Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior Grand Rounds

Name: Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior

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Name: Annalee Locke, MSEd
Position: Education Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Weekly Psychiatry Grand Rounds Seminars are held virtually via Zoom, on Wednesdays from 11:00am-12:00pm (September-June)

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Psychiatry Grand Rounds Archives

You can watch many of our past Psychiatry Grand Rounds presentations on the Jefferson Digital Commons, or JDC, Jefferson's institutional repository for academic publications.

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Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentations: 2023-24

May 1  - Trangender Embodiment

S. J. Langer, LCSW-R
Psychotherapist, Author, + WPATH Certified SOC8 Mentor 
Faculty, Departments of MPS Art Therapy, and Humanities & Sciences, School of  Visual Arts, NYC
Faculty, Department of Psychology, Diploma in Psychotherapy and Mental Health in Sexual Diversity of Gender Program
Universidad Diego Portales - Centre for Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy Studies (CEPPS: Centro de Estudios en Psicología Clínica y Psicoterapia)

May 8 & - No Grand Rounds
May 15
 

May 22 -  

Two Presentations:

Critical Psychiatry: Engine of Progress, or the New Anti-Psychiatry?

Aaron Bloch, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Resident
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Beyond Tics: A Comprehensive Overview of Tourette Syndrome for Psychiatrists and Other Mental Health Practitioners

Cooper Stone, DO
PGY4 Psychiatry Resident
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

May 29 - School at the Forefront of Children's Mental Health

Himangshu Rathinakumar, MD, & Ivan Krasnov, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 10  -

Two Presentations:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - For the Non-Specialist

Katherine Gao, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Resident
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

MOUD Made Simple: A Clinician's Guide to Education and Advocacy

Sharon Chaing, MD, ft. Emily Sudhakar, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 17 - Mental Health Implications of Abortion Restrictions on Marginalized Communities

Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS, MAS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
UCSF Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Program Director of Psychiatry Residency Training
Associate Program Director of Public Psychiatry Fellowship
Director, UCSF Post Baccalaureate & Outreach Programs

April 24 - Forensic Evaluations for Asylum Seekers: Overview and Lessons Learned

Alisa R. Gutman, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Director, Philadelphia Human Rights Clinic

March 6  -  Morbidity and Mortality Conference II

March 13 - Healthy Habits, Happy Mind: Lifestyle Psychiatry for Children & Adolescents

Johanna Beck, MD, & Kevin Walsh, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

March 20 - The Potential Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the Field of Psychiatry

Martin Henry, DO, & Adam Holstein, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

March 27 - Cured! The Role of Psychiatrists in Detecting Hepatitis C

Sherry Nykiel, MD
Behavioral Health Medical Director
Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance, Pennsylvania
CEO and Founder, Justus Mental Health

February 7  -  Transgender Mental Health

Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Colombia University Medical College (CUMC)
Chief Medical Officer, The Jed Foundation (JED)

February 14 - Psychiatry Throughout the Transplantaion Process

Paulina Khodak, DO & Jaime Lee, MD
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

February 21 - Unmasking the Spectrum: Identifying and Treating Autism in Women 

Andie Belkoff, MD, & Emily Sudhakar, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

February 28 - Morbidity & Mortality Conference I

January 3  -  Throwing Buprenorphine at the Wall (& Actually Having it Stick)

William Jangro, DO
Director, Division of Addiction Treatment,
Education, and Research
Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program 
Medical Director, Center for Community Substance
Abuse Programs (C-SAP)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University   

January 10 - Sleep Medicine Fellow Presentation

Erin Creighton, MD
Sleep Medicine Fellow
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

January 17 - Psychiatry & Climate Change 

Rebecca Montana, MD and Julia Hannigan, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

January 24 - Addiction Psychiatry Fellows Presentation

Aqsa Malik, MD, and Dylan Golomb, MD 
Addiction Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

January 31 - Paying Attention to ADHD in Adults 

Tim Wilens, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Co-Director, Center for Addiction Medicine
Director, Substance Abuse Services in Pediatric Psychopharmacology  Massachusetts General Hospital/MGH

December 6   Tech-Focused Collaborative Care: Population-Focused Screening,  Triage, and Integrated Treatment of Psychiatric Illness in Primary  Care & Other Medical Settings

Tom Zaubler, MD, MPH
Chief Behavioral Health Officer, City of Boston
Pediatric Addiction Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Harvard Medical School
Director, ASAP (Adolescent Substance Use
& Addiction Program) & the Justice Clinic
Division of Addiction Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital

44th Annual Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial Lecture     

December 13 - The Rise and Fall of the Dopamine Hypothesis as the Basis for the Pharmacologic Treatment of  Schizophrenia

Peter J. Weiden, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
2023 Visiting Professor of Psychiatry,
44th Annual Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial Lectureship
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 

December 22 &    -    NO GRAND ROUNDS   
December 29  

November 1  -  Protecting Boston’s Mental Health*

Kevin Simon, MD, MPH
Chief Behavioral Health Officer, City of Boston
Pediatric Addiction Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Harvard Medical School
Director, ASAP (Adolescent Substance Use
& Addiction Program) & the Justice Clinic
Division of Addiction Medicine, Deparrtment of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital

November 8  -  Involuntary Celibates (Incels): A Review of Etiology, Ideology, & Management

James Hagenbaugh, Psy.D
Psychologist, Student Counseling Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas
Jefferson University   

November 15 - The Social Media Proliferation of Extreme Ideologists & Conspiracy Theorists: Are they Obsessed, Delusional, or not even Mentally Ill?

Solange Margery-Bertoglia, MD
Assistant Director, Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas  Jefferson University 

November 22 - NO GRAND ROUNDS   

November 29 - Getting on the Same Page: Strategies from DBT to Manage Conflict between Patients & Providers

C. V. (Virginia) O'Hayer, PhD
Clinical Professor
Director, Jefferson Center City Clinic for Behavioral Medicine
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
DBT-Linehan Board Certified Clinician

October 4 - Racism’s Effect on the Social Determinants of Health

Bernard Lopez, MD, MS, CPE, FACEP, FAAEM
Associate Provost for Diversity & Inclusion, Thomas Jefferson University
Senior Associate Dean for Diversity & Community   Engagement, Professor, and Vice Chair for Diversity,   Equity & Inclusion
 Department of Emergency Medicine
 Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

October 11 - Giving Feedback: Moving Beyond the Sandwich to Best Practices

Joseph Stoklosa, MD
Clinical Director, Psychotic Disorders Division, McLean Hospital
Teaching Faculty, MGH/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

October 18 - How to Say "No" to your Patient: Moral, Ethical, & Legal Considerations in Outpatient Psychiatry*

Danielle Kelly, DO
Associate Director, General/Adult Psychiatry
Residency Training Program
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

October 25 - Depression in Later Life*

James Ellison, MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 6  -  Treatment Recommendations and Barriers Care for Suicidal LGBTQ+Youth*

Lucas Zullo, PhD
Clinical Director, David Farber ASPIRE Center
Program Director, Post-Doctoral Research
Fellowship in Clinical Psychology
Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Medical College

September 13 - Thwarted Psychological Needs and the Cessation of Life: Thoughts on Understanding Suicide*     

Matthew Wintersteen, PhD
Director, David Farber ASPIRE Center
Research Director and Associate Professor,
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Medical College

September 20 - Collateral Information: Who Needs It & How to Get It*

Kenneth Certa, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University at Sidney Kimmel Medical College

September 27 - NO GRAND ROUNDS

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentations: 2022-23

September 7 - Lost & Found: A Journey Through Suicide Loss with a Survivor

Amanda Blue, MPH
Program Director, Mental Health First Aid in Chester County
Chair, Chester County Suicide Prevention Task Force

September 14 - Seven Types of Truth & their Clinical Significance

Salman Akhtar, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 15 - Bias at the Bedside: Tools for Upstanders*

Adrienne Gerken, MD
Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 21 - Recurrent Foreign Body Ingestion

Kenneth Certa, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 28 - NO GRAND ROUNDS

October 5 - How to Talk about Racial Issues in Psychotherapy with African American Teens & Their Families

Mia A. Smith-Bynum, PhD
Senior Director for Science Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
American Psychological Association

October 12 - Peer Specialists as Teachers in Psychiatric Settings

Stephen Fedele, CPS, CVS
Coordinator, Well-Space Program
Co-Founder, Peer Research Consortium
Certified Peer Specialist and Vocational Specialist
McLean Hospital

October 19 - Remedying Misconceptions in Health Science: At the Intersection of Diversity, Motivation, and Conceptual Learning*

Marcus Johnson, PhD
Professor, School of Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Division Representative, Council of Representatives, American Psychological Association
Fulbright Specialist Candidate, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Associate Editor, Contemporary Educational Psychology

October 26 - Crisis 2.0: Philadelphia’s Response to 988*

Sosunmolu Shoyinka MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
City of Philadelphia DHS

November 2 - The Environment and the Health Experience*

Wendy J. Ross, MD, FAAP
Director, Center For Autism & Neurodiversity
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

November 9 - Long-Term Drug Delivery and Impact on Health Outcomes*

Steven Seigel, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC)

November 16 - A Story on Trauma, Discrimination and Resilience

Solange Margery-Bertoglia, MD
Assistant Director, Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

November 23 - NO GRAND ROUNDS

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 30 - Ethics in the Era of COVID-19

Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD
Director of Law and Ethics - Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Master of Bioethics Degree Program
Associate Director, Center for Bioethics
Associate Professor of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Associate, Center for Bioethics

December 7 - Violence in our Backyards

Shawn Blue, Psy.D 
Clinical Psychologist, Student Counseling Center
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

James Hagenbaugh, Psy.D
Psychologist, Student Counseling Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

 

43rd Annual Albert M. Biele Memorial Lecture*  
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

December 14 - The Descent of Agamemnon and the Disquietude of Job: The Death of Agency as the Spur of Suicide

Thomas Joiner, PhD
Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
Florida State University

*The 43rd Biele Memorial Lecture is a hybrid in-person/online event. 
   For more information, please email [email protected].

December 22 & 29 -  NO GRAND ROUNDS

Happy Holidays!

January 4th 

Philadelphia’s Overdose Fatality Review – Findings and Recommendations*

Zoe Soslow, MS
OD Stat Central Administrator
Overdose Fatality Review Committee
City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health

January 11th

Multidisciplinary Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea      

Thomas Kaffenberger, MD, & Andrea Plawecki, MD 
Sleep Medicine Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

January 18th

The Mental Health of Physician Trainees: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future       

Collin Sherman, MD & Brian Uhm, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

January 25th

Suffering in Silence: Healthcare workers with Substance Use Disorders*

Frantz Aubry, MD & Jacob Buinewicz, MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

February 1st

Between Two Pandemics: Race, Health, and COVID-19*

Wanjikũ F.M. Njoroge, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Director of Education and Medical Director, Young Child Clinic
Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry + Behavioral Sciences
Faculty, PolicyLab, Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia                                             

February 8th

“The psychiatrist will see you now”: Building Effective Pediatric Collaborative Care Models       

Kiran Johal, DO & Meghan O’Rourke, DO 
2nd Year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

February 15th

An Integrated Action Framework for Health Equity Impact*      

Alex S. Keuroghlian, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Public and Community Psychiatry
MGH Department of Psychiatry
Michele and Howard J Kessler Chair, and Director,
MGH Division of Public and Community Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Division of Education and Training, the Fenway Institute 
 

February 22nd

Management of Acute and Chronic Psychiatric Symptoms after TBI

Olivia Hurwitz, DO & Shiyao Wang, MD
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

 

March 1st

Dance/movement therapy as a Treatment Option for Individuals with Schizophrenia

Jacelyn Biondo, PhD, BC-DMT, LPC

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Jefferson University Hospital                        

March 8th

Gender Bias in Healthcare*    

Danielle Fahoome, MD, Meghan McAliney, DO, and Christina Mercogliano, DO
PGY-4 General/Adult Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 15th

Approach to Treatment Resistant Depression in Youth

Adelaide Robb, MD
Division Chief, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Psychiatry Research and Patient Oriented Research
Distinguished and Endowed Professor and Chair,
Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Children’s National

March 22nd 

No Grand Rounds   
March 29th 

Morbidity and Mortality Conference*

Karuna Poddar, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Christopher Ferry, MD, Megan Hazel, MD, Simon McCarthy, MD, Kathryn Montgomery, DO, & Zahid Syed, MD
PGY-2 General/Adult Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 5    

 NO GRAND ROUNDS
April 12                      

S.M.A.R.T Tool

Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
City of Philadelphia DHS

Rachel Talley, MD
Director, Fellowship in Community Psychiatry
Program Coordinator, Brain Research Advancing
Inclusion in Neuroscience (BRAIN) Program
Associate Program Director for Didactic Curriculum,
Psychiatry Residency Program
Director, COBALT Spaces of Color
University of Pennsylvania      

April 19th 

Morbidity and Mortality Conference*

Karuna Poddar, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Christopher Ferry, MD, Aaron Pruitt, MD, Nicolette Lee, MD, Daniel Ezzo, MD, & Kirklan Kathe, MD 
PGY-2 General/Adult Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 26    

Recognizing Malingering

Adam Brown, MD
Ward Administrator/Forensic Evaluator
Clifton T. Perkins Hospital
Jessup, Maryland

May 3rd:
2nd Annual 
Marc H. Zisselman, MD, Memorial Lecture 
                         

 

If You Build It: Creating and Sustaining a
Comprehensive Guardianship Pathway
within a University Hospital*

Alethia Battles, JD, LMSW
2023 TJUH Visiting Professor in Psychiatry
Marc H. Zisselman, MD, Memorial Lectureship
General Counsel and Associate Professor,
Office of the General Counsel and
Department of Social Work
Michigan Medicine at University of Michigan

 

May 10th

NO GRAND ROUNDS
May 17th

Social "Murder"

Benjamin Parker-Goos, MD
PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson Unversity

May 24th 

NO GRAND ROUNDS

June 7th Ten Lessons Learned During 55 Years (1968-2023) as a Physician

Salman Akhtar, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
June 14th Online Gaming: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Aqsa Malik, MD, & Daryan Namba, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

June 21st

NO GRAND ROUNDS
June 29th NO GRAND ROUNDS

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentations: 2022-23

September 7 - Lost & Found: A Journey Through Suicide Loss with a Survivor

Amanda Blue, MPH
Program Director, Mental Health First Aid in Chester County
Chair, Chester County Suicide Prevention Task Force

September 14 - Seven Types of Truth and their Clinical Significance

Salman Akhtar, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 15 - Bias at the Bedside: Tools for Upstanders*

Adrienne Gerken, MD
Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 21 - Recurrent Foreign Body Ingestion

Kenneth Certa, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 28 - NO GRAND ROUNDS

October 5 - How to Talk about Racial Issues in Psychotherapy with African American Teens & Their Families

Mia A. Smith-Bynum, PhD
Senior Director for Science Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
American Psychological Association

October 12 - Peer Specialists as Teachers in Psychiatric Settings

Stephen Fedele, CPS, CVS
Coordinator, Well-Space Program
Co-Founder, Peer Research Consortium
Certified Peer Specialist and Vocational Specialist
McLean Hospital

October 19 - Remedying Misconceptions in Health Science: At the Intersection of Diversity, Motivation, and Conceptual Learning*

Marcus Johnson, PhD
Professor, School of Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Division Representative, Council of Representatives, American Psychological Association
Fulbright Specialist Candidate, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Associate Editor, Contemporary Educational Psychology

October 26 - Crisis 2.0: Philadelphia’s Response to 988*

Sosunmolu Shoyinka MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
City of Philadelphia DHS

November 2 - The Environment and the Health Experience*

Wendy J. Ross, MD, FAAP
Director, Center For Autism & Neurodiversity
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

November 9 - Long-Term Drug Delivery and Impact on Health Outcomes*

Steven Seigel, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC)

November 16 - A Story on Trauma, Discrimination and Resilience

Solange Margery-Bertoglia, MD
Assistant Director, Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

November 23 - NO GRAND ROUNDS

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 30 - Ethics in the Era of COVID-19

Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD
Director of Law and Ethics - Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Director, Master of Bioethics Degree Program
Associate Director, Center for Bioethics
Associate Professor of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Associate, Center for Bioethics

December 7 - Violence in our Backyards

Shawn Blue, Psy.D 
Clinical Psychologist, Student Counseling Center
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

James Hagenbaugh, Psy.D
Psychologist, Student Counseling Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

 

43rd Annual Albert M. Biele Memorial Lecture*  
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

December 14 - The Descent of Agamemnon and the Disquietude of Job: The Death of Agency as the Spur of Suicide

Thomas Joiner, PhD
Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
Florida State University

*The 43rd Biele Memorial Lecture is a hybrid in-person/online event. 
   For more information, please email [email protected].

December 22 & 29 -  NO GRAND ROUNDS

Happy Holidays!

January 4th 

Philadelphia’s Overdose Fatality Review – Findings and Recommendations*

Zoe Soslow, MS
OD Stat Central Administrator
Overdose Fatality Review Committee
City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health

January 11th

Multidisciplinary Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea      

Thomas Kaffenberger, MD, & Andrea Plawecki, MD 
Sleep Medicine Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

January 18th

The Mental Health of Physician Trainees: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future       

Collin Sherman, MD & Brian Uhm, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

January 25th

Suffering in Silence: Healthcare workers with Substance Use Disorders*

Frantz Aubry, MD & Jacob Buinewicz, MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

February 1st

Between Two Pandemics: Race, Health, and COVID-19*

Wanjikũ F.M. Njoroge, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Director of Education and Medical Director, Young Child Clinic
Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry + Behavioral Sciences
Faculty, PolicyLab, Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia                                             

February 8th

“The psychiatrist will see you now”: Building Effective Pediatric Collaborative Care Models       

Kiran Johal, DO & Meghan O’Rourke, DO 
2nd Year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

February 15th

An Integrated Action Framework for Health Equity Impact*      

Alex S. Keuroghlian, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Public and Community Psychiatry
MGH Department of Psychiatry
Michele and Howard J Kessler Chair, and Director,
MGH Division of Public and Community Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Division of Education and Training, the Fenway Institute 
 

February 22nd

Management of Acute and Chronic Psychiatric Symptoms after TBI

Olivia Hurwitz, DO & Shiyao Wang, MD
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

 

March 1st

Dance/movement therapy as a Treatment Option for Individuals with Schizophrenia

Jacelyn Biondo, PhD, BC-DMT, LPC

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Jefferson University Hospital                        

March 8th

Gender Bias in Healthcare*    

Danielle Fahoome, MD, Meghan McAliney, DO, and Christina Mercogliano, DO
PGY-4 General/Adult Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 15th

Approach to Treatment Resistant Depression in Youth

Adelaide Robb, MD
Division Chief, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Psychiatry Research and Patient Oriented Research
Distinguished and Endowed Professor and Chair,
Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Children’s National

March 22nd 

No Grand Rounds   
March 29th 

Morbidity and Mortality Conference*

Karuna Poddar, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Christopher Ferry, MD, Megan Hazel, MD, Simon McCarthy, MD, Kathryn Montgomery, DO, & Zahid Syed, MD
PGY-2 General/Adult Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 5    

 NO GRAND ROUNDS
April 12                      

S.M.A.R.T Tool

Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services
City of Philadelphia DHS

Rachel Talley, MD
Director, Fellowship in Community Psychiatry
Program Coordinator, Brain Research Advancing
Inclusion in Neuroscience (BRAIN) Program
Associate Program Director for Didactic Curriculum,
Psychiatry Residency Program
Director, COBALT Spaces of Color
University of Pennsylvania      

April 19th 

Morbidity and Mortality Conference*

Karuna Poddar, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Christopher Ferry, MD, Aaron Pruitt, MD, Nicolette Lee, MD, Daniel Ezzo, MD, & Kirklan Kathe, MD 
PGY-2 General/Adult Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 26    

Recognizing Malingering

Adam Brown, MD
Ward Administrator/Forensic Evaluator
Clifton T. Perkins Hospital
Jessup, Maryland

May 3rd:
2nd Annual 
Marc H. Zisselman, MD, Memorial Lecture 
                         

 

If You Build It: Creating and Sustaining a
Comprehensive Guardianship Pathway
within a University Hospital*

Alethia Battles, JD, LMSW
2023 TJUH Visiting Professor in Psychiatry
Marc H. Zisselman, MD, Memorial Lectureship
General Counsel and Associate Professor,
Office of the General Counsel and
Department of Social Work
Michigan Medicine at University of Michigan

 

May 10th

NO GRAND ROUNDS
May 17th

Social "Murder"

Benjamin Parker-Goos, MD
PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson Unversity

May 24th 

NO GRAND ROUNDS

June 7th Ten Lessons Learned During 55 Years (1968-2023) as a Physician

Salman Akhtar, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
June 14th Online Gaming: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Aqsa Malik, MD, & Daryan Namba, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

June 21st

NO GRAND ROUNDS
June 29th NO GRAND ROUNDS

Psychiatry Grand Rounds 2021-22

September 1 - Eight Kinds of Lies: Understanding & Management

Salman Akhtar, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 8 - The Public Health Side of Suicide Prevention*

Matthew Wintersteen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 15 - Bias at the Bedside: Tools for Upstanders*

Adrienne Gerken, MD
Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 22 - Mindfulness in Medicine & Healthcare

Diane Reibel, PhD
Director, Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Integrative
Medicine & Nutritional Sciences
Marcus Institute for Integrative Health
Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
Aleezè Moss, PhD
Associate Director, Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness
Marcus Institute for Integrative Health
Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health

September 29 - Making your Mark on Mental Health Advocacy

Marilyn Heine, MD, FACP, FACEP
Immediate Past Chair, Council on Legislation of the American Medical Association (AMA)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine

October 6 - NO GRAND ROUNDS
 

October 13 -  A Room So Quiet and Empty it Hurts:
The ABC Model of Suicide Risk Assessment*

J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., MD
Clinical Faculty
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Staff Psychiatrist, University of Virginia Student Health Services &
the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia

October 20 - What You Know and How You Know It: Privacy and Boundaries in an Electronic Era*

Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD, DLFAPA
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Vice Chair for Clinical Services & Director of Integrated Care
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

October 27 - Emergency Psychiatry Presentation: A Review Involuntary Treatment

Kenneth Certa, MD, DLFAPA
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

November 3 - Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in  2021: Cultural Humility and Anti-Racism in Psychiatry*

Nhi-Ha Trinh, MD, MPH
Director, Psychiatry Center for Diversity
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Director, Hinton Society
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

November 10 - The Case of a 35-Year-Old Man with a 1st  Incident of Self-Mutilation*

Solange Margery-Bertoglia, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

November 17 - Building Bridges, Opening Doors: The Many    Benefits of Academic-Community Partnerships

David Beckmann, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

November 24 - NO GRAND ROUNDS – Happy Thanksgiving!

December 1 - PRESENTATION RESCHEDULED:
                       see post for 
JUNE 1, 2022

 

December 8  - Supporting the Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth*

Jack Lewis Turban III, MD, MHS
Chief Fellow
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program
Stanford University School of Medicine

December 15 - Mental Health Issues in Athletes: A Team Physician’s Perspective*

Margot Putukian MD, FACSM, FAMSSM
Chief Medical Officer, Major League Soccer
Internist/Sports Medicine Specialist
Past President, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine

December 22
        &                 NO GRAND ROUNDS - Happy Holidays!  
December 29

January 5 - Developing a Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement Conference*

Rebecca Jaffe, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine & Interim Division Director
Division of Hospital Medicine
Associate DIO for Quality and Safety Education
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Alexis Wickersham, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor & Assistant Program Director
Department of Internal Medicine
Director of Wellness Initiatives, Department of Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Michelle Perkons, MD
Chief Resident
Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Department of Internal Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

January 12 - Endocannabinoids and Cannabinoids: Science and Politics in 50 minutes*

Marina Goldman, MD, FAPA
Psychiatrist, Addiction & General Psychiatry
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Kavita Fischer, MD, FAPA
President-Elect, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society (PaPS)
Regional Medical Director
Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/Health Plan

January 19 - Anxiety Disorders & Sleep

Saad Bin Jamil, MD & Talar Kachechian, DO
Sleep Medicine Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

42nd ANNUAL ALBERT M. BIELE, MD, MEMORIAL LECTURE:

    January 26 - The Past, Present, and Future of
    Psychedelic Medicine

Michael Bogenschutz, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Director, NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine
Visiting Professor in Psychiatry, Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial Lectureship (2021-22)

February 2 - Mental Health Challenges in the
Asian-American and Pacific Islander Community*

Chen Zhou, MD & Triston Wong, MD
PGY-4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

February 9 - Racial Literacy for Healing Trauma*

Howard Stevenson, PhD
Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education
Human Development and Quantitative Methods Division
Professor of Africana Studies
Director, Racial Empowerment Collaborative
Graduate School of Education at the University of          Pennsylvania (PennGSE)

February 16 - The DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview  (CFI): Development, Research, and Practice

Neil Krishan Aggarwal, MD, MBA, MA
Research Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University Medical Center

February 23 - "You Wouldn't Understand": Understanding
the Inherent Challenges in Treating Cannabis Use Disorder in Children and Adolescents*

 Noah Schwartzman, DO & Winifred Wolfe, MD
 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
 Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
 Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson   University

March 2 - Gambling addiction and its treatment: Is the deck stacked against us?

Alisa Olmsted, MD, Jacob Buinewicz, MD, & Michael Antzis, MD
PGY-4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 9 - Morbidity & Mortality Series*

Karuna Poddar, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Andie Belkoff, MD & Emily Sudhaker, MD
PGY-4 Psychiatry Residents
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 16 - Psychopharmacology of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Christopher McDougle, MD
Director, Lurie Center for Autism
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Massachusetts General
Hospital & MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor in the Field of Autism
Harvard Medical School

March 23 - ECT for Catatonia of Non-Psychiatric Origin

Andrew Mumma, MD & Carey Myers, MD
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 30 - Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy: Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Psychiatric Medications*

 Marlene P. Freeman, MD
 Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
 Associate Director, Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s           Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital
 Medical Director, MGH Clinical Trials Network & Institute (CTNI)

April 6 - NO GRAND ROUNDS
 

April 13 - “I don’t want anyone to hurt my child”: Why  Understanding Clinical Discordance in Community Mental Health is Important

   Hephsibah Loeb, MD
   Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
   Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
   Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 20 - Morbidity & Mortality Series*

   Karuna Poddar, MD, MS
   Assistant Professor
   Julia Hannigan, MD
   PGY-2 Psychiatry Resident
   Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
   Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 27 - Understanding the Patient Experience of Illness      and Treatment

    Olivia Hurwitz, DO & Nathaniel Kohlenberg, MD
    PGY-4 Psychiatry Residents
    Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

    Inaugural Marc H. Zisselman, MD, Memorial Lecture:

May 4 - "Substance Use and Misuse by Older Adults: Why
We Should be Concerned"*

Susan W. Lehman, MD
Patricia B. and William T. Bright Professor in Mental Wellness
Clinical Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatry
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Visiting Professor in Psychiatry, Marc H. Zisselman, MD, Memorial Lecutureship (2022)

May 11 -  "Trust and the Patient with Opioid Use Disorder"*

Michael Noonan, DO & Elise Paquin, MD
Addiction Medicine Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

May 18 - "The Place of Religion In Child Psychiatry: Experiences and Implications"

David Halpern, MD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

May 25 - NO GRAND ROUNDS

June 1 - Lessons from the Opioid Crisis*

Mitchell Cohen, MD
Vice-President of Education
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at
Thomas Jefferson University

Thank you for a great 2021-2022 Grand Rounds season! 

Psychiatry Grand Rounds 2020-21

September 2 - On Refusing to Take Money from Patients: Theory and Technique

Salman Akhtar, MD 
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

September 9 - Engaging Families of Suicidal Youth in Treatment*

Suzanne A. Levy, PhD 
Training Director-ABFT Training Program Center for Family Intervention: Research to Practice
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Drexel University

September 16 - Health Equity: COVID 19 and Beyond*

Patrice Harris, MD, MA, FAPA 
American Medical Association - Immediate Past President
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine

September 23 - Belonging: Autism and Healthcare*

Wendy Ross, MD, FAAP 
Director, Center for Autism & Neurodiversity at Jefferson Health
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 30 - Underdiagnosis of Anxiety Disorders*

Edward Silberman, MD 
Attending Psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine 

41st ANNUAL ALBERT M. BIELE, MD, MEMORIAL LECTURE: 

October 14 - Sex Trafficking: Training Healthcare for Prevention, Identification and Treatment*

Vivian Pender, MD, DLFAPA 
2020 President-Elect, American Psychiatric Association
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College at Columbia University 
Visting Professor in Psychiatry, Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial
Lectureship (2020)

October 21 - Abraham and Gabo: Two Journeys on Sublimation

Solange Margery Bertoglia, MD 
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

October 28Stalking on College Campuses: An Overview

James Hagenbaugh, Psy.D 
Psychologist, Student Personal Counseling Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

November 4 - Maas vs. UPMC Shadyside: Duty to Warn, Revised*

Kenneth Certa, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

November 11 - Emerging Paradigms of Translational Neuroscience in Psychiatric Illnesses

Chang-Gyu Hahn, MD, PhD
Director, Translational Neuroscience Research Unit
Department of Neurosciences
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

November 18 - Neuroscience Research Retreat

Moderated by Chang-Gyu Hahn, MD, PhD 
Director, Translational Neuroscience Research Unit
Department of Neurosciences
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

December 2 - "Don't Forget Now"*

Barry Rovner, MD 
Professor
Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Ophthalmology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

December 9 - Recent Developments in Treatment-Resistant Depression 

Michael Thase, MD 
Professor of Psychiatry 
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania University 

December 16 - The Pathogenic Mechanisms of CNS Interleukin-1

Ning Quan, PhD 
Professor of Biomedical Science 
Director, Program in Neuroimmunology & Glial Biology
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University 

January 13 - Single Cell Genomics and Its Applications in Neuropsychiatric Research

Abdolfazl Doostparast Torshizi, PhD 
Senior Research Scientist 
Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular & Molecular Therapeutics Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania 
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 

January 20 - Narcolepsy: Updates on Diagnosis & Treatment

Ashwin Ananth, MD, MBA & Elie Fares, MD 
Sleep Medicine Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 
Dimitri Markov, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor 
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

January 27 - Building Resiliency for Ourselves: In the Era of COVID-19

Darshan H. Mehta, MD, MPH 
Medical Director, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine Education Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School 

February 3 Psychiatric Hospitalization: Who Needs It?

Kenneth Certa, MD 
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

February 10Structure and Routine in the Context of COVID-19

Nathaniel Graham, MD Leigh Ocker, DO, MPH
PGY-4 Residents
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

February 17 - Considerations for Women and Girls on the Spectrum

Kristina Diane Cowper, DO, & Gita Rao, MD 
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 

February 24 - An Intersectional Approach to Supporting Students of Color

Batsirai Bvunzawabaya, PhD 
Staff Psychologist & Director,
Outreach and Prevention Services &
Counseling and Psychological Services
University of Pennsylvania 

April 7 - NO GRAND ROUNDS
 

April 14 - At the Intersection of Multimorbidity and Health Equity: A Model for Community-Based Integration of Medical and Behavioral Health Care for People with Substance Use Disorders*

Lara Carson Weinstein, MD, MPH, DrPH
Site Medical Director, Pathways to Housing PA and Project HOME Health Services; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine; Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship; Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior,  Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

April 21 - Caring for Transgender and Gender Fluid Youth*

Marie Rodriguez Dona, MD & Sondra Corgan, MD 
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 28 - Can an Antiracist Agenda Pave the Road to Health Equity?*

Cheryl Wills, MD, DFAPA
Chair, APA Presidential Task Force on Structural Racism throughout Psychiatry; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University; Director, Child & Adolescent Forensic Psychiatric Services, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals at Cleveland Medical Center

May 5 - NO GRAND ROUNDS
 

May 12 - Evidence-Based Practice in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression*

Claudia Baldassano, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; Director, Bipolar Outpatient Resident Teaching Clinic & Mood Disorder Comprehensive Consultation Service; Clinical Lead & Liaison, Clinical Research Unit & Outpatient Psychiatry Services; Attending & Staff Psychiatrist, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

May 19 - "Tranq Dope": Lessons Learned in the Management of Xylazine Abuse and Withdrawal in Philadelphia

Christopher Martin, MD 
Program Director, Consultation Liaison Fellowship; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

May 26 - Avoiding the Malpractice Snare: Thinking About the Patient, Not Yourself*

Skip Simpson, JD
Private Practice Lawyer; President/Owner, Law Offices of Skip Simpson; Faculty Member, National Suicidology Training Center at the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center

June 2 - Feed Your Mental Health*

Drew Ramsey, MD 
Founder, The Brain Food Clinic; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

June 9 - Introduction to Clinical Trials

Roberta R Ball, DO
Chief Psychiatric Officer & Principal Investigator, Hassman Research Institute; Clinical Assistant Professor, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine of Rowan University & the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

June 16 - The Contribution of Microaggressions on Traumatic Stress*

Shawn Blue, PsyD
Psychologist, Student Personal Counseling Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Thank you for a great 2020-2021 Grand Rounds season!

Psychiatry Grand Rounds 2019-20

September 4 - The Opiod Crisis: An Examination of it Causes*

Wolfgang H. Vogel, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and former Professor of
Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 11 - Suicide, the Media and Psychiatry*

Matthew Wintersteen, PhD
Director of Research, Division of Child & Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 18 - Psychic Trauma Revisited

Salman Akhtar, MD
Director of Psychotherapy and Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

September 25 - Social Media and the Budding Psychiatrist

Austin L. Chiang, MD, MPH
Chief Social Media Officer
Director of the Endoscopic Bariatric Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastoenterology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

October 2 - Id, Ego, and Thomas Eakins: A Gilded Age Painter Meets His "Me Too" Downfalls

J. Mark Bostwick MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Mayo Medical School
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

October 9 - NO GRAND ROUNDS
 

October 16 - Deconstructing the Complexity of Schizophrenia Pathophysiology via Protein-Protein Interactions in the Glutamatergic Signaling Complexes

Chang-Gyu Hahn MD PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

       13th ANNUAL AKHTAR-BRENNER LECTURE:

October 23 The Impact of Patient Suicide on the Work- Ego of A Psychiatrist-in-Training*

Aisha Abbasi MD
Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst
Michigan Psychanalytic Institute
(Akhtar-Brenner Lecture 10:30-12:00)

October 30 - Morbidity & Mortality Series*

David Halpern MD
PGY3 Resident
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Date Speaker Title
November 6, 2019 George Brainard PhD
Director of Light Research Program
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Circadian Photoreception: From Winter Depression to Space Flight
November 13, 2019 Kenneth Certa MD
Director Acute Care
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Gun Violence and Mental Illness*
November 20, 2019 Karim Nathan MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow
Department of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
QT Prolongation in Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy*
November 27, 2019 HAPPY THANKSGIVING No presentation

Date Speaker Title
December 4 Jeffrey Hom MD MPH
Policy Advisor
City of Philadelphia
Department of Public Health
Safe Injections Sites*
December 11 Andrew B Newberg MD
Professor and Director of Research
Marcus Institute of Integrative Health – Myrna Brind Center
Department of Integrative Health and Nutritional Sciences
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Integrative Medicine & Psychiatry*
December 18 Tal Weinberger, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Outpatient Services
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
idney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Brexanolone for Treatment of Postpartum Depression
December 25 HAPPY HOLIDAYS No presentation

Thank you for a great 2019-2020 Grand Rounds season!

September 5 - Home: Deconstructing its Psychoanalytic Furniture

Salman Akhtar MD
Director of Psychotherapy and Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Hamilton Building, 1001 Locust Street Ground Floor, Connely Auditorium

September 12 - Psychological Needs of Suicidal Individual*

Matthew Wintersteen PhD
Director of Research, Division of Child & Adult Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

September 19 - No Grand Rounds - Yom Kippur

September 26 - Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia*

Justin Faden DO
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Residency Training Director
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

October 3 - Update on Alzheimer's Disease and Preventing Cognitive Decline*

Barry Rovner MD
Professor, Departments of Neurolgy, Psychiatry
and Ophthalmogy
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

October 10 - Burnout, Depression, & Suicide: Our Patients & Ourselves*

George M. Wohlreich MD MA DSc (Hon) FCPP
President & CEO
The Thomas W. Langfitt Chair
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

12th ANNUAL AKHTAR-BRENNER LECTURE: 

October 17 -  Psychoanalysis Psychoanalysis and the 21st Century: Its Ongoing Contribution to Patients in a Medical Setting

Julian Stern MD
Director of Adult and Forensic Services
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK

October 24 - Update on Sleep Medicine

Karl Doghramji MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Medicine
Medical Director, Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center
Program Director, Fellowshio in Sleep Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

October 31 - International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in the U.S.: Adding Diversity to Graduate Medical Education (GME)

Cosuelo C. Cagande MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Psychiatry and Human Behavior

November 7 - Psychiatry, a History: From Demons to Disorders *

Daniel Helman MD and Leah Jones MD
Residents - PGY4
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

November 14 - Twenty Years Later: What have we learned about the use of psychotropic medications in preschoolers*

Gail A. Edelsohn, MD, MSPH
Senior Medical Director, Quality
Community Care Behavior Health Organization

November 21 - No presentation, Happy Thanksgiving!
 

November 28 - Complicated Cases: Inpatient Headache Psychiatry*

Lex Denysenko, MD, FACLP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Clinical Psychiatrist, Neurology
Jefferson Headache Center

December 5 - Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy- Adding Acid in the Mix*

Tsung Wai Aw MD
PGY4 Chief Resident
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Anthony Thomas, MD
PGY4 Resident
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

December 12 - Threat Assessment on College Campuses*

Jamie Hagenbaugh PsyD
Psychologist, Student Personal Counseling Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

*** Herbut Auditorium, College Building, Ground Floor, 1025 Walnut Street ***

**December 19 - Parkinson's Disease Psychosis

Daniel Kremens MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Neurology

December 26 - No Presentation - Happy Holidays!

January 2 - No Grand Rounds - Happy New Year!!!
 

January 9 - Public Behavioral Health System Updates

Chris Tjoa MD
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Adult Services
Community Behavioral Health

January 16 - Medication Assisted Treatment

Abigail Kay MD
Associate Dean
Academic Affairs & Undergraduate Medical Education
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

January 23 - Medical Marijuana

Nathan Lee
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

January 30 - Erikson's Stage of Developmental Medical Illness

Megan Gilman MD
Physician Acute Inpatient Psychiatry and Consult-Liaison Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

February 6 - Wisdom and Wellness: Being a Physician*

Kimberly R. Best MD
Psychiatry Residency Training Director
Associate Chair
Department of Psychiatry
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

February 13 - Can Words Kill?

Solange Margery MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

February 20 - Till Death Do Us Part: Forensic Assessment of Familial Violence*

Clarence Watson MD, JD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program
University of Pennsylvania-Perelman School of Medicine
Medical Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health

February 27 - The Art of Art Therapy

Ali-Reza Force MD
Jacob Harel, MD
PGY 4 Residents
Department of Psychiatry
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 6 - School Consultation Psychiatry: An Introduction and Discussion

John Zagat MD
Child and Adolescent Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 13 - The Stigma of Addiction in the Medical Community*

Jonathan Avery MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Director of Addiction Psychiatry
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York Presbyterian Hospital

March 20 - Innovative Interventions to Enhance Substance Use Treatment and Programming with Pregnant & Parenting Women*

Diane J Abatemarco PhD MSW
Associate Professor of Obsterics, Gynecology and Pediatrics
Director of Maternal Addiction Treatment, Education and Research (MATER)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

March 27 - Management of Infections Related to injection Drug Use

Bryan Hess MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 3 - Navigating Transfers of Care: Case Examples of Adolescent Patients in the Outpateint Setting*

Jenine Weber DO
Child and Adolescent Fellow Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

April 10 - No Grand Rounds - Residents and Fellows will be off site at their Retreat
 

April 17 - Physician Leadership and the Urgency of the Moment in Medicine*

Patrice Harris MD, MA
President-Elect, American Medical Association
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emort University School of Medicine

40th ANNUAL ALBERT M. BIELE, MD, MEMORIAL LECTURE:

April 24 - Guidance on the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Integral Knowledge

George A. Keepers MD
Director, Complex Neuropsychiatry Clinic
Department Chairman & Carruthers Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Oregon Health & Sciences University

May 1 - Neuromodulation for Mental Health

Mijail Serruya MD PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

May 8 - Understanding and Managing Countertransference and Hatred*

Daniel Helman MD PGY4 Resident
Andrea DeSimone MD PGY3 Resident
Daniel Moadel MD PGY 3 Resident
Discussant: Salman Akhtar MD
Professor, Director of Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

May 15 - Universal Design for ASD and Neurodiversity

Wendy Ross MD
Director, Center for Autism & Neurodiversity Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

May 22 - No Grand Rounds - APA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
 

May 29 - Hypersomnia and Psychiatric Disorders

Swetha Nemargommula MD
Rachna Patel MD

Division of Sleep Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

June 5 - Climate Change and Mental Health*

Jill Cantor-Sackett MD
Didactic Coordinator for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

June 12 - Substance Use Disorder Treatment, The Chronic Disease Model*

Joseph Garbely DO DFASAM
VP of Medical Services and Medical Director
Caron Treatment Centers
Comprehensive Addiction Treatment. Recovery for Life. Founders Hall- Medical Department

Thank you for a great 2018-2019 Grand Rounds season!