MOUD Management
Dr. Daniel Nauts, MD, FASAM & Dr. Robert Sise MD, MBA, MPH, FASAM 

Session Description: 
Provide a current update of overdoses with and without mortality, provide evolving strategies in improving access to MOUD, and promote low threshold, outcome centered care. 

Speaker Bio: 
Throughout his work, Dr. Sise emphasizes meeting patients where they are in their willingness to change. Prior to co-founding 406 Recovery, he co-founded and served as chief medical officer of the greater-Montana region’s largest psychiatric practice to ensure more Montanans have access to psychiatric services and crisis care. He also served as chief executive officer of a joint venture with the Montana Hospital Association to provide emergency psychiatry services to hospitals across the state. Dr. Sise started providing care to Montanans when he joined Billings Clinic and founded the organization’s first addiction treatment clinic. Before leaving Billings Clinic in 2021, he served as Medical Director of Montana’s first EmPATH Unit, led the consult-liaison psychiatry service, and created a virtual urgent care service. He has lectured on substance use disorder screening, diagnosis, and treatment at regional conferences. Dr. Sise is board certified in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry and general psychiatry. 

Dr. Nauts is board certified in internal medicine and addiction medicine. He also has completed a partial psychiatric residency and was instrumental in the development of a co-occurring unit at Montana State Hospital. He has extensive experience in providing a full continuum of care in both Washington State and Montana. Dr. Nauts is an independent contractor for the Montana Primary Care Association providing Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder training and technical assistance. He also has been a faculty member for ASAM for the Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine and Moving Beyond Barriers courses. He currently resides in Missoula, Montana and is an active member of ASAM, and the Secretary for the Northwest Society of Addiction Medicine, an ASAM Chapter. 

Montana Nurses Association is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity except for Brenda Donaldson who owned stock in Pfizer company and Margaret Hammersla who was a member of Pfizer virtual advisory board, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

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Expires 4/1/2026
Contact hours awarded upon successful completion: 1.5, including 0.5 RX