2025 Caduceus Retreat
Description
38th Caduceus Retreat
June 6-8, 2025
Franklin Marriott Cool Springs
700 Cool Springs Blvd
Franklin, TN 37067
*NOTE: This event is open only to current and former TMF participants and their registered guests.
Program & Speakers
Petros Levounis, MD, MA
Neurobiology of Addiction in 2025
Course Description:
From a neurobiological perspective, addiction is the hijacking of the pleasure-reward pathways of the brain and a weakening of its executive function. In 2025, the fundamental model has been expanded to include newer concepts such as motivational circuitry, the anti-reward pathways, and interoception. These 21st century discoveries inform clinical innovations that are revolutionizing the landscape of the pharmacological and psychosocial treatments of substance use disorders and behavioral addictions.
Technological Addictions: The New Frontier in Addiction Psychiatry
Course Description:
Addiction to video games, cybersex, internet gambling, social media, texting and emailing, and online auctions can be as addictive as substances. These technological addictions have real-world ramifications and lead to the loss of jobs, money, and loved ones. As technology becomes integrated into many facets of modern life, the appreciation of such addictions has become increasingly challenging. This session will explore the addictive potential of technology and discuss the legitimacy of technological addictions as psychiatric conditions worthy of medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
About Dr. Levounis
Dr. Levounis is professor and chair of psychiatry and associate dean at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is immediate past president of the American Psychiatric Association and serves as chief of service at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey and director of the Northern New Jersey Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) Center of Excellence. He has written numerous articles, monographs and book chapters and lectures extensively on addiction throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Levounis earned his MD at Stanford University and the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and his MA in sociology at Stanford, earned the National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Resident Award at Columbia University, and went on to complete his fellowship in addiction psychiatry at New York University. Learn more.
Scott Teitelbaum, MD, DFASAM
Spirituality and Long-Term Recovery
Course Description:
This presentation delves into the integral role of spirituality in the context of recovery, including comparing and contrasting religion and spirituality, and the increased research and use of substances to facilitate contemplative/spiritual practices.
About Dr. Teitelbaum
Dr. Teitelbaum is the Pottash professor in psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine. He has served as medical director of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center (FRC) since 2002. As psychiatry chair and chief of addiction medicine, he developed one of the first-ever accredited fellowships in addiction medicine; that program has since trained more addiction medicine fellows than any other program nationwide.
He earned his MD at the University of Rochester, was a pediatric resident at the University of Connecticut, and completed fellowships in child and adolescent psychiatry and addiction medicine at the University of Florida. Learn more.
Clark Gaither, MD, FAAFP
Professional Job-Related Burnout: What You Need to Know
Course Description:
This talk is an in-depth examination of professional job-related burnout, the three principle hallmarks, the two types, the six major underlying causes, and viable remedies. The prescription for the cure has already been written, but few organizations have taken the medicine. I will show you how to get them interested.
Wellness--What It Means to Be Well
Course Description:
What does it mean to be well? Most people are familiar with the term wellness, but few understand what the term actually means or what all it might entail. I will break it down for you in this introductory talk on Wellness.
About Dr. Gaither
Dr. Gaither serves as medical director of the North Carolina Physicians Health Program (NCPHP). In addition, he is an accomplished author, blogger, speaker, and corporate consultant. He is a national expert in the identification, mitigation, elimination, and prevention of physician job-related burnout. He is the author of Reignite, a best-selling book about professional job-related burnout.
Dr. Gaither earned his MD from Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and has been in family practice for over 30 years. Learn more.
About the Retreat
This annual event is required for current TMF participants; graduates and veterans are encouraged to attend, as well. Families of those attending are also welcome.
- 2025 Retreat Agenda (Coming Soon)
- Conference Center Floor Plan
Meeting - Register by May 17
Registration fees are $125.00 per person, which includes Saturday lunch this year:
- Register and pay online - NOTE: WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT AMEX OR DISCOVER CARD AS PAYMENT
- 2025 Registration Form - Download and print, then fill out and mail with payment to the TMF as instructed on the form.
Hotel - Reserve by May 23
Rooms at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs in Franklin, TN, are available at the TMF group rate of $185.00 per room/per night plus tax.
- Reserve and pay online
- Reserve by phone at 615-261-6100; please mention you are with the Tennessee Medical Foundation Caduceus Retreat, June 6-8.
Questions?
Contact TMF Executive Director Jennifer Rainwater at jenniferr@e-tmf.org or call the TMF at 615-467-6411.