoing efforts to address these crises, the disproportionate toll that addiction poses to marginalized populations, innovative new approaches, and ongoing challenges.
Speakers
Ayesha Appa, MD, is an assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine at ZSFG. She completed fellowships in both Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine. Her research is focused on the implementation of models that provide simultaneous treatment of substance use disorders and HIV or other serious infections.
Marlene Martin, MD, is an associate professor of Medicine, based in the Division of Hospital Medicine at ZSFG. She also serves as director of the award-winning Addiction Care Team (ACT), an interprofessional consult service that provides compassionate care focused on harm reduction and evidence-based treatment for patients with substance use disorders.
Christy Soran, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of Medicine and medical director of the Outpatient Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC). Her areas of interest are the integration of addiction medicine treatment into primary care, the overlap of substance use and chronic pain, medical education, patient-empowered clinical care, and building trustworthiness in medicine.
Note: Closed captions will be available within 48-72 hours after posting.
Program Bob Wachter: Introduction
00:01:58-00:09:55 – Ayesha Appa, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine at ZSFG
00:10:09-00:24:41 – Marlene Martin, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at ZSFG and director of the Addiction Care Team (ACT)
00:24:47-00:35:06 – Ayesha Appa, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine at ZSFG
00:35:10-00:46:19 – Christy Soran, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Medicine and medical director of the Outpatient Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC)
00:46:39-00:58:18 – Q&A
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• November 9: 2023 Updates in Anticoagulation
youtu.be/9rpX3lvbrSM?si=LiiSbBlM6GDYILp3
• October 26: Bridging Synthetic Immunology and Genome Editing to Advance CAR-T Cell Therapies
youtu.be/gkIUZBERO_c
• October 19: Mapping the Clinical and Multi-Omics Terrain to New Horizons in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
youtu.be/zxM_1vL2d4g
• October 12: Improving Value in Medicine: Health Technology Assessment and Determining the Value of Treatments
youtube.com/watch?v=ujA--4BtFSU&t=1763s
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, at youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp2l8GCZXFqSgUfwaResQ7rGwKbGIUi_m.
