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epidemic in Arkansas. AR-IMPACT is one example
of a program that is available to help you learn
more about navigating pain management during
the opioid epidemic. Visit ARIMPACT.uams.edu
for upcoming topics, AR-IMPACT team bios, and
a hefty resource section. Follow AR-IMPACT on
Twitter (@ArkansasImpact) or Facebook (search
Arkansas Impact) for conference reminders and
other useful tips.
*The author credits AR-IMPACT panelist
Johnathan Goree, MD, for this most-fitting ar-
ticle title.
**Effect of Opioid vs Nonopioid
Medications on Pain-Related Function in
Patients with Chronic Back Pain or Hip or Knee
Osteoarthritis Pain, The SPACE Randomized
Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018;319(9):872–882.
doi:10.1001/jama.2018.0899
AR-IMPACT Team
Michael Cucciare, Ph.D., is an associate professor in
the Department of Psychiatry at UAMS. He is trained
as a clinical psychologist and treats perinatal women
with opioid use disorder in the UAMS Women’s Mental
Health Program. He has expertise in evidence-based
mental health interventions for treating substance
use disorders including relapse prevention, cognitive-
behavioral therapy, and motivational interviewing. He is also an addiction health
services researcher with over 10 years of federal funding.
Board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine,
Johnathan Goree, MD, is a proud alumnus of Catholic
High School in Little Rock, Ark. He received his bachelor
of arts in Biology from Washington University in St. Lou-
is. He then moved to New York City where he completed
both his medical degree and residency in anesthesiolo-
gy at the Weill College of Medicine at Cornell University.
Following his time in Manhattan, he completed a fellowship in interventional
pain management at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. In 2014, Goree
returned home to Little Rock to join the faculty at UAMS where he serves as the
director of Interventional Pain Management Services and an assistant professor
in the Department of Anesthesiology. He primarily focuses on the treatment of
chronic pain conditions using opiate sparing, minimally invasive procedures.
His specific research interests include complex regional pain syndrome and
neuromodulation for novel indications.
Corey Hayes, Pharm.D., MPH, is a post-doctoral fel-
low in the NIDA T32 Translational Training in Addiction
program in the Department of Psychiatry at UAMS.
He is trained as a pharmacist and before entering the
fellowship, he spent three years working as a clinical
pharmacist at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little
Rock where some of his duties included acute care
pain management and rounding with the psychiatric care team. Within his fel-
lowship, he has been researching opioid use and abuse at the population level,
including state level analyses.
Teresa Hudson, Pharm.D., Ph.D., was trained as a
pharmacist with an emphasis in clinical use of medi-
cines, quality of medication management and medi-
cation adherence. Hudson’s research has focused on
understanding the epidemiology of medication use and
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identifying strategies to improve the safe and effective use of medications for
treatment of mental health disorders and understanding the physical health
implications of medications to treat these disorders. More recently, Hudson
has begun research in understanding the risks of opioid use among individu-
als who use these medications chronically and is participating in research to
understand how pharmacists and physicians manage the risks associated with
opioid medications.
Shona Ray-Griffith, MD, is an assistant professor in
the Departments of Psychiatry (primary appointment)
and Obstetrics & Gynecology (secondary appointment)
at UAMS. She is a board-certified psychiatrist with clini-
cal expertise in the management of a broad variety of
neuropsychiatric illnesses. Within the Women’s Mental
Health Program, she focuses on the treatment of men-
tal illness, substance use disorders, and chronic pain throughout pregnancy
and the postpartum period. Her clinical research interests include the use of
non-pharmacological treatments (e.g., electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial
magnetic stimulation, exercise) as well as the course, outcomes, and treatment
of chronic pain disorders during the perinatal period.
Leah Tobey, PT, DPT, graduated with her bachelor
of arts from Ouachita Baptist University, received her
doctorate in physical therapy from the University of
Central Arkansas and is currently pursuing her mas-
ter’s in business administration at the University of
Arkansas Little Rock. Tobey joined the UAMS physi-
cal therapy department in 2013. She is active in the
evaluation and treatment of patients with orthopedic dysfunctions in addi-
tion to pelvic health rehabilitation.
Masil George, MD, is a family physician with fellowship
training in geriatrics as well as hospice and palliative
care. She has an interest in pain management in the
elderly, and provides consultative service for palliative
care in the geriatric outpatient clinic at UAMS. She also
serves as the medical director for Baptist Hospice. Her
goal is to get physicians in the community to refer pa-
tients to AR-IMPACT for recommendations on pain management options and
assist them by providing medication advice but also potentially telemedicine
pharmacy and behavioral medicine support.
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