Grand Rounds
UMass Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds take place each Thursday of the month from 9:00am - 10:30am, and are located in Amphitheater I (2nd floor - Medical School Building) unless otherwise indicated. Rounds are attended by faculty, residents, and professional staff, and are also open to the public. For additional information please contact Grand Rounds Coordinator - Marsha Falcone at 508-334-0578 or via email: Marsha.falcone@umassmed.edu
2009 PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS
 | Money Management Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2010
Speaker: Marc Rosen, MD (follow link to bio)
Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine |
 | An Update on the Diagnosis, Outcome, Treatment, and Research in Mood Disorders
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2010
Speaker: Carlos Zarate, MD (follow link to bio)
NIH/NIMH |
 | Challenging Behavior as a Developmental Delay: Implications for Understanding, Assessing, and Helping Challenging Kids
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2010
13th Annual Deborah A. Janssens Memorial Grand Round
Speaker: Ross W. Greene, PhD (follow link to bio)
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School |
 | Disaster Psychiatry
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2010
Case Conference
Speaker: Shirley Liu, MD
Discussant: Todd F. Holzman, MD (follow link to bio)
Private Practice Child and Adult Psychiatrist, Cambridge, MA |
  | Psychiatry and Neurology in the Courtroom: Lost in Translation?
THURSDAY MARCH 4, 2010
Speaker: Bruce Price, MD (follow link to bio)
Chief, Department of Neurology, McLean Hospital
Associate in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Speaker: Judith G. Edersheim, JD, MD (follow link to bio)
Co-Director, the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Massachusetts General Hospital
Senior Consultant, Law and Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital |
 | Conceptualizing Schizophrenia from a Secondary Prevention Perspective: Causes and Consequences of Treatment
THURSDAY MARCH 11, 2010
Speaker: Michael T. Compton, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA |
 | Topic TBD
THURSDAY MARCH 18, 2010
Speaker: Paul Wicks, PhD (follow link to bio)
R&D Director, PatientsLikeMe |
| | Topic TBD
THURSDAY MARCH 25, 2010
Case Conference
Speaker: Cass Vawter, MD |
| | The Relationship Between Adolescent Parricide and Psychopathy
THURSDAY APRIL 1, 2010
Speaker: Wade Meyers, MD |
| | Topic TBD
THURSDAY APRIL 8, 2010
Speaker: Warren Bickel, PhD
University of Arkansas |
 | Why People Die by Suicide
THURSDAY APRIL 15, 2010
Speaker: Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., PhD
Distinguished Research Professor & The Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology, Florida State University |
| | Topic TBD
THURSDAY APRIL 22, 2010
Case Conference
Speaker: David Finklestein, MD |
| | Topic TBD
THURSDAY APRIL 29, 2010
Speaker: Nancy Rappaport, MD |
 | A Collaborative Approach to the Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Panel Discussion with Treaters and Consumers
THURSDAY MAY 6, 2010
Speaker: Negar Beheshti, MD
Child Psychiatry Consultation Service Director, Child Psychiatry Emergency Mental Health Service Director,
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
UMass Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center |
| | Topic TBD
THURSDAY MAY 20, 2010
18th Annual Briscoli Lecture
Speaker: Marvin Goldfreid, PhD
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