All are welcome to attend!

Free monthly webinar series on addiction topics hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine's SAFE Program, a comprehensive support system for those with a loved one coping with substance use.

The next webinar will be on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, from 6-7 pm ET focused on understanding and navigating co-existing chronic pain and opioid use in older adults.

Pain, Dependence, or Disorder: Navigating the Gray Zone of Opioid Use in Older Adults

Event description: Join geriatrician and palliative medicine physician Dr. Alexander Jordan for a free community education event on understanding and navigating the complex relationship between chronic pain and opioid use in older adults.

What you'll learn:

• How understanding the experiences of chronic pain and suffering can help us more compassionately support older adults who use opioids
• How to recognize when opioid use may be a sign of dependence or opioid use disorder (OUD), and what warning signs to look for
• Treatment approaches for older adults living with both chronic pain and OUD, including medications that support safety and reduce overdose risk

Speaker bio:

ALEXANDER JORDAN, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Alexander Jordan, M.D., is a geriatrician and palliative medicine physician at Weill Cornell Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency in Primary Care and Social Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and trained in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia. His clinical and scholarly work focuses on substance use in older adults, with particular interests in opioid-related risk evaluations, harm reduction, and the intersection of aging, chronic pain and serious illness.

Register here on Zoom: https://weillcornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S07uCwWzTdiJlvMuyspIHw#/registration