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Psychiatry 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 or if you are interested in being a speaker, please contact Dr. Anthony Rothschild, Grand Rounds Committee Chair, or Karen Lambert, Grand Rounds Coordinator, at 508-856-5928, or via email: Karen.Lambert@umassmed.edu.

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Archives

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SEPTEMBER 2024

THURSDAY SEPT 12, 2024

"Evidence Based Guidelines for the Management of Depressive Disorders and PTSD in Pregnant Individuals"


Speaker: Kimberly A. Yonkers, M.D.

Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center

https://youtu.be/2qcS0ppdWqM

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

NO Grand Rounds
Leadership Retreat

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

"The Management of Bipolar Disorder During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period"  

Speaker: Adele Viguera MD
Psychiatry and Psychology
Cleveland Clinic

https://youtu.be/1pp2j0yjaBE

OCTOBER 2024

THURSDAY OCTOBER 3, 2024

NO Grand Rounds

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 10, 2024

John Sullivan Memorial Lecture

"Molecular Mimicry and the Mind: Limbic Encephalitis, Long Covid and the Lessons of a Long-Lost Malady"

Speaker: Sheldon Benjamin MD
UMass Chan Medical School

Vice Chair for Education, Associate Training Director
Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Psychiatry

 

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 17, 2024

“Psychedelic Medicine at a Crossroads: After FDA Rejection, What’s Next?”

Speaker: Franklin King, IV, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Mass General Hospital

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2024
Visiting Professor Series

"Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology"

Speaker: David Mintz, M.D. 
Director of Psychiatric Education, Associate Director of Training
The Austen Riggs Center

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2024
Visiting Professor Series

  "The BEST Boston Model for Decriminalizing Mental Illness"  

Speaker: David C. Henderson, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry,
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Division of Psychiatry,
Boston Medical Center

NOVEMBER 2024

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2024
REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR ATTENDANCE

Visiting Professor Series

  "Today’s “Genderation” of Youth: The Busy Intersection of Adolescence, Gender Diversity, Ethics, Politics, and Medical Guidelines"

Speaker: Scott Leibowitz, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, Medical Director of Behavioral Health, THRIVE (gender and sex development) program | he/him/his, Associate Clinical Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

This lecture will not be recorded.

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2024

 "The Hype and Hope of Large Language Models in Psychiatry"

Speaker: Andrew Nanton MD
Board Certified: General Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certified: Addiction Medicine,  American Board of Preventive Medicine  UCF College of Medicine

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2024

"Depression in Women Across the Menopausal Transition and Premenstrual Phase: Dissecting Causal Factors and Translating to Therapeutics"

Speaker: Hadine Joffe, MD MSc
Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Executive Director, Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Paula A. Johnson Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2024

NO GRAND ROUNDS: THANKSGIVING

DECEMBER 2024

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 2024

Speaker: Ryan Logan PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School

THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 2024

NO GRAND ROUNDS: 
Annual College of Neuropsychopharmacology Meeting (ACNP) 
                                    

THURSDAY DECEMBER 19, 2024

Speaker: Alexander Lichtenberg MD
Neuropsychiatry PGY-6, Chief Resident, UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

THURSDAY DECEMBER 26, 2024

NO GRAND ROUNDS: CHRISTMAS

JANUARY 2025

THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 2025

NO GRAND ROUNDS - NEW YEAR

THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 2025

Speaker: Ethan Lindenbaum DO
PGY V – Child Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 2025

Speaker: Dipavo Banerjee MD
Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

                          

THURSDAY JANUARY 23, 2025

TBA

THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 2025

Speaker: Gina Savella MD, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

FEBRUARY 2025

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Speaker: Lily Millen DO, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2025 

Speaker: Bogdan Anton MD , PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Speaker: Naillil Torres-Moreno MD, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Speaker: Ibrahim Sabri MD, Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

MARCH 2025

THURSDAY MARCH 6, 2025

PSYCHOLOGY TRAINEE LECTURE - TBA

THURSDAY MARCH 13, 2025

PSYCHOLOGY TRAINEE LECTURE - TBA

THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2025

PSYCHOLOGY TRAINEE LECTURE - TBA

THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2025

Speaker: Emily Slominski MD, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

APRIL 2025

THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2025

SHRIVER LECTURE

THURSDAY APRIL 10, 2025

TBA

THURSDAY APRIL 17, 2025

Speaker: Joji Suzuki MD
Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Program Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital


THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2025

Speaker: Elizabeth Ballard, PhD
Director of Psychology and Behavior Research Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health


MAY 2025

THURSDAY MAY 4, 2025

NO GRAND ROUNDS: RESIDENT RETREAT

THURSDAY MAY 8, 2025

NO GRAND ROUNDS - FACULTY RETREAT

THURSDAY MAY 15, 2025

Kathleen Thompson Hall Lecture 

THURSDAY MAY 22, 2025

NO GRAND ROUNDS
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting (APA)

THURSDAY MAY 29, 2025

NO GRAND ROUNDS
American Society of Clinical Pathology Annual Meeting (ASCP)

JUNE 2025

THURSDAY JUNE 5, 2025

ANNUAL BRISCOLI LECTURE

TBA

THURSDAY JUNE 12, 2025

RESIDENT GRADUATION