Merideth Norris, Kinna Thakarar, Michael Wardrop – 2020 Maine Opioid Crisis Bundle: Pain Policy Repercussions, Injection Drug-Use Associated Infections and DEA Update

Kinna Thakarar, DO Related seminars and products: 2

 Dr. Thakarar is an infectious disease (ID) and addiction medicine physician with a special interest in health services research related to ID/addiction issues. She is currently an attending physician at Maine Medical Partners, an affiliated investigator at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation in Portland, Maine, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Maine Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine.

Faculty Disclosure: Dr. Thakarar has no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the contact or subject of this presentation.

Michael Wardrop Related seminars and products: 1

Resident Agent in Charge, US DEA

DEA, Portland Maine Division

Faculty Disclosure: Mr. Wardrop as no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the contact or subject of this presentation.
Bio:  Michael W. Wardrop is a 31-year veteran with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and has served as the Resident Agent in Charge (RAC) of the Portland Maine Resident Office since May 2009. As the RAC, he is responsible for maintaining oversight and control over all DEA operational and administrative matters in the State of Maine related to the enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act. RAC Wardrop currently supervises a staff of personnel in Portland and Bangor comprised of Special Agents, Task Force Officers, Intelligence Research Analysts and Support Staff. Since arriving in Maine, RAC Wardrop has aggressively strengthened interagency cooperation, maintained oversight of large complex conspiracy investigations and is the architect of Maine’s highly successful drug take back program, which created a sustainable in-state drug disposal solution. Born in Bangor, Maine and a native of Connecticut, RAC Wardrop earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Certificate in Accounting from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. RAC Wardrop is married, has three children and is an avid outdoorsman.

Faculty Disclosure: Mr. Wardrop as no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the contact or subject of this presentation.