Grand rounds

We are pleased to enrich our residency with presentations by national speakers on a bi- monthly basis. Past speakers and topics include:

Date: July 11, 2018
Topic: Genetic Testing in Psychiatry: Ready for Prime Time?
Speaker: Matthew Macaluso, D.O., Director of Psychiatry Residency Training, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Date: July 25, 2018
Topic: Parental Training for Disruptive Behavioral Disorders
Speaker: Matt Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Chicago
Date: August 08, 2018
Topic: Musical Taste in Adolescents and Mental Illness
Speaker: Michael Shapiro, MD, FAPA, Director of Psychotherapy Education, CAP Fellowship, University of Florida
Date: August 22, 2018
Topic: Sexual Intimacy in the Nursing Home
Speaker: Eitan Kimchi, MD, Associate Residency Training Director, Associate Director Inpatient Geropsych, Rush University Medical Center
Date: August 29, 2018
Topic: The Psychiatrist in Peril: Current Topics in Malpractice
Speaker: William J. Newman, M.D., Vice Chair for Education, Director Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Date: September 12, 2018
Topic: Psychodynamics of Arson
Speaker: Jason Beaman, D.O., Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Oklahoma State University
Date: September 26, 2018
Topic: Psychopharmacology in Autism and Aggression
Speaker: Sarah Mohiuddin M.D., Director, Multidisciplinary Autism Program, Child Psychiatry Fellowship Director, University of Michigan Health System
Date: October 10, 2018
Topic: The EMR – Is it Giving Us What We Need?
Speaker: Jane Gagliardi, Vice Chair for Education, Psychiatry Residency Training Director, Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center
Date: October 24, 2018
Topic: Loneliness and Social Isolation: A CBT Approach for the Busy Psychiatrist
Speaker: Donna Sudak, President, AADPRT Vice Chair for Education, Director of Psychotherapy Training, Drexel University
Date: November 14, 2018
Topic: Adjunctive Light Therapy for Bipolar Depression
Speaker: Dorothy Sit, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University
Date: November 28, 2018
Topic: Challenging Psychiatric Cases
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: December 12, 2018
Topic: #tweetingshrink: Social Media, Professionalism, and Psychiatrists
Speaker: Marika Wrzosek, MD, Director, Medical Student Education, Medical College of Wisconsin

Date: January 09, 2019
Topic: Transgender Issues for the Child Psychiatrist
Speaker: T. Eric Spiegel, MD, Associate Training Director, Child and Adolescent Fellowship, C/L Director, Saint Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine
Date: January 23, 2019
Topic: Who Represents Us and What are they Lobbying For? Organized Medicine, Psychiatrists and the Future of Mental Health
Speaker: Shastri Swaminathan, MD, Past President Illinois State Medical Society, Past President Illinois Psychiatric Society, Past Chair, Illinois Masonic Medical Center Dept of Psychiatry
Date: January 30, 2019
Topic: Interesting Psychiatric Cases
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: February 13, 2019
Topic: Malignant Catatonia in Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Speaker: Joseph J. Cooper, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Co-Director, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: March 13, 2019
Topic: Considerations for Successful Collaborative Care Implementation
Speaker: Heather Huang, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Date: March 27, 2019
Topic: Depression as a Systemic Disease
Speaker: Jorge Luis Sotelo, MD, FACLP, FAPA, Director/Memorial Healthcare System Psychiatry Residency, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida, Atlantic University
Date: April 10, 2019
Topic: What Does the Second Amendment Have to do with Psychiatry?
Speaker: Eugene Trager, MD, Emeritus Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Date: April 24, 2019
Topic: Racism in Psychiatry
Speaker: Kari M. Wolf, MD, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Neuroscience Institute, SIU School of Medicine
Date: May 08, 2019
Topic: Overcoming Barriers to Treatment: Using the Mental Health Court
Speaker: Mark Epstein, JD, Epstein and Epstein
Date: May 22, 2019
Topic: Hypersomnolence in Psychiatric Disorders
Speaker: David T. Plante, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Date: June 12, 2019
Topic: Interesting Psychiatric Cases
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: June 26, 2019
Topic: Resident Education Day
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: July 10, 2019
Topic: Long-Term Therapy in the RearView Mirror: “Evidence" from my 40-Year Clinical Career
Speaker: William S. Meyer, MSW, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Ob/Gyn, Duke University Medical Center
Date: July 24, 2019
Topic: Chocolate and the Brain
Speaker: Matt Atienza, MD, Medical Director, Inpatient Psychiatry Units, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Date: August 14, 2019
Topic: What’s New in the Illinois Mental Health Code?
Speaker: Joseph T. Monahan, JD, Monahan Law Group
Date: August 28, 2019
Topic: Neurolinguistics and Nonverbal Communication
Speaker: Justin Lam, MD, 4th Year Psychiatry Resident, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Date: September 11, 2019
Topic: Addiction as Brain Disease - How Does This Change our Understanding and Treatment
Speaker: Tanvir Singh, MD, Medical Director of Recovery Services Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toledo
Date: September 25, 2019
Topic: Managing PTSD: What Works and Why
Speaker: Randon S. Welton M.D., Director, Residency Training, Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University
Date: October 16, 2019
Topic: Safety Assessments for Children and Adolescents
Speaker: Gary Swanson, M.D., Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Allegheny General Hospital
Date: December 11, 2019
Topic: Nontraditional Treatments in Psychiatry: What is the Evidence?
Speaker: Phil Janicak, MD, Adjunctive Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Date: January 08, 2020
Topic: Trauma Informed Care – Integrating Brain and Body Based Treatment Interventions
Speaker: Bernadette M. Stevenson, MD, PhD, Center for Integrative Psychiatry, LLC, Niles, IL
Date: January 22, 2020
Topic: Understanding Legal Liability in Psychiatry
Speaker: Ryan Finkenbine, MD, Psychiatry Residency Program Director, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria
Date: February 12, 2020
Topic: The Developmental Aspects of Ethics Relevant to Education
Speaker: Lee Ascherman, MD, Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Alabama; Supervising Analyst, Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute
Date: February 26, 2020
Topic: Suicide and Inflammation
Speaker: Fernando Espi Forcen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center
Date: April 29, 2020
Topic: Annual Education Day
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: May 13, 2020
Topic: After 20 years of meditating, this is what I am learning: A Case for Heartfulness
Speaker: Chris Smith, MDiv., LMFT, Academy for Mindfulness, LLC, Glendale, Wisconsin
Date: May 27, 2020
Topic: Mobile Apps Used in Psychiatric Practice
Speaker: John Lou, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, UC Irvine School of Medicine
Date: July 08, 2020
Topic: Gender Affirming Care and Transgender Health
Speaker: Neeral Sheth, DO, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Associate Medical Director, Road Home Program: The Center for Veterans and Their Families, Rush University Medical Center
Date: July 22, 2020
Topic: Nontraditional Treatments in Psychiatry Part II: Bipolar Disorder and Anxiety Disorders - What is the Evidence?
Speaker: Phil Janicak, MD, Adjunctive Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Date: July 29, 2020
Topic: Psychiatry M & M
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents, Dr. Greer Park, PGY3
Date: August 12, 2020
Topic: DSM-5 Outline for Cultural Formulation and Cultural Formulation Interview: Tools for Culturally Competent Care
Speaker: Francis Lu, MD, Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus UC Davis
Date: September 09, 2020
Topic: How Psychiatrists Can Be Mental HEALTH Professionals
Speaker: David C. Rettew, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Medical Director, Child, Adolescent, and Family Division, VT Dept of Mental Health, University of Vermont College of Medicine
Date: September 23, 2020
Topic: ADHD, Substance Abuse and Stimulant Misuse
Speaker: Ayame Takahashi, Director of Training, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Neuroscience Institute, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Date: January 13, 2021
Topic: A Developmental Approach in Treating Transitional Age Youth with Serious Mental Illness
Speaker: Timothy Van Duesen, MD, Medical Director, Young Adult Service Residency Site Training Director, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale School of Medicine
Date: January 27, 2021
Topic: Psychosis in Epilepsy: The Soul of the Sacred Disease
Speaker: Aum Pathare, MD, Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State Health/Penn State College of Medicine
Date: February 10, 2021
Topic: Medical Improv: Building the Skills of an Excellent Provider
Speaker: Nicole Eull, Psy D., Director of Wellbeing, Academic Affairs, Aurora UW Medical Group
Date: February 24, 2021
Topic: Social Justice and C/L Psychiatry
Speaker: Chandan Khandai, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UICCOM Early Career Psychiatrist (ECP) Representative IPS
Date: March 10, 2021
Topic: Delirium and Other Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of COVID
Speaker: Scott R. Beach, MD, FACLP, Program Director, MGH/McLean Psychiatry Residency, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Date: March 24, 2021
Topic: The 6 Neuropsychiatry Cases All Psychiatrists Should Know
Speaker: Shel Benjamin, MD, Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry, Director of Neuropsychiatry, UMass Medical School
Date: April 14, 2021
Topic: The Impact of Patient Suicide on Trainees and Supervisors
Speaker: Zheala Qayyum, MD, MMS, Training Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship; Medical Director, Emergency Psychiatric Services, Boston Children’s Hospital
Date: April 28, 2021
Topic: Eating Disorders
Speaker: Kristina Sowar, MD, Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Eating Disorder Services for Children and Adolescents, University of New Mexico
Date: May 12, 2021
Topic: An Overview of Peripartum Anxiety and Depression
Speaker: Jennifer Sprague, MD, Attending Psychiatrist, Women’s Mental Health Services, Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Date: May 26, 2021
Topic: Annual Education Day – Residency QI projects
Speaker: None
Date: June 9, 2021
Topic: Sodium Imbalance in Psychiatry
Speaker: Andrea Kondracke, MD, Division Chief, Department of Psychiatry & Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Date: July 14, 2021
Topic: Practicing at the Top of the Psychiatric License
Speaker: David Mintz, MD, Austin Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA
Date: July 28, 2021
Topic: Resilience, Compassion, and Community
Speaker: Geri Fox, MD, Associate Dean of Wellness and Resilience, UICOM Rockford
Date: August 11, 2021
Topic: Metabolic Syndrome
Speaker: Jeffrey Rado, MD, MPH, FAPA, Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Date: August 25, 2021
Topic: 3 Ways to be More Effective with Personality Disordered Patients
Speaker: Jay Clore, PhD, LCP, Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, UICOM Peoria
Date: September 8, 2021
Topic: Functional Neurological Disorders: From History to Pathophysiology and Treatment
Speaker: R. Brett Lloyd, MD, PhD, Psychiatry Residency Director, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Date: September 22, 2021
Topic: Understanding the Duty to Protect – Third Parties, Your Patient and Yourself
Speaker: Tobias Wasser, MD, Associate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Yale
Date: September 29, 2021
Topic: Interesting Psychiatric Cases
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: October 13, 2021
Topic: Suicide Risk Assessment and Malpractice Liability
Speaker: Amanda Kingston, MD, Forensic Psychiatry Training Director, University of Missouri – Columbia
Date: October 27, 2021
Topic: Clinical Pearls for Childhood Anxiety and Depression
Speaker: Suzanne L’Ecyuyer, MD, Assistance Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University, St.Louis
Date: November 10, 2021
Topic: Clinical Pearls for Late-Life Anxiety and Depression
Speaker: Kristina Zdanys, MD, Program Director, Geriatric Fellowship, UCONN Health
Date: December 8, 2021
Topic: Love Hurts: Exploring Victimization and Perpetration of Romance Scams
Speaker: Christopher Marett, MD, MPH, Program Director, Forensic Fellowship, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Date: December 29, 2021
Topic: Interesting Psychiatric Cases
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents

Date: January 12, 2022
Topic: Readin', Ritin', and the Reduction of Risk: The Art of High Acuity Documentation
Speaker: Tony Thrasher DO, DFAPA, President, American Association of Emergency Psychiatrists
Date: January 26, 2022
Topic: Disclosing Adverse Events Workshop
Speaker: Christina Girgis MD, Medical Director, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
Date: February 9, 2022
Topic: Medical Apartheid
Speaker: Iverson Bell Jr. MD, Training Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences
Date: February 23, 2022
Topic: An Allyship Journey
Speaker: Scott Oakman MD, PhD, PD, Hennepin-Regions, MN
Date: March 9, 2022
Topic: Facing Our Fears: Treating PTSD in the Context of Active Substance Use
Speaker: Cassandra Holinka, PhD, Assistant Professor, UConn Health
Date: March 23, 2022
Topic: CBT for Suicidal Behavior
Speaker: Donna Sudak MD, Vice Chair for Education, Drexel University
Date: April 13, 2022
Topic: Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Speaker: Zina Meriden MD, Attending Physician, Psychiatry Clerkship Director, Memorial Regional Hospital, FL
Date: April 27, 2022
Topic: Drug-Drug Interactions: Practical Clinical Applications
Speaker: Andrea Ament, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Date: May 11, 2022
Topic: Quality Improvement at ALGH
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: May 25, 2022
Topic: Residents as Teachers – Annual Education Day
Speaker: Psychiatry Residents
Date: July 13, 2022
Topic: The Integration of Neuroscience into Clinical Psychiatry
Speaker: Joey Cooper, MD, FANPA, Co-Director of Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowships, UIC
Date: July 27, 2022
Topic: Principles of Agitation and De-Escalation
Speaker: Tony Thrasher, MD, Medical Director of Crisis Services, Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division
Date: August 10, 2022
Topic: Supporting Patients with Substance Use Disorders in Withdrawal
Speaker: Elina Drits, MD, Assoc. Chair of Education, Dir. of Addiction Services, Staten Island University Hospital
Date: August 24, 2022
Topic: Substance Abuse During Pregnancy – Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Kalpana Prasad, MD
Date: September 14, 2022
Topic: Treating Anorexia Nervosa: An Overview of the Available Evidence-Base
Speaker: Daniel Gih, MD, Psychiatry Residency Director, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Date: September 28, 2022
Topic: Social Connectivity as a Treatment Target
Speaker: Andrew Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Date: October 12, 2022
Topic: An Integrative Approach to Psychiatric Treatment
Speaker: Noshene Ranjbar, MD, Director, Integrative Psychiatry Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Date: October 26, 2022
Topic: Departmental Book Club
Speaker: The Conversation – How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations by Robert Livingston
Date: November 9, 2022
Topic: No Grand Rounds – AAH Ethics Symposium
Speaker: —
Date: November 23, 2022
Topic: No Grand Rounds – Thanksgiving Holiday
Speaker: —
Date: December 14, 2022
Topic: Engagement and Empathy in the Era of the Open Note
Speaker: Tony Thrasher DO, DFAPA, President, American Association of Emergency Psychiatrists

Date: January 11, 2023
Topic: Informed Consent and Capacity Assessment
Speaker: Ryan Finkenbine, MD, Psychiatry Residency Program Director, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria
Date: January 25, 2023
Topic: A Neurobiology-Informed Approach to Adolescent Decision Making
Speaker: Anish R. Dube, MD MPH FAPA DFAACAP, Associate Professor, Charles Drew University College of Medicine, Program Director, General Psychiatry Residency
Date: February 8, 2023
Topic: Transgender Mental Health and Gender-Affirming Care
Speaker: Andrew J. Migliaccio, MD, Psychiatrist & Medical Director, Memorial Regional Outpatient Behavioral Health Center, Hollywood, FL
Date: February 22, 2023
Topic: Anti-Asian Hate: The Roots of Xenophobia
Speaker: Carlyle H Chan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin
Date: March 8, 2023
Topic: Adult ADHD – Why It Matters
Speaker: Mark Zielinski, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, LSU Baton Rouge-OLOL Psychiatry Residency Program
Date: March 22, 2023
Topic: Help! My Patient is Pregnant (or Breastfeeding) and has ADHD
Speaker: Eva Mathews, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Associate Training Director LSU-OLOL Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Date: April 12, 2023
Topic: Polypharmacy
Speaker: Paul Hung, MD, Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, CMS
Date: April 26, 2023
Topic: An Introduction to Integrative Psychiatry
Speaker: Anna Kurapey, MD, PGY4 Psychiatry Resident, ALGH
Date: May 10, 2023
Topic: Psychiatry Residency QI Project Presentations
Speaker: PGY3 Psychiatry Residents
Date: May 24, 2023
Topic: The Intersection between Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry
Speaker: Vijaya Ekambaram, MD, MPH, Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Touro University of California College of Osteopathic Medicine
Date: June 14, 2023
Topic: Annual Education Day
Speaker: ALGH Psychiatry Residents
Date: June 28, 2023
Topic: Treatment of Agitation in Neurocognitive Disorders
Speaker: Jason Schillerstrom, MD, Vice Chair for Education, UT Health San Antonio
Date: July 12, 2023
Topic: What Psychiatrists Should Know About Patient and Professional Advocacy in Illinois
Speaker: James G MacKenzie, DO, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Past President, Illinois Psychiatric Society
Date: July 26, 2023
Topic: The New Post Pandemic Digital Psychiatry Landscape- What You Need to Know
Speaker: Neha Jain, MD, FAPA, Director, Telehealth Services – Psychiatry - UCONN Health
Date: August 9, 2023
Topic: The Role of Positive Psychology in Attaining Well-Being
Speaker: Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP, Director, Well-Being and Cancer Research Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Date: August 23, 2023
Topic: Mass Violence: Myths, Truths, and Messaging for MH Professionals
Speaker: Tony Thrasher, MD, Medical Director of Crisis Services – Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division
Date: September 13, 2023
Topic: Unlocking Implicit Bias: How our Hidden Attitudes Impact Patient Care
Speaker: Jabran Pasha, MD, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Oklahoma University School of Community Medicine
Date: September 27, 2023
Topic: Mapping Social Determinants of Health
Speaker: Ana Ozdoba, MD, Psychiatry Residency Director, Montefiore Hospital, New York
Date: October 11, 2023
Topic: Update on Psychopharmacology in Autism and Aggression
Speaker: Sarah Mohiuddin, MD, Director, Multidisciplinary Autism Program, Child Psychiatry Fellowship Director, University of Michigan Health System
Date: October 25, 2023
Topic: Assessment of Sexual Offense Behaviors: The Importance of Static and Dynamic Risk
Speaker: Joshua Camins, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University Neuroscience Institute
Date: November 8, 2023
Topic: The 1619 Project – The Legacy of Injustice in the American Healthcare System
Speaker: Marla Hartzen MD, Alissa Borowski MD, John Runne DO, Cynthia Sammons PhD, Stephanie Launer PsyD, Babita Viegasmiller PhD
Date: December 13, 2023
Topic: A Discussion on Patient Suicide with Tim Lineberry, Chief Medical Officer for Advocate Aurora Medical Group
Speaker: Tim Lineberry MD, eMHA, CPE, Chief Medical Officer - Advocate Aurora Medical Group Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Date: Jan 10
Topic: What is Normal in Psychiatry?
Speaker: Basar Cenik, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, SIU Neuroscience Institute

Date: Jan 24
Topic: Combining Pharmacotherapy & Psychotherapy
Speaker: David Mintz, MD, Director of Psychiatric Education, Austin Riggs Center, Stockbridge MA

Date: Feb 14
Topic: Surviving and Thriving in Work with Challenging Patients: How DBT Skills Can Address Problematic Behaviors in Treatment
Speaker: Katie Connolly, MA, LCPC, Manager of Behavioral Health, Clinical Training Coordinator, Ascension Mental Health

Date: Feb 28
Topic: Good Psychiatric Management of Borderline Personality Disorder
Speaker: Dan Price MD, Psychiatry Residency Director, Maine Medical Center

Date: Mar 13
Topic: QT Prolongation with Psychiatric Medications
Speaker: Scott Beach, MD, MGH Psychiatric Consultation Service, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Date: Mar 27
Topic: Substance Use Disorders: Medications and More
Speaker: Alena Balasanova MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Date: April 10
Topic: The Vape Store: Little Shop of Horrors
Speaker: Helene Alphonso DO FAPA, Attending Psychiatrist JPS Northeast Medical Home Behavioral Health

Date: April 24
Topic: The Intersection of Child Welfare & Mental Health: Addressing Attachment & Trauma
Speaker: Joshua Russell MD , University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine

Date: May 8
Topic: Quality Improvement Initiatives at ALGH
Speaker: PGY3 Residents

Date: May 22
Topic: Emotional Support Animals
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Khan, Associate Program Director, General Psychiatry Residency Program - Baylor Medical Director - Baylor Psychiatry Clinic

Date: July 10
Topic: Clinical Conundrums in the ED – Navigating Involuntary Commitment & Medical Clearance
Speaker: Tony Thrasher, MD, Medical Director of Crisis Services – Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division

Date: July 24
Topic: Lessons from Improvisational Theater: An Experiential Skill Development Program for Psychotherapists
Speaker: Jeff Katzman, MD, Professor Adjunct, Yale Dept of Psychiatry; Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico

Date: Aug 14
Topic: Appropriate Metabolic Monitoring of Antipsychotics
Speaker: Riley D. Machal, M.D., Assistant Director for Medical Education, Behavioral Health Education Center , University of Nebraska Medical Center

Date: Aug 28
Topic: Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Clinical Practice
Speaker: Karim Sedky MD, Psychiatry Residency Program Director, Family Health Centers of Sand Diego

Date: Sept 11
Topic: Navigating Online Presence: Potential and Pitfalls
Speaker: Isheeta Zalpuri MD, Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Stanford University School of Medicine

Date: Oct 9
Topic: What General Psychiatrists Ought to Know About Forensics
Speaker: Cara Angelotta MD , Vice Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Date: Oct 23
Topic: Street Psychiatry as a Way to Combat Health Disparities
Speaker: Ana Turner, MD, DFAPA, Program Director, University of Florida Jax Psychiatry Residency

Date: Nov 23
Topic: What Mental Health Professionals Can Learn from Hidden Valley Road
Speaker: Chelsea Curry, MD, ALGH Hospitalist; Dr. Jaina Chu PGY2; Dr. Rebecca El Zoghbi PGY2

Date: Dec 11
Topic: How to Develop Expertise in Psychotherapy
Speaker: Donna Sudak MD , Vice Chair for Education, Drexel University College of Medicine

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