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Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior Grand Rounds

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.

JDC department of Psychiatry archived presentations

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentations: 2024-25

[All Grand Round presenters are from the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, unless noted otherwise.]

September 2024

Date   Title/Speaker(s)

September 4

An Invisible Disease: Headache Psychiatry Pearls, Myths, & Stigmata

Lex Denysenko, MD, FACLP
Program Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship

September 11

Performance & Age-Based Testing     

James Ellison, MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital/Jefferson Health

September 18

Making Sense of Maas: Understanding the Expanded Duty to Warn in Pennsylvania    

Jack Rozel, MD, MSL, DFAPA 
Medical Director, resolve Crisis Services of UPMC
Western Psychiatric Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry and Law
University of Pittsburgh  

September 25

No Grand Rounds

October 2024

Date   Title/Speaker(s)
October 2

Reflections on Global Mental Health

Sam O. Okpaku MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
President & Founder, Center for Health, Culture and Society
October 9 

Using technology to better understand, predict, and prevent
suicidal thoughts and behaviors

Evan M. Kleiman, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychology, and Health Behavior, Society, & Policy 
School of Public Health, Rutgers University
October 16

Psychiatric Rating Scales: Objective Data in a World of Subjectivity

Danielle Kelly, DO
Medical Director of Outpatient Services
Clinical Assistant Professor
October 23

Game Changing Approach for Delirium: Bispectral EEG Device
Development and Epigenetic Investigation of Pathophysiology

Gen Shinozaki, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, General Psychiatry & Adult Psychology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
Stanford University/Stanford University Medical Center
October 30

The Anatomy of Shame: Causes, Effects, and Strategies for
Emotional Recovery

James Hagenbaugh, PsyD
Director, Student Counseling Center
Clinical Associate Professor 

November 2024

Date   Title/Speaker(s)
November 6

DSM-5-TR Outline for Cultural Formulation and Cultural Formulation Interview:
Tools for Culturally/Structurally Competent Care

Francis Lu, MD, DLFAPA
Luke and Grace Kim Endowed Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus
Director of Cultural Psychiatry, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, and
Associate Chair for Medical Student Education 
UC Davis Health System/UC Davis School of Medicine
November 13 

Telepsychiatry and Rural Mental Health

Richard Merkel, Jr., MD, PhD 
Professor and Director of Outreach
Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
University of Virginia 
November 20

Drug Use, Sexual Compulsion, and the Internet: The Reemergence of Crystal Meth
Use Among Gay Men and In Youths

Jose Vito, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry N
YU Grossman School of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center/NYU Langone Health
Forensic Telepsychiatrist Office of Mental Health, State of New York
November 27 No Grand Rounds

December 2024

Date   Title/Speaker(s)
December 4

Imaging in the courtroom: the group to the individual problem

Amanda Kingston, MD 
Clinical Associate Professor
Chair of Psychiatry, Abington-Jefferson Health
December 11 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Cystic Fibrosis: Insights
from a Randomized Controlled Trial 

Christopher Drescher, PhD 
Associate Professor
Director of Psychology Internship Training
Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior
Medical College of Georgia   
Augusta University
December 18
45th Annual Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial Lecture

Psychiatric Whiplash: Prospective Evaluation of World Leaders Versus
Retrospective Evaluation of Legal Insanity 

David Rosmarin, MD
Director of Forensic Services, McClean Hospita
lInstructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School 
December 25 & 31 No Grand Rounds

January 2025

Date   Title/Speaker(s)
January 1 No Grand Rounds
January 8 & 15

Morbidity and Mortality Conferences 1 & 2

Karuna Poddar, MD, MS + PGY2 Residents
January 22

Nurturing Minds, Shaping Futures: Building Baby Brains in Remote Pakistan

Muhammad Zeshan, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Rutgers NJMS, Newark, New Jersey, USA
January 29

The Silent Epidemic: Understanding and Addressing Modern-Age Loneliness

Vihasa Govada, MD and Nicolette Lee, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents

February 2025

Date   Title/Speaker(s)
February 5

Cultural Consultation: a Clinician’s Journey Applying Cultural Formulation

Jazwant Guzder, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Professor(ret),  Divisions of Child Psychiatry & Social and Cultural Psychiatry
McGill University
February 12

Decoding the Standard of Care

Kirlan Kathe, MD, and Rosa Peverini, MD
PGY4 Psychiatry Residents
February 19

Reality redefined: Exploring virtual frontiers in psychiatry

Hyowon Choi, MD, PhD, and Timothy DeRosa, MD
2nd-Year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows
February 26

Evolving Substance Use Trends in Pennsylvania: Patterns, Prevalence and
the Impact of the Opioid Epidemic

Stanley Nkemjika, MD, MPH and Vaibhav Vyas, MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellows

Psychiatry Grand Rounds Presentations: 2023-24

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

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

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

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

Tom Zaubler, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer | NeuroFlow 
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, 
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

December 13 - 44th Annual Albert M. Biele, MD, Memorial Lecture

The Rise and Fall of the Dopamine Hypothesis as the Basis of the Pharmacologic Treatment of Schizophrenia

Peter J. Weiden, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health  
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony BrookUniversity

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 Deprivation

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 - Smart drugs, Nootropics, and Legal Highs: A Primer for Clinicians        

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

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

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

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

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 & May 15 - No Grand Rounds

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

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