Root Center Community Forum - The Loneliness Epidemic: The Silent Sadness

Our Community Forum on, "The Epidemic of Loneliness: The Silent Sadness", was a success!

Thank you to all of our wonderful panelists for sharing their time and expertise. It was a great evening filled with thoughtful discussion and conversation. The Root Center is proud to offer free events like this as part of our Advanced Recovery Institute (ARI). The ARI is committed to research and training to elevate clinical care. It is our hope that by organizing these forums that we will help expand our understanding and awareness of topics that impact our communities.

Thank you again to our panelists:

Andi Campbell, President of Wellspark Health, an EmblemHealth company.

Dr. Peter Donato, Vice President of Clinical Services at Apple Rehab.

Deb Bibbins, JD, MBA, Founder and CEO of For All Ages, a convener of CT Collaborative to End Loneliness.

Dr. Saud Anwar, MD FCCP, State Senator, Deputy President Pro Tempore, Medical Doctor specializing in lung diseases and critical care medicine, occupational and environmental medicine.

Allison Gaffey, PhD, FAHA, Assistant Professor at Yale School of Medicine.

and Dr. John Nazarian, MD, Medical Director at Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA), and future Chief Medical Officer of the Root Center for Advanced Recovery.

Group photo (bottom right) from Left to Right:

Dr. Peter Donato, Deb Bibbins JD MBA, Dr. John Nazarian MD, Allison Gaffey PHD FAHA, Andi Campbell, and Dr. Saud Anwar MD FCCP

Did you miss the forum? Check out the video here!

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