RWJBarnabas Health and the State of New Jersey Partner with WABC-TV and WPVI-TV for Town Hall on Opioid Crisis

Thursday, September 19, 2019 / 3:30-6:00PM

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

New Brunswick, NJ

Who/What:

RWJBarnabas Health and the State of New Jersey are partnering WABC-TV and WPVI-TV to host a Town Hall, addressing the worst drug crisis in American history: opioid abuse and addiction. The Town Hall will address three key issues and topics: Addiction, Treatment and Action.
Town Hall hosts:

• Liz Cho, co-anchor of WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News First at 4pm and Eyewitness News at 6pm
• Dr. Jennifer Ashton, ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent & Health Editor
• Rick Williams, author of 6abc’s Action News at Noon and 5pm

Town Hall panel participants:

• Carole Johnson, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services
• John Armato, New Jersey Assemblyman representing the 2nd Legislative District in Atlantic County
• Judith M. Persichilli, R.N., B.S.N., M.A, Acting Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health
• Reverend Darrell Armstrong, Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey
• Angela Cicchino, Peer Recovery Program Supervisor, RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery
• Dr. Christopher Freer, Regional Medical Director of Emergency Services and co-chair of the RWJBarnabas Health Tackling Addiction Task Force
• Christina Fagan, Executive Director, “A Change for Nick”
• Dr. Petros Levounis, Chair of the department of psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
• Keith Murphy, Recovery Counselor with Rutgers Recovery Housing and College Recovery Program
• Dr. Erin Zerbo, assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the associate director of medical student education in psychiatry

When: Thursday, September 19, 2019 / 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Where:
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick
RWJUH New Brunswick Hospital Atrium
1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901