Grand Rounds
UMass Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds take place each Thursday of the month from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, and are located in the Lazare Auditorium (1st floor - Medical School Building, S1-607, near the library) 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
2011-12 PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS
 | Bipolar Disorder in Youth: From Risk to Prevention
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Speaker: Aude Henin, PhD (follow link to bio)
Co-Director, Child Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School |
| | Anxiety, Adolescents, and Development
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Speaker: Anne Marie Albano, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
Director, Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders |
| | Girl Scouts in Detentation Centers: Working to Change the Trajectory of Incarcerated Girls
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Speaker: Robyn Treadwell, MD
UMass Medical School, UMass Memorial Healthcare
Discussants: Mary Harte, Director, Rotenburg School for Girls.
Tim Considine, Assistant Director Rotenburg School for Girls
Kamlyn Haynes, MD |
 | Fragile X Syndrome and Language Development: Phenotype, Variation, Mechanisms and Treatment
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Shriver Center Lecture
Speaker: Leonard Abbedutto, PhD (follow link to bio)
Director, MIND Institute
UC Davis, Sacramento |
 | Rethinking Depression and its Treatment: Insights from studies of Deep Brain Stimulation
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
Speaker: Helen Mayberg, MD
Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology
Dorothy C. Fuqua Chair in Psychiatric Neuroimaging and Therapeutics
Emory University School of Medicine |
| | Canabis Use and Family History: a Joint Cause for Bipolar Disorder?
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012
Speaker: Patrick J. McCabe, PhD |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012
Speaker: Aaron Moore, MD |
| | Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012
Speaker: Timothy J. O'Farrell, PhD |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012
Speaker: Jess Shatkin, MD |
| | Why Scientists Cheat: And What Am I Going to do About It?
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012
Speaker: Gerald Koocher, PhD, ABPP |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
Speaker: John Krystal, MD |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
Speaker: Clara Kim, MD |
| | NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
Resident Retreat |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
19th Annual Briscoli Lecture
Speaker: Stanley Messer, PhD |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
Speakers: Charles Lidz, PhD
Research Professor, Center for Mental Health Services Research
Philip Candalis, MD
Staff Psychiatrist, Marlborough Hospital |
| | NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012
Faculty Retreat |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012
Speaker: David Cochran, MD, PhD |
| | Who Decides? Decision Making and Competency in Patients with High Tetraplegia
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012
Speaker: Richard Martinez, MD, MH |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012
Speaker: Meri Biano |
| | TBD
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012
Speakers: PGY III and IV Residents |