Psychiatry Grand Rounds
CURRENTLY GRAND ROUNDS IS HELD VIA ZOOM
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.
September 2021
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
"UMass Psychiatry: Accomplishments, Challenges and Opportunities"
Speaker: Kimberly A. Yonkers, M.D.
Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
UMass Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center -
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
PSYCHIATRY/VA JOINT GRAND ROUNDS"Suicide Prevention: Building an Evidence Base for Strategies that Promote Connectedness"
Speaker: Debeer, Bryann R. PhD
Director, VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry –
Suicide Prevention Collaborative, Clinical Research Psychologist
Rocky Mountain MIRECC for VA Suicide Prevention
October 2021
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 , 2021
Visiting Professor Series
"Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder: Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Going"Speaker: Cathryn Galanter MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Training Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University -
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021
"From Mechanism to Medication: Examining Neural Circuitry Underlying Opioid Reward and Treatment Strategies for Opioid Use Disorder.”
Speaker: Chloe Jennifer Jordan, Ph.D
Instructor in Psychiatry
McLean Hospital
Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction -
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021
"Climate Change and Mental Health: Toward Understanding Psychiatry’s Crucial Roles in the Climate Change Crisis"
Speakers:
Janet Lewis, MD
Climate Psychiatry Alliance
University of RochesterJoshua Worztel, MD
Psychiatry Resident, University of Rochester
Member, Climate Psychiatry Alliance (CPA)Steering Committee -
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021
"Beyond Dopamine: Novel and Emerging Treatments for Schizophrenia"
Speaker: Christoph U. Correll, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine
The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Hempstead, NY USA
Investigator, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Manhasset, NY, USA
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Charité–University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
November 2021
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Visiting Professor Series
"Music and the Human Brain, Creativity and Therapy"
Speaker: Michael Trimble MD
Professor of Behavioural Neurology,
Consultant Physician to the Department of Psychological Medicine,
National Hospital Queen Square, London -
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2021
VETERAN'S DAY - NO GRAND ROUNDS
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2021
“The Relationship Between Stress and Substance Use Disorders: A Conundrum.”
Speaker: Kathleen T Brady, MD PhD
Vice President for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
December 2021
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2021
"Racial Implicit Associations in Psychiatric Diagnosis, Treatment, and Compliance Expectations"
Speaker: Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD
IMH-E® Mentor
Adult and Child Psychiatrist
Postdoctoral Clinical and Research Fellow in Perinatal Mental Health
Brown University | Department of Psychiatry and Human BehaviorThis lecture was not recorded.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2021
ACNP ANNUAL MEETING - NO GRAND ROUNDS
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2021
"The Treatment and Management of Schizophrenia"
Speaker: Joseph McEvoy MD
Case Distinguished Chair in Psychotic Disorders
Professor, Medical College of Georgia
Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior -
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2021
NO GRAND ROUNDS - CHRISTMAS
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2021
NO GRAND ROUNDS - NEW YEAR
January 2022
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2022
"Approaches to Management of Treatment-Resistant Psychotic Depression"
Speaker: Julia Koretski MD PGY IV
Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology
Department of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMassMemorial Health CareThis lecture will not be recorded.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2022
"Dementia Caregiver Burden"
Speaker: Emily Federa Hungria MD PGY IV
Department of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
“What To Expect When They’re Not Expecting: The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Pregnancy Denial”
Speaker: Arielle Graham MD – Child Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMassMemorial Health CareThis lecture will not be recorded
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022
"Fatherhood and Development"
Speaker: Derek Luzim MD PGY IV
Department of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
February 2022
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2022
NO GRAND ROUNDS
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Curriculum Retreat - NO GRAND ROUNDS
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2022
"Management of Substance Use Disorder in the Outpatient Setting"
Aedome Girma, DO - PGY IV
Chief Resident in Addiction
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care -
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2022
NO GRAND ROUNDS
March 2022
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022
“Practices and Policies that Prepare Youth and Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions for Employment and Careers”
Speaker: Marsha Ellison PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School -
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022
“Treating the Patient with Alcohol Use Disorder Who Wants to Cut Down on Drinking, Not Abstain”
Speaker: Roger D. Weiss, M.D.
Chief, Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction
McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School -
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2022
Visiting Professor Series
"Mechanisms and Management: Obesity and Mental Illness"
Speaker: Susan L. McElroy, MD
Chief Research Officer, Lindner Center of HOPE
Linda and Harry Fath Endowed Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience,
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine -
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022
"An Update on the Genetics of Psychiatric Disorders”
Speaker: Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
MGH Trustees Endowed Chair in Psychiatric Neuroscience
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health
Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, MGH Center for Genomic Medicine
Associate Chief for Research, Department of Psychiatry, MGH
Director, Center for Precision Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, MGH
Director, Omics Unit, MGH Division of Clinical Research
Director, Mass General Brigham Training Program in Precision and Genomic Medicine, Associate Member, Broad Institute
President, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics -
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022
Shriver Center Lecture
"Early Autism Diagnosis: what’s structural racism got to do with it?"
Speaker: Sarabeth Broder-Fingert MD MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Pediatrics, Associate Director of Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
April 2022
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2022
Semi-Annual Grudzinskas Lecture"A Jurisprudence of Risk"
Bi-Annual Grudzinskas LectureSpeaker: Christopher Slobogin, J.D., LL.M
Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law
Director, Criminal Justice Program
Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry
Vanderbilt Law School -
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022
Visiting Professor Series
"Clinical Applications of Well-Being Practices"
Speaker: Jeffrey Q Bostic MD MEd
Faculty, Child Psychiatry Georgetown University Hospital
District of Columbia MAP Consultation Program -
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022
“Access to Child Psychiatry: Challenges and Creative Solutions”
Speaker: Yael Dvir MD
Vice Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School -
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022
Visiting Professor Series
"Benzodiazepines Revisited"
Speaker: Richard Balon MD
Professor (Clinical) – Psychiatry and Anesthesiology
Associate Chair – Education
Wayne State University School of Medicine
May 2022
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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2022
FACULTY RETREAT - NO GRAND ROUNDS
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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022
Annual Briscoli Lecture
"Caregivers, Allies, and Advocates: Advancing Transgender Mental Health"
Speaker: Erick Hung, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences -
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2022
RESIDENT RETREAT - NO GRAND ROUNDS
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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022
DEBRA JANSSEN ANNUAL LECTURE
“War in Ukraine - What are the Child Mental Health Perspectives?”
Speakers:
Boris Lorberg, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Medical Director, Adolescent Continuing Care Units, Worcester Recovery Center, and Hospital. UMass Chan Medical SchoolAuralyd Padilla, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, UMass Chan Medical School
Zlatina Kostova, PhD, Director of Training at Lifeline for Kids
UMass Chan Medial SchoolDmytro Martsenkovskyi MD PhD, Assistant Professor Of Psychiatry, National Medical University 'O.O. Bogomolec', Kyiv
June 2022
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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2022
"Schizophrenia and COVID-19: Lessons from a Systemic Immune Challenge"
Speaker: Katlyn Nemani, MD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research -
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2022
"Developing and Implementing Zero Suicide in Mental Health Outpatient Settings: Challenging but Doable”
Speaker: Becky Stoll, LCSW
Vice President, Crisis & Disaster Management
Nashville, TN -
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022
RESIDENT GRADUATION - NO GRAND ROUNDS