January Meeting
In Person Only
Friday, January 17th from 12:00-1:30pm
Atria at the Arboretum
9306 Great Hills Trail
Austin, TX 78759
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In Person:
Atria at the Arboretum
9306 Great Hills Trail
Austin, TX 78759
January Topic and Speaker Info
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Innovation and Evolution of Substance Abuse Disorders in America
Dan Hobson, CNDAI
Founder/CEO
Rise Recovery Services, Inc.
RISE Community Hospital LLC
Dan Hobson and RISE currently operate within several hospitals throughout Central Texas. Dan and his team created innovative protocols to successfully detox and fully withdrawal roughly 10,000 patients off all addictive substances without the aid of narcotics or addictive substances. As fentanyl is more prevalent, RISE has provided the fastest and most effective detox in existence. Additionally, RISE provides its own unique support to the recovery community for the long term including primary care, peer recovery support, psychiatric services, community events and fellowship, and Sober Surgery™.
Dan began his career as a sober veteran with a drive to serve others and share his experience and hope. He began as an Interventionist for Drug and Alcohol Addiction, thus, founding Rise Recovery Services, Inc about 20 years ago. He then transitioned to coaching and companionship with seemingly hopeless cases. He quickly developed a reputation for his positive outcomes and began building and operating treatment centers as a contractor. After noticing the multiple areas of failure and increase in death and relapse, Dan decided to create his own system.
Dan also volunteers and hold positions with local law enforcement agencies. Currently, he is active on Texas Human Trafficking Coalition and Fentanyl Task Force for Williamson County Sheriff Department. His activities included law enforcement and public education, sentencing and prosecution suggestions, resource and case management, and victim services. He also regularly responds to the scene of sting operations and jails to provide recovery services or intervention.
He has since made it his life’s mission to help change the minds of medical and mental health professionals on their view of addiction and how they treat them. His company has grown exponentially strictly by word of mouth and the reputation of RISE. Today, RISE treats about 2400 patients per year and continues to grow and innovate. Dan plans to bring this much needed resource to Louisiana by opening the first RISE Community Hospital which will become Americas first sober healthcare system.
Dr. Todd Akins, MD
Medical Director RISE Community Hospital
Medical Director Surgical Services Brushy Creek Family Hospital,
Dr. Akins graduated from The University of Texas Austin before attending medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. While in medical school, he was awarded an F. Edward Herbert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship. Dr. Akins was commissioned into the United States Air Force. After deployments, he completed residency training in Anesthesiology at The University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston. Dr. Akins accepted an academic appointment at UT and stayed on as an assistant professor of anesthesiology. During his time as faculty Dr. Akins was an integral part of a multidisciplinary anesthesiology department with special focus on pain management, orthopedics, and trauma.
Since early 2019, Dr Akins has been the medical Director for RISE where he has spearheaded the development of the Sober Surgery program at RISE, (non-narcotic surgical program) a non-narcotic pain management program, and he has led the development and evolution of the unique approach to treatment and detox that RISE has revolutionized in treating thousands of patients seeking long term recovery from substance abuse and eating disorders. He trains and supervises other providers in RISE and regularly strives to share findings with the medical community to decrease prescribing of harmful substances to decrease addition in the community.
Dan Hobson, CNDAI
Founder/CEO
Rise Recovery Services, Inc.
RISE Community Hospital LLC
Dan Hobson and RISE currently operate within several hospitals throughout Central Texas. Dan and his team created innovative protocols to successfully detox and fully withdrawal roughly 10,000 patients off all addictive substances without the aid of narcotics or addictive substances. As fentanyl is more prevalent, RISE has provided the fastest and most effective detox in existence. Additionally, RISE provides its own unique support to the recovery community for the long term including primary care, peer recovery support, psychiatric services, community events and fellowship, and Sober Surgery™.
Dan began his career as a sober veteran with a drive to serve others and share his experience and hope. He began as an Interventionist for Drug and Alcohol Addiction, thus, founding Rise Recovery Services, Inc about 20 years ago. He then transitioned to coaching and companionship with seemingly hopeless cases. He quickly developed a reputation for his positive outcomes and began building and operating treatment centers as a contractor. After noticing the multiple areas of failure and increase in death and relapse, Dan decided to create his own system.
Dan also volunteers and hold positions with local law enforcement agencies. Currently, he is active on Texas Human Trafficking Coalition and Fentanyl Task Force for Williamson County Sheriff Department. His activities included law enforcement and public education, sentencing and prosecution suggestions, resource and case management, and victim services. He also regularly responds to the scene of sting operations and jails to provide recovery services or intervention.
He has since made it his life’s mission to help change the minds of medical and mental health professionals on their view of addiction and how they treat them. His company has grown exponentially strictly by word of mouth and the reputation of RISE. Today, RISE treats about 2400 patients per year and continues to grow and innovate. Dan plans to bring this much needed resource to Louisiana by opening the first RISE Community Hospital which will become Americas first sober healthcare system.
Dr. Todd Akins, MD
Medical Director RISE Community Hospital
Medical Director Surgical Services Brushy Creek Family Hospital,
Dr. Akins graduated from The University of Texas Austin before attending medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. While in medical school, he was awarded an F. Edward Herbert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship. Dr. Akins was commissioned into the United States Air Force. After deployments, he completed residency training in Anesthesiology at The University of Texas Health Sciences Center Houston. Dr. Akins accepted an academic appointment at UT and stayed on as an assistant professor of anesthesiology. During his time as faculty Dr. Akins was an integral part of a multidisciplinary anesthesiology department with special focus on pain management, orthopedics, and trauma.
Since early 2019, Dr Akins has been the medical Director for RISE where he has spearheaded the development of the Sober Surgery program at RISE, (non-narcotic surgical program) a non-narcotic pain management program, and he has led the development and evolution of the unique approach to treatment and detox that RISE has revolutionized in treating thousands of patients seeking long term recovery from substance abuse and eating disorders. He trains and supervises other providers in RISE and regularly strives to share findings with the medical community to decrease prescribing of harmful substances to decrease addition in the community.