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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 Archived Video Links 2015-2016
Psychiatry Grand Rounds Archived Video Links 2016-2019

September 2019

	THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 "The Six Most Important Neuropsychiatry Cases in History" Speaker: Sheldon Benjamin, MD Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry Director of Neuropsychiatry Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology UMass Medical School https://echo360.org/media/7bb2cc4f-fa63-4173-9655-01819840b21e/public

	THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 SUICIDE PREVENTION SPECIAL LECTURE Visiting Professor Series "Antidepressant and Anti-Suicide Ideation Drug Discovery: Taking The Road Less Traveled" Speaker: Carlos A. Zarate, MD Chief, Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders and Chief of Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch (ETPB) at the National Institute of Mental Health, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at The George Washington University https://echo360.org/media/2def8bd2-d56c-4864-b81c-dd1bf3189423/public

	THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 Visiting Professor Series “Understanding Treatment Response in Late Life Depression” Speaker: J. Craig Nelson, MD Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF, Leon J. Epstein Endowed Chair in Geriatric Psychiatry, Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic at UCSF https://echo360.org/media/0f3962a1-bc06-488b-a009-458c2dbe34a1/public

October 2019

	THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019 "Doctors as Patients: The World of Physician Health" Speaker: Rachel Kantor, PsyD Monitoring Associate at Physician Health Services, (PHS) and private practice RISK MANAGEMENT LECTURE https://echo360.org/media/9b098796-7ad7-462c-92d6-7fc35218f2c0/public

	THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 "Mind the Body: Balancing Trauma-Based Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Trauma and Co-occurrent Mental Health Conditions" Speaker: Zlatina Kostova, PhD Post-Doctoral Associate in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Child Trauma Training Center https://echo360.org/media/895aecc6-b9db-4893-bac5-9efeae18cbed/public

	*THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019* *"Is This Learner Mistreatment? A Primer and Discussion"* Speaker: Sonia Nagy Chimienti, MD Vice Provost/Associate Dean, Student Affairs. UMASS This lecture was not recorded.
	THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 LECTURE CANCELED

	THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 *Visiting Professor Series* "Cannabis: Post-Legalization Health Implications and Knowledge Translation Challenges" Speaker: Oyedeji Ayonrinde, MD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Medical Director, Early Psychosis Intervention Program for Southeastern Ontario https://echo360.org/media/f479cb2b-5b2b-433e-9226-0ec575faca56/public

November 2019

	THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2019 Visiting Professor Series "Bad Acts and Bad Genes: Behavioral Genetics in Criminal Court" Albert Grudzinskas Lecture Speaker: Paul S Appelbaum, MD Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor, Director, Division of Law, Ethics & Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University https://echo360.org/media/a1a7259f-bfad-46ac-a2ba-019522bb49f2/public

	THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 Visiting Professor Series "Cognitively Impaired Physicians: Institutional and Personal Challenges" Speaker: Kirk R. Daffner, MD Chief, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology Director, Center for Brain/Mind Medicine, J. David and Virginia Wimberly Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Neurology RISK MANAGEMENT LECTURE https://echo360.org/media/2ad0c958-ef62-474e-9117-09dfc989a00d/public

	THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 Visiting Professor Series “Bringing Early Childhood Mental Health Principles to Primary Care” Speaker: Mary Margaret Gleason, MD Pediatrician and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Director, Tulane Infant Mental Health Services, Tulane University https://echo360.org/media/6538d71d-c992-4e35-8b28-e131f86fca07/public
	NO GRAND ROUNDS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2019 THANKSGIVING

December 2019

	THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2019 *"Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): a Paradigm Shift in Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders"* Speaker: Khurshid Khurshid, MD FAASM FAPA Director, UMMHC/UMMS Center for Neuromodulation, Department of Psychiatry, UMASS/UMassMemorial Health Care https://echo360.org/media/58ae4e3f-287c-44b3-85cb-497a82654ea2/public
	NO GRAND ROUNDS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019 ACNP (American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting)

	THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2019 Visiting Professor Series "Embracing Imperfection and Vulnerability: Self-Disclosure in the Health Professions" Speaker: Andres S. Martin, MD, MPH Riva Ariella Ritvo Professor, Child Study Center, Professor of Psychiatry; Director of Medical Studies, Yale Child Study Center, Child Study Center; Medical Director, Children's Psychiatric Inpatient Service at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital https://echo360.org/media/cd3f2d24-4bb4-441b-97fe-104a7b329e9c/public
	NO GRAND ROUNDS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019 DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR

January 2020

	THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2020 "Encephalitis Update for Psychiatry/Psychology" Speaker: Joshua Claunch, MD PGY-6 Neuropsychiatry UMASS Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care https://echo360.org/media/3dd2e749-47ca-4875-bfae-09fc392c4038/public

	THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 Visiting Professor Series "Young People with Substance Use Disorders: Prevention, Risky Behaviors, and Treatment" Speaker: Amy Yule, MD Medical Director, Addiction Recovery Management Service, Instructor at Harvard Medical School

	THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2020 "Catatonia: Neuropsychiatry's Identifiable, Verifable, Treatable Syndrome" Speaker: Max Fink, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Emeritus Renaissance School of Medicine Stony Brook University https://echo360.org/media/c916ef7a-4707-4c1c-b94d-8fb4f8ff9054/public

	THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020 "Psychedelics and Depression: What is Old, is New Again" Speaker: Matthew Brown, DO PGY-5 Child Psychiatry Fellow

	THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 "A War of Minds - Holmes, Meyers and the Journey from Shell-Shock to PTSD and Lessons Learned for Collaboration in Health Care Settings" Speaker: Aekta Malhotra, MD PGY-4 Adult Psychiatry

February 2020

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020

“Advancing Suicide Prevention in Health Systems”

Speaker: Edwin Boudreaux PhD
Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Quantitative Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Emergency Medicine

RISK MANAGEMENT LECTURE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Speaker: Edward Bender DO
PGY-5
Child Psychiatry Fellow

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Speaker: Mary Kate Miller PsyD
Consult Liaison Service, UMassMemorial Medical Center

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020
RESIDENT RETREAT

March 2020

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020

"Psychiatrists’ Role in Addressing the Physical Health Needs of Populations with Serious Mental Illness"

Speaker: Benjamin Druss MD MPH
Professor and Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020

Speaker: William-Bernard Reid-Varley, MD, MPH
PGY-4 – Adult Psychiatry
Program Co-Chief Resident

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020

"Strategies to Engage in Mental Health Advocacy"

Speaker: Debra Koss MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020

Speaker: Rachel D’Angelo DO
PGY-5
Child Psychiatry Fellow

April 2020

THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020
SHRIVER LECTURE

"Beyond Privacy, Security, Why HealthTech Needs to Design in Accessibility?"

Speaker: Frances West
Founder, FrancesWestCo., Former IBM Chief Accessibility Officer, Chair, Strategy & Development Committee

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020

Speaker: Prerna Moorjani, DO
PGY-4
Adult Psychiatry

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2020

Speaker: Mohamed Henson MD
PGY-5
Addiction Fellow

Dr. Patel

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020

“Psychological Treatments for the World: Lessons From Global Mental Health”

Speaker: Vikram Patel, MBBS, PhD
The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow,
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Co-Founder and Member of Managing Committee, Sangath

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020
APA (American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting)

May 2020

THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020

Speaker: Iris Kim, MD
PGY-4
Adult Psychiatry

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020
FACULTY RETREAT

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2019
Annual Brisoli Lecture

Speaker: Petros Levounis, MD, MA
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry,
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Chief of Service, University Hospital

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020

Speaker: Ruth Shim MD MPH
Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry
Director of Cultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis

June 2019

THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020
Annual Debra Janssen Lecture

THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2020

Speaker: Janette Abramowitz, MD
PGY-6
Neuropsychiatry
UMASS Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, June 18, 2019
RESIDENT GRADUATION