Selected National and International Scientific Meeting Presentations

Alcohol
Frost-Pineda K, Star JE, Gold MS. Alcohol Competency: Are Female Physicians Prepared to Address Alcohol Issues? American Medical Women’s Association, 88th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 5-8, 2004.

Janssen SL, Hayes RL, Gold MS,. Larner SF, Wang KW. aII-Spectrin and ßII-Spectrin Breakdown After Ethanol Treatment in PC12 Cells. Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, 2004

Caffeine
Goldberger BA, McCusker RR, Byars JA, Frost-Pineda, K Gold MS. Decaffeinated Coffee: An Oxymoron. Biol Psych. 55 (8S) 121S # 435, 2004.

Fuehrlein BS, McCusker RR, Goldberger BA, Gold MS. The Addictive Potential of Decaffeinated Coffee. 34th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2004.

Club Drugs
Warren M, Hayes RL, Gold MS, Wang KW. Club Drug Use as Self-inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury: Accumulation of aII-spectrin and tau Proteolytic Markers in Rats after Methamphetamine Use . Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, 2004

Warren M. Kobiessy F, Gold MS. Kalra S. Serum Leptin and Ghrelin Levels of Rats Injected with MDMA or Methamphetamine. presented at Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Pittsburgh,. PA, 2005.

Warren M, Kobiessy F, Zheng W, Hayes R, Gold MS, Wang K. Club Drug Use as Self-inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury: Neurotoxicity, Hepatotoxicity and Potential Therapy. AAAP 16th Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, December, 2005

Kobeissy FH, Maya A, Zhang ZQ,  Wang KK, Gold MS. Evaluation of 20 different cytokines levels using a novel rat cytokine array chip after exposure to methamphetamine and mdma: a comparison with traumatic brain injury model in rats. Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, GA, 2006.

Kobiessy FH, Warren MW, Brezing CA, Manukian EM, Jeung JA, Wang KKW, Gold MS. Co-localization of calpain and caspase proteolytic markers in the rat cortical and hippocampal neurons and astrocytes after methamphetamine (meth) and MDMA exposure. J Clin Pharmacol 47:1193 # 48, 2007.


 

Gambling
Jeevanantham V, Shapira NA, Ferguson MA, Frost-Pineda K, Gold MS. Can Substance Use Predict Gambling Behavior? Biol Psych 2004; 55(8S) 121S. SOBP 59th

Warren M, Janssen S, HayesR, Gold MS, Wang K. Club Drug Use as Self-inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury . Presented at CPDD; Puerto Rico, 2004

Impaired Physicians

Gold MS, Frost-Pineda K, Pomm, R, Repetto M, Jacobs WS. Physicians Vote with Their Feet: No Methadone for Opiate Addicted Colleagues. Biol Psych 2004; 55 (8S) 93S #333.

Gold MS, Fuehrlein B,Frost-Pineda K, Melker RJ. Is Addiction is an Occupational Hazard for Anesthesiologists? CPPD Puerto Rico, 2004.

Gold MS, Melker RJ, Pomm R, Frost-Pineda K, Morey T, Dennis DM. Anesthesiologists Are Exposed to Fentanyl In The Operating Room: Addiction May Be Due to Sensitization. CINP 2004.

Gold MS, Dennis DM, Morey TE, Frost-Pineda K, Melker RJ. Addiction is an Occupational Hazard for Anesthesiologists: How and why? Anesthesiology 101: A1323, 2004

Gold MS, Melker RJ. Frost-Pineda K, Morey TE, Dennis DM. Second Hand Exposure to Propofol and Fentanyl in the Operating Room: Anesthesiologists'
Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, 2004

Gold MS, Pomm, R, Frost-Pineda K. Urnie Testing Confirmed, 5-Year Outcomes of Impaired Physicians. World Psychiatric Association, Florence Italy , November 2004

Gold MS, Frost-Pineda K, Melker RJ. High Rates of Opiate Addiction Among Anesthesiologists May Be Due to Sensitization. American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 15th Annual Meeting. San Juan Puerto Rico, December 9-12, 2004.

Gold MS, Melker RJ, Pomm R, Frost-Pineda K, Morey T, Dennis DM. Opioid Exposure Related Addiction Among Anesthesiologists and Surgeons. SOBP 7:8S;603, 2005.

Goldberger BA, Fileger MI, Merves ML, Gold MS. Fentanyl Use and Abuse: New Emerging Trends in Drug Abuse. CPDD, Orlando, FL. June 21, 2005

K. Frost-Pineda, R.J. Melker, R. Pomm, T. Morey, D. Dennis M.S. Gold Sensitization in the Operating Room: Fentanyl Exposure, Abuse and Dependence. CPDD, Orlando, FL. June 21, 2005. #145.

Gold MS, Frost-Pineda K, Melker RJ, Pomm R, Dennis D. Intravenously Administered Fentanyl And Propofol In The Operating Room Air.  American College of Clinical Pharmacology 34th Annual Meeting. Rockville, Maryland.  September 12, 2005.  Poster Session II,  6:30-8:30, Board #56.

K. Frost-Pineda, P.F. McAuliffe, R. Pomm, R.J. Melker, T. Morey, D.M. Dennis, J.C. Cendan, M.S. Gold. Opiate Exposure and Addiction Among Anesthesiologists And Surgeons Program No. 450.1. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005.

M.S. Gold, K. Frost-Pineda, R. Pomm, R.J. Melker, T. Morey, D.M. Dennis. Anesthesiologists Relapse Rates Highest Among Impaired MDs: Further Support For An Environmental Exposure And Sensitization Hypothesis Program No. 450.2. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005.

Marcinkiewcz C, Isaac S, Booth MM, Dennis DM, Gold MS. Bruijnzeel AW. (2006). Buprenorphine attenuates the negative affective state associated with fentanyl withdrawal. SERIS, Gainesville, FL.

Goldberger BA, Merves ML, Gres K, Melker R, Goodman WK, Gold MS. Further evidence of second-hand exposure to drugs in the operating room. Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, GA, 2006.

Graham NA, Kolodner D, Fitzgerald K, Pomm RM, Gold, MS. Premorbid risk factors of impaired anesthesiologists. Psychiatry 62nd Scientific Convention & Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2006

Fitzgerald KA, Graham N, Gold MS. Early drug use as a risk factor in anesthesiologist's addictive illness. ASAM 38th Annual Medical-Scientific Conference, Miami, FL, 2007

Gold MS, Melker RJ, Goldberger BA. Physician drug addictions: additional data support the Gold hypothesis. Eur Psychiatry. 1:261, 2007.

 

Eating Disorders and Obesity
Liu Y, Frost-Pineda K, James GA, Gold MS. Functional MRI Detection of Brain Changes Related to the Effectiveness of Novel Pharmacological Treatments for Obesity. Biol Psych. 55 (8S) 37S #128, 2004.

Hodgkins CC, Frost-Pineda K, Gold MS. Weight Management Interventions for Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment: Promising Options to Reduce Increases in BMI . Biol Psych ; 55(8S) 43S, 2004.

Warren M, Frost-Pineda K, Gold MS. BMI and Marijuana Use. Accpted for Presentation by The Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviors Cincinnati Ohio, July 20, 2004

Hodgkins CC, Frost-Pineda K, Warren M, Gold MS. Weight Gain During Supervised Drug Abstinence: Does Food Compete for Brain Reward? SSIB 2004, July 2004. Cincinnati, Ohio

Warren M, Jeung J, Kobiessy F, Buehrlein B, Gold MS. Drugs and Dining: Changes in Rat Satiety Hormones after Speed or Ecstasy Exposure. AAAP 16th Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, December, 2005.

Erectile Dysfunction Drugs

Polles A, Graham NA, Carnes SL, Carnes PJ, Gold MS. Use and Abuse of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs. ACCP Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO 2006.

A.A. Polles, N.A. Graham,  M.S. Gold. Sexual disorder NOS and abuse of erectile dysfunction medications. SFN 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2007.

 

Opiates 

Goldberger BA, Frost-Pineda K, Gold MS. (2003). Methadone related deaths exceed heroin in the state of Florida. J Add Dis 22,139, 2003.

Bruijnzeel AW, Lewis B, Dennis DM, Morey TE, Gold MS. Severe depressive-like signs associated with precipitated and spontaneous fentalyl withdrawal. Poster Presentation, SOBP Atlanta, GA May 2005.

Merlo LJ, Goldberger BA, Gold MS. Patterns of heroin- and methadone-related deaths in the state of Florida. SFN 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2007.


Stimulants

Hall J, Frost-Pineda K, Gold MS. Marijuana Use Linked to Prescription Stimulant Abuse.  Society for Biological Psychiatry, Atlanta, GA.  May 19, 2005 #159.

Kobeissy FH, Warren MW, Brezing C, Zhang Z, Wang KK, Gold MS. Evaluation of rat IL-6 and IL-10 immunological parameters following exposure to methamphetamine and MDMA: A comparison with traumatic brain injury model in rats. CINP 25th Biennial Conference, Chicago IL, 2006.

Gold MS, Cunningham MA, Graham NA, Hammond CJ, Goldberger BA. Cocaine Abuse in 2006-A Recurring Epidemic? Society for Neuroscience 36th Annual Meeting, Atlata, GA, 2006.

Goldberger BA, Graham NA, Gold MS. Cocaine abuse in 2006-a new epidemic? SOBP 62nd Scientific Convention & Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2006

Gold MS, Goldberger BA. (2007). Anesthesiologists & opioid dependence: secondhand exposure through air & skin. SOBP 62nd Scientific Convention & Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Kobiassy FH, Warren M, Gaskins RB, Wang KW, Gold MS. Methamphetamine abuse as inflicted traumatic brain injury: a biochemical-immunohistological-neuroproteomics approach. SFN 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2007.

 

 

 

Tobacco
Byars JA, Shapira NA, Gold MS.Occasional Tobacco Use In Adolescents Is Correlated With Higher Rates Of Psychiatric Symptoms And Other Substance Use. Presented at Society of Biological Psychiatry. New York, NY 2004.

Goldberger BA, Melker RJ, Merves ML, Frost-Pineda K, Gold MS . Measuring and Quantifying Substance Exposure Cotinine in Exhaled Breath. Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting; San Diego, CA, 2004

Gold MS, Frost-Pineda K, Graham NA, Gold J, Watson RT. Physician Awareness, Competency, and Practice: Second Hand Smoke Survey 29 th Annual AMERSA National Conference. October 27, 2005. Bethesda, MD.

Bruijnzeel AW, Gold MS. Effects of environmental tobacco smoke on the positive and negative reinforcing effects of nicotine in rats. FAMRI 6th Scientific Symposium, Miami, FL, 2007.

Fitzgerald KA, Graham NA, Gold MS. Anesthesiologist opioid addicts: possible relation to cigarette and cannabis smoking. J Clin Pharmacol 47:1190 # 3, 2007.

Merlo LJ, Graham NA, Gold MS.(2007) Improving Medical Education Regarding the Consequences of Tobacco Smoking and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke.  FAMRI Symposium. May 15, 2007. Miami, FL

Traumatic Brain Injury
Kobiessy FH, Ottens AK, Liu MC, Zhang Z, Gold MS, Hayes RL, Wang KW. Novel Multi Dimensional Separation Approach Coupled Mass Spectrometry Analysis for Rapid Discovery of Putative Protein Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury. Program No. 436.8 Washington, DC. Society for Neuroscience, 2005 .

Brezing C, Warren MW, Kobiessy FH, Wang KK, Gold MS. Evaluation of Cerebrocortical Neuronal Cell Survival After Ecstasy and Methaamphetamine Exposuree. CINP 25th Biennial Conference, Chicago IL. 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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