The Recovery Journey: Lived Experience and Evidence from the Frontlines

Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2025

Forum: 3:30–5:00 PM

Doors Open: 3:00–3:30 PM

Co-hosts: and

Location: UC Law Auditorium, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA

Moderator: Keith Humphreys, Ph.D., Stanford University, Esther Ting Memorial Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Welcoming Remarks: Larry Kwan, M.D., CEO of St. Anthony’s

Opening Remarks: Richard Beal, Recovery Advocate, Tenderloin Housing Clinic, and 30-year graduate of Father Alfred Center Recovery Program

Panelists:

Kunal Modi, Chief of Health & Human Service, City and County of San Francisco

Daniel Tsai, Director of Public Health, City and County of San Francisco

Paula J. Lum, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Program Director, UCSF Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship, Division of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital

Steve Adami, Recovery Advocate & Systems Transformation Leader; Executive Director of The Salvation Army’s Homeless Initiative, The Way Out

Terry Osback, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, St. Anthony Foundation

Purpose of the Forum: To convene a cross-sector group of experts and practitioners to explore what recovery truly means and requires – clinically, structurally, relationally, and spiritually. As San Francisco continues to reshape its public health and housing systems, this forum aims to bring clarity, moral urgency, and a health-centered focus to the conversation on recovery — highlighting both what recovery requires and how we might better define and measure success.

Host or Publisher St. Anthony's