Powerfully Educate. Powerfully Advocate.
Surprisingly passive. Highly informative.
Physician Advocate Award Program
We will contact you or your office manager to get your materials to you.
2 core program components -
Two core program components which were focus grouped and refined in South County, have been developed as a highly passive but powerful way in which Sarasota’s doctors are now helping Drug Free Sarasota spread the latest information on the most pressing issues of prescription drug abuse and misuse issues occurring in our community.
Waiting Room Literature Module
The most up to date information on the county's DRUG FREE YOUTH Program, Information on Narcan, the Marchman Act, how to recognize overdose symptoms, as well as the latest RX Use and Misuse campaign and Drop Box disposal location information. (Click below gallery to see what's inside the module.)
Tear Sheet
"Passively Educate while they wait." Given to patients in office or exam room after patient data population by your MA, PA, or Nurse while they wait to see you.
(LEFT: Home medication inventory card from the RX Drop Box Campaign PSA. Participating Physician Advocate Award recipient, Dr. Charles E. Stewart, Orthopedics)
Our Contributors
We continue to bring together the indispensable experiential input of the recovery and addiction community with the knowledge base and expertise of the Sarasota physician community to produce the best balance of information for Sarasota county.
Sarasota Addiction & Recovery Family Community Consultants
Phillip "PJ" Brooks,
VP Outpatient & Youth Services
First Step of Sarasota
Lauri Ray, Founder
Johnny's Dream
johnnysdream.org
South County
Foundational Program Development
Community Physician Contributors
Dr. Fabian A. Ramos
FIPP, DABA, DABIPP, DABPM
Interventional Pain Medicine
Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice
Mark Sylvester, M.D., ABPN, ABAM
Board Certified in Psychiatry & Neurology
Board Certified in Addiction Medicine
Director of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Program at CMPS
Television and Community speaker and expert in Neuro-Psych issues.
Both opioid and non-opioid prescribers are invited to join the countywide education campaign.
photo credit: Jennifer Gerardi, Life Steps Photo
credit: Special thanks also to Englewood Sun reporter, Elaine Allen-Emrich, for our first and very extensive feature story on the pilot program and launch.
Very special thanks to our South County pilot program focus group physicians.
Special thanks to surgeons Matt Ercolani, MD and Scott Martz of Gulf Urology, and Michael Lilly, MD (General Surgery, Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery) of Gulf Surgery piloting and refining our program and opioid tear sheets in South county.
Media & News
VIEW THE ARCHIVE LINK HERE - SUNCOAST VIEW SEGMENT
with Medical Alliance Foundation's Erin Lilly and Kameroon Boykins, Coordinator, Drug Free Sarasota Coalition
- SUNCOAST VIEW SEGMENT -
Our own Stacy Greeter, MD, and contributing Tear Sheet Pain Management Expert, Fabian Ramos, MD
Thank you.
We will contact you or your office manager to get your materials to you.
HOSPITAL ADVOCACY
We are appealing for 100% participation by our Sarasota Hospitals to engage our opioid education campaign within their own E.R. waiting rooms.