"The Future of Psychiatry"
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Speaker: Sheldon Benjamin, MD
Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Neuropsychiatry
Director, Psychiatry Residency Training\
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
UMass Medical School

Visiting Professor Series
Special Lecture: Suicide Prevention Month
"Suicide Prevention: Patterns of Risk and the Prevention Landscape"
RISK MANAGEMENT LECTURE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Speaker: Holly Wilcox, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
John Hopkins School of Medicine and the Department of Mental Health
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

Visiting Professor Series
"Words Matter: Enhancing Patient Outcomes by Integrating CBT with Pharmacotherapy"
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Speaker: Donna M Sudak, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Interim Director of Training
Director of Psychotherapy Training
Drexel University 

 Visiting Professor Series
"Childhood Depression: Where have we been? Where are we going?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018
Speaker: Gabrielle Carlson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Putnam Hall-South Campus

N0 GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018
PRITE EXAM

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018
NATIONAL NETWORK OF DEPRESSION CENTERS (NNDC) CONFERENCE

Visiting Professor Series
“Understanding the Pathogenesis and Biomarker Signature in
Postpartum Depression to Develop Novel Treatments and Improve Outcomes”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2018
Speaker: Samantha Meltzer-Brody MD MPH
Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty Development
Director, Perinatal Psychiatry Program 
Director, Taking Care of our Own Program
Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018
RESEARCH DAY

Visiting Professor Series
“Depression gets old fast: Do stress and depression accelerate biological aging?"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Speaker: Owen Wolkowitz, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry UCSF School of Medicine

"Lets Talk About Sex: What Psychiatrists Need to Know about Paraphilias"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 , 2018
Speaker: Renee Sorrentino, MD
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director,Institute for Sexual Wellness

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018
ACNP

"Microaggressions and Overcoming Prejudice in the Workplace."
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018
Speaker: Ranna Parekh, MD MPH
Deputy Medical Director
Director, Diversity and Health Equity
American Psychiatric Association
Medical Director, Adolescent Dual Diagnosis 
Residential Treatment Program at McLean Hospital, Assistant in Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School. 

Auralyd Padilla Candelario, MD
Assistant Professor
Senior Associate Training Director, Psychiatry Training and Education
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018
NEW YEAR

"Using the Human Connectome to Localize and Treat Neuropsychiatric Symptoms"

Co-Sponsored by the UMASS Neuro Nexus Institute(NNI)
The NNI is a neuroscience institute without walls co-sponsored by the departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Radiology and Neurobiology

THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2019
Speaker: Michael Fox, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Laboratory for Brain Network Imaging and Modulation
Co-Director, Deep Brain Stimulation Program
Associate Director, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

"The Boston Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment"
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2019
Speaker: Lee Ashendorf, PhD, ABPP-CN
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
UMASS Medical School
Clinical Neuropsychologist
VA Central Western Massachusetts
Worcester Lake Avenue Clinic

“How Developmental Science is Transforming Juvenile Justice”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019
Speaker: Thomas Grisso PhD
Professor Emeritus
UMASS Medical School 

"Functional Neurologic Symptom Disorder: Diagnosis, Biology, Treatment"
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019
Speaker: John Sullivan, MD
UMASS Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

"Evaluating Drug Court Practices in Massachusetts"
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Dara C. Drawbridge, PhD
Instructor, Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts
Law and Psychiatry Program
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Medical School 

"Caffeine Pill Freakouts and Addy Spirals: A Look at Perfectionism and Stimulant Medication Misuse in Transitional Age Youth"
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Diana Mujalli, MD
PGY 5 - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Kathy Niu, MD
PGY-6 -Chief Resident in Neuropsychiatry

"Mobile Technology for Mental Health and Behavior Medicine"
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Richard Fletcher, PhD
Mobile Technology Group
MIT D-Lab
UMASS Medical School

THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
Xuejing Li, MD
Fellow, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Visiting Professor Series
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
Gail Daumit, MD MHS FACP
Professor
Departments of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management and Mental Health
John Hopkins Medical Institutions
Research Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, Co-Chair, Institutional Review Board X

Visiting Professor Series

"The Neural Basis of Social Cognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders"
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
Robert Buchanan, MD
University of Maryland

Visiting Professor Series
"Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia of Non-Terminal Patients with Mental Illness: An Emerging Ethical Crisis"
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2018
Speaker: Mark S Komrad, MD DFAPA
Ethicist-in-Residence, Sheppard Pratt
Faculty of Psychiatry, John Hopkins, University of Maryland, Sheppard Pratt

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019
Ashley Holland, MD
PGY-6 - Neuropsychiatry Fellow

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2018
RESIDENT RETREAT

THURSDAY, APRIL 25 2019
Isha Jalnapurkar, MD
Child Resident/Fellow- Child Psychiatry
UMass Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019
Amber Thompson, MD
PGY-4- Program Chief Resident
Chief Resident in Psychotherapy

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019
FACULTY RETREAT

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019
Annual Debra Janssen Lecture

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019
American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting

Visiting Professor Series
Annual Briscoli Lecture
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2019
Salman Akhtar, MD
Professor
Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Jefferson University
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY, June 13, 2019
RESIDENT GRADUATION