Previous Grand Round Lecture Materials

Spring 2024
Date Presenter(s) & Discussant(s) Title of Presentation
January 4th, 2024 No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!

No Grand Rounds – Happy

Holidays!

January 11th, 2024

Yamane A. Makke, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Program Director, Epilepsy Fellowship
    • MFA-The George Washington University Epilepsy Center
“EEG in psychiatric disorders”
January 18th, 2024

Marc Ruszaj, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Karen Block, MSW

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Case Conference
January 25th, 2024

Miglia Cornejo, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Lisa Catapano, MD, PhD

  • Clinical Associate Professor
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Case Conference
February 1st, 2024

Veda Ghodasara, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
James Griffith, MD

  • Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Vice Chair for Education
    • GWU School of Medicine
Case Conference
February 8th, 2024

Emily Rosen, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
James Griffith, M.D.

  • Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Vice Chair for Education
    • GWU School of Medicine
Case Conference
February 15th, 2024

Nina Govalla, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Benedicto Borja, M.D.

  • Director of Residency Training Program
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Case Conference
February 22nd, 2024

James Lockhart, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Allen Dyer, M.D.

  • Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Case Conference
February 29th, 2024

Prudhvi Bandi, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Benedicto Borja, M.D.

  • Director of Residency Training Program
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Case Conference
March 7th, 2024

Hira Mohyuddin, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Involuntary Hospitalization”
March 14th, 2024

Martin Clark, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Borderline Personality Disorder: the persona non grata of psychiatry”
March 21st, 2024

Darren Jackson, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Improving Trauma Informed Care In The Context Of Growing Gun Violence Within Marginalized U.S. Communities”
March 28th, 2024

Marissa Penn, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A New Light for Difficult to Treat Psychiatric Diagnoses”
April 4th, 2024

Aryan Taffreshi, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

 

“Next Generation Psychotropics: Drug Discovery and Treatment of Mental Illness via Muscarinic & Glutamatargic Pathways”
April 11th, 2024

Rina Samant, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
"Exploring Psychiatric Disorders in Children Post Solid-Organ Transplant”
April 18th, 2024

Vignesh Sadras, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy – Lessons Learned”
April 25th, 2024

Myrna M. Weissman, PhD

  • Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry
    • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Mailman School of Public Health
  • Co-Director Division of Translational Epidemiology and Mental Health Equity
    • New York State Psychiatric Institute

Stuart Sotksy, MD Endowed Lecture on Mood Disorders

“Interpersonal Psychotherapy : The Global Reach”

May 2nd, 2024 NO GR – Resident Retreat NO GR – Resident Retreat
May 9th, 2024

Kathryn Abell, DO

  • Assistant Professor
    • GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
"Management of Postpartum Depression: New Developments in Maternal Mental Health"
May 16th, 2024

Darshana Bhattacharyya, MD

  • Assistant Professor
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
"Implementation of Collaborative Care"
May 23rd, 2024

Clifford Sussman, MD

  • Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist
  • Internet and Gaming Specialist
“Digital Use Disorders: 3 stages of treatment”
May 30th, 2024

Stephanie Kielb, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Clinical Neuropsychologist
    • GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Subjective Cognitive Decline and its Role in the Early Detection of Dementia”
June 6th, 2024

Yolanda Haywood, MD

  • Senior Associate Dean for Diversity & Faculty Affairs
  • Associate Dean for Student Affairs
    • GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grace Henry, Ed.D.

  • Assistant Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
  • Interim Director, GW Upward Bound
  • GW Anti-Racism Coalition Lead Process Manager
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Program Manager, GW Collaborative for Inclusive Excellence
  • Professorial Lecturer of Higher Education Administration, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
    • GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
"Dismantling Racism in our Academic Medical Enterprise: An Aspirational Goal"
June 13th, 2024

Kenneth Ashley, MD, ACPsych, FACLP, DLFAPA

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry
    • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Director, Outpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
    • Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior

“Mental Health and Health Inequities Through the Lens of HIV”

June 20th 2024

Charles P. Samenow, MD, MPH

  • Associate Clinical Professor
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

 

Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior

“The Intersection of Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQI+ and Commit Sexual Offenses”

Fall 2023

Date

Presenter(s) & Discussant(s)

Title of Presentation

September 14th, 2023

Jeffrey Akman, MD
Interim Chair
Professor of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Health

Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD
Director of Medical Education
Program
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Professor of Psychiatry

Benedicto Borja, MD
Director of Residency Training
Program
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

 

"Update: GW Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Health"
September 21st, 2023 Gerald P. Perman, MD
Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Health
GWU School of Medicine
“Jacques Lacan: The Best and Least
Known Psychoanalyst”
September 28th, 2023

Sierra Carter, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University

 

Jerry M. Wiener, MD Endowed Lecture
for Psychiatric Education

"Black People Deserve to Grow Old:
Racial Trauma, Accelerated Aging, and
the Promotion of Health Equity-Focused
Research"

October 5th, 2023 Stevan M. Weine, MD
Professor of Psychiatry & Director,
Center for Global Health
University of Illinois College of
Medicine
“Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made
Revolutionary Poetry from Madness”
October 19th, 2023 James L. Griffith, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and
Neurology
Vice Chair for Education
George Washington University
Case Review Conference
October 26th, 2023

George J. Makari, MD
Director
DeWitt Wallace Institute of
Psychiatry
History, Policy, and the Arts,
Professor of Psychiatry,
Weill Medical College of Cornell
University

 

Daniel Prager, MD Endowed Lecture in
Psychoanalysis

“Of Fear and Strangers: On the Problem
of Xenophobia.”

November 2nd, 2023

Samuel O. Okpaku, MD, PhD
President & Founder
Center for Health, Culture and
Society Nashville
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
George Washington University

 

“Revisiting Global Mental Health
Implications for Humanitarian and Ethics”
November 9th, 2023

Chynere Best, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Center for Global Mental Health
EQUITY
The George Washington University

"Integrating Global Mental Health
Interventions into Community-Based
Organizations in New York City:
Challenges and Opportunities for the DC
Area"
November 16th, 2023 TBD TBD
November 30th, 2023 Henry R. Kranzler, MD
Karl E. Rickels Professor of
Psychiatry
Director, Center for Studies of
Addiction
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
“Studies of Substance Use Disorders in the Million Veterans Program”
December 7th, 2023 Mark Olfson, MD, MPH
Elizabeth K Dollard Professor of
Psychiatry, Medicine and Law
Professor of Epidemiology
Columbia University Irving Medical
Center
Research Psychiatrist
New York State Psychiatric Institute

Seymour Perlin, MD Endowed Lecture
for Suicidology

“Suicide Risks of US Health Care
Workers”

December 14th, 2023

Robin Toler, MD
Medical Director of Inpatient
Behavioral Health Unit
George Washington University
Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
George Washington University

Andrew Matz, MD
Inpatient Psychiatrist
George Washington University
Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
George Washington University

Case Review Conference
Spring 2023

Date

Presenter(s) & Discussant(s)

Title of Presentation

January 5th, 2023

Emily Rosen, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Johnny Laurence

  • Inpatient Attending Psychiatrist
    • Inova Health System
  • Clinical Assistant Professor
    • GWU School of Medicine

 

"Catatonia"
January 12th, 2023

James Lockhart, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
James Griffith, M.D.

  • Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Vice Chair for Education
    • GWU School of Medicine
“PTSD in the African American Community as a Result of Racial Trauma”
January 19th, 2023

Veda Ghodasara, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Ahmed Sherif S. Abdel Meguid

“The Neurocognitive Work-up”
January 26th, 2023

Miglia Cornejo, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Nhi-Ha Trinh

“Revisiting Mental Health among Asian Americans in the face of COVID-19”
February 2nd, 2023

Marc Ruszaj, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. David Annas

“Mass Shootings and Mental Illness”
February 9th, 2023

Nina Govalla, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
TBD

 

“Mental Health in the West African Community”
February 16th, 2023

Prudhvi Bandi, M.D.
PGY-II Resident

Discussant:
Dr. Benedicto Borja

 

“The Hail Mary of Psychiatry – Clozapine: Increasing Use Through Education, Monitoring Guidelines, and Management of Side Effects”
February 23rd, 2023

Melanie Tam, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Case Conference
March 2nd, 2023

James L. Griffith, M.D.

  • Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
    • GWU School of Medicine
“Morbidity and Mortality Conference”
March 9th, 2023 Krista Koskinen, M.D.
PGY-III Resident
"Psychotherapy Case Conference"
March 16th, 2023 Tina Safavi, M.D.
PGY-III Resident
"Psychotherapy Case Conference"
March 23rd, 2023

Jonathan Liu, M.D.
PGY-III Resident

Discussant:
Dr. James Griffith

"Psychotherapy Case Conference"
March 30th, 2023 Roe Zelasko, M.D.
PGY-III Resident
"Psychotherapy Case Conference"
April 6th, 2023 Alexander Beard, M.D.
PGY-III Resident
"Psychotherapy Case Conference"
April 13th, 2023

Ezra Griffith, M.D.

  • Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and African American Studies
    • Yale University
“Human Dignity in Our Work”
April 20th, 2023

Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Departments of Medicine & Psychiatry
    • Harvard Medical School
  • Chief Disparities Research Unit, Department of Medicine
    • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Harry G. Lehnert, Jr., Lucille F. Cyr Endowed Chair
    • Mass General Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital
“Expanding Models of Mental Health Services to Community-Based Organizations”
April 27th, 2023

Francis G. Lu, M.D., DLFAPA

  • Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus
    • UC Davis
“DSM 5-TR Outline for Cultural Formulation and Cultural Formulation Interview: Tools for Culturally/Structurally Competent Care”
May 4th, 2023
CANCELED

Lise Van Susteren, M.D.

  • Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    • George Washington University School of Medicine
“Growing Up in the Climate Era… What We Don’t Want to Overlook”
May 11th, 2023 No Grand Rounds – Resident Retreat No Grand Rounds – Resident Retreat
May 18th, 2023

Catherine Monk

  • Diana Vagelos Professor of Women’s Mental Health
  • Director, Women’s Mental Health
    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Professor of Medical Psychology
  • Department of Psychiatry
    • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Jerry M. Wiener, MD Endowed Lecture for Psychiatric Education

“Development & Parenting Begin before Birth: The Science—and Clinical Opportunities—of Fetal Origins of Future Child Health”

May 25th, 2023

Rasha A. Hanna, M.S.

  • Mental Health Policy and Service Researcher
    • Vrije University Amsterdam
“Humanitarian Crisis and Mental Health Reform in Lebanon”
June 1st, 2023

Robert W. Turner, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Research and Leadership
  • Department of Neurology
    • The George Washington University
“Identifying Risk and Resilience Factors Associated with Brain Health Outcomes in Former NFL Athletes and Black Male Caregivers”
June 8th, 2023 Lisa Eitches, M.D.
PGY-III Resident
Case Conference
June 15th, 2023

George Rachiotis

  • Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Occupational Hygiene
    • Medical Faculty, University of Thessaly Greece
“Economic Disaster and Impact on Mental Health in Greece and Europe: Lessons Learned and Implications for the Present”
Fall 2022

Date

Presenter(s) & Discussant(s)

Title of Presentation

September 8th, 2022

Jeffrey Akman, M.D.
Interim Chair

Amir Afkhami, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Medical Education
Program

Benedicto Borja, M.D.
Director of Residency Training
Program

Brandon Kohrt, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Global Mental Health

 

“Update: GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences”
September 15th, 2022

Robert M. Post, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
George Washington University School of Medicine

Stuart M. Sotsky, MD, MPH Endowed Lecture on Mood Disorders

“Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorders:  The Neglect of (or Need for) Treatment Research”

September 22nd, 2022

Tory Spindle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

 

“Factors that influence the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cannabis products: Findings from human laboratory studies”
September 29th, 2022 Tory Spindle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
“Factors that influence the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of cannabis products: Findings from human laboratory studies”
October 6th, 2022 NO GR – Yom Kippur Holiday NO GR – Yom Kippur Holiday
October 13th, 2022

William Regenold, MDMC
Medical Director, Noninvasive Neuromodulation Unit, Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, NIMH/NIH

 

“Electroconvulsive therapy: How to make a highly effective treatment more acceptable?”
October 20th, 2022

Marty Klein, Ph.D.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist

 

Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior

“Sexual Concepts That Undermine Patients”

October 27th, 2022

Carlos A. Zarate, M.D.
Chief, Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health

“Developing Novel Therapeutics for Treatment-Resistant Depression and Suicide”
November 3rd, 2022 Clese Erikson, M.P.Aff 
Principal Investigator
Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Analysis
GW School of Public Health
“Emerging Research on the Workforce Treating Serious Mental Illness and Opioid Addiction - Findings from a New National Database on the Behavioral Health Workforce”
November 10th, 2022 Walter Bockting, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Psychology
Columbia University

Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior 

“Queering Gender Affirmation: Trans and Nonbinary Identity Across the Lifespan”

November 17th, 2022 Robert W. Buchanan, M.D., RESD ‘84
Director, Maryland Early Intervention Program
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Jerry M. Wiener, MD Endowed Lecture for Psychiatric Education

"The Neural Basis of Social Cognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia and Related Disorders"

November 24th, 2022 NO GR – Thanksgiving Day NO GR – Thanksgiving Day
December 1st, 2022 Leandro Vendruscolo, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Stadtman Investigator—Stress and Addiction Neuroscience Unit
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program
“Drug Addiction as a Stress Sensitization Disorder”
December 8th, 2022 Dimitris N. Kiosses, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Weill-Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry

Seymour Perlin, MD Endowed Lecture in Suicidology

“Psychosocial Interventions for Suicide Prevention in Older Adults”

December 15th, 2022 Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Seymour Perlin, MD Endowed Lecture in Suicidology

“SAMHSA’s Suicide Prevention Efforts and the Crisis Continuum”

December 22nd, 2022 NO GR – Happy Holidays! NO GR – Happy Holidays!
December 29th, 2022 NO GR – Happy Holidays! NO GR – Happy Holidays!
Spring 2022
Date Title of Presentation
January 13th, 2022 "Exploring Models of Emergency Care of Psychiatric Patients"
January 20th, 2022 "Be a Goldfish: An Examination of Mental Health in Professional Sports with Real Salt Lake in 2020-2021"
January 27th, 2022 "The Impact of COVID-19 on Child and Adolescent Mental Health"
February 3rd, 2022 "Role of Psilocybin in Treating MDD—Emerging Trends in Psychiatry"
February 10th, 2022 "To Detain or Not to Detain: Risks and Benefits of Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization"
February 17th, 2022 "Being Both a Doctor and a Patient: Doctors' Experiences of Mental Illness, Burnout and Suicidality"
February 24th, 2022 "Bipolar Schizophrenia - What is It and Why Does Everyone Have It?"
March 3rd, 2022 CASE CONFERENCE
March 10th, 2022 CASE CONFERENCE
March 17th, 2022 CASE CONFERENCE
March 24th, 2022 CASE CONFERENCE
March 31st, 2022 CASE CONFERENCE
April 7th, 2022 CASE CONFERENCE
April 14th, 2022 CASE CONFERENCE
April 21st, 2022 "Our Trees Still Bear Strange Fruit: Modern Day Lynchings in the American Landscape"
April 28th, 2022 "Acculturation and Neuropsychology"
May 5th, 2022 "Madness as Metaphor"
May 12th, 2022 NO GR
May 19th, 2022 "Covid-19 and Mental Health of People of Color"
May 26th, 2022 "Raising Awareness to Rising Temperatures: What You Have Been Missing about Climate and Mental Health"
June 2nd, 2022 "First, speak the truth: The clinician’s duty in an increasingly racialized world"
Fall 2021
Date Speaker/Title
September 9, 2021

Title: ACT II

Presenters: Jeffrey S. Akman, MD
Interim Chair, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief, Psychiatry Service, GWU Hospital

with Benedicto Borja, MD
Assistant Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Residency Training Program

and Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Medical Student Education

September 16, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS—Yom Kippur
September 23, 2021

HOSPITAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY CASE CONFERENCE – CLOSED SESSION

Presenters: Jacqueline Posada, MD; Assistant Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

with Eindra Khin Khin, MD; Assistant Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

and James Griffith, MD; Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

September 30, 2021

Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior

Title: ADDICTION IN LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES AND CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG GAY MEN

Presenter: Petros Levounis, MD, MA

Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Associate Dean for Professional Development, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; Chief of Service, University Hospital

October 7, 2021

Jerry M. Wiener, MD Endowed Lecture for Psychiatric Education

Title: PERSONALIZED PSYCHIATRY

Presenter: James B. Potash, MD, MPH

Henry Phipps Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department Director and Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital

October 14, 2021

Title: WHAT IF THERE WAS NO STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS

Presenter: Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD

Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry,
Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Psychiatrist-in-Chief, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center

October 21, 2021

Title: SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH THE LENS OF MAGIC

Presenter: Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD

Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Vice Chair, Clinical Services

October 28, 2021

Title: BRINGING GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH HOME: TASK SHARING PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY

Presenter: Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD

Charles and Sonia Akman Professor in Global Psychiatry; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Global Health and Anthropology; Director, Division of Mental Health, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

November 4, 2021

Seymour Perlin, MD Endowed Lecture in Suicidology

Title: LYME DISEASE, MENTAL DISORDERS, AND SUICIDE: A NATIONWIDE COHORT STUDY.

Presenter: Brian A. Fallon, MD

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; Director, Center for Neuroinflammatory Disorders and Biobehavioral Medicine; Director, Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center; Department of Psychiatry; Columbia University

November 11, 2021

Seymour Perlin, MD Endowed Lecture in Suicidology

Title: OUR TREES STILL BEAR STRANGE FRUIT: MODERN-DAY LYNCHINGS IN THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE

Presenter: Jill Collen Jefferson, Esq.

Founder of Julian (Civil Rights and International Human Rights Law Firm)

November 18, 2021

Title: STRESS RELATED TO COVID IN FRONTLINE EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE WORKERS

Presenters: Janice Blanchard, MD, PhD

Professor, GW Department of Emergency Medicine; Chief, Health Policy Section

with Melissa McCarthy, ScD, MS

Professor of Health Policy and Emergency Medicine, GW Milken School of Public Health,

and James L. Griffith, MD, MS

Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs;

November 25, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS--Thanksgiving
December 2, 2021

Daniel S. Prager, MD Endowed Lecture in Psychoanalysis

Title: QUEER DIAGNOSES: UPDATES ON GENDER DIAGNOSES IN THE ICD-11 AND DSM-5

Presenter: Jack Drescher, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University
Adjunct Professor, New York University
Training & Supervising Analyst, W.A. White Institute

December 9, 2021

Title: FROM CHOLERA TO COVID19: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN IRAN’S PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE

Presenter: Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Medical Student Education

December 16, 2021

Title: RACISM AND ANTI-BLACKNESS

Presenters: Yolanda C. Haywood, MD

Senior Associate Dean, Diversity and Faculty Affairs; Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; Co-chair, GW Antiracism Coalition

and Grace Henry, EdD

Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion; Director, GW SMHS Office of Diversity and Inclusion; GW Anti-Racism Coalition Lead Process Manager

December 23, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS—Happy Holidays
December 30, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS—Happy New Year
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Date Speaker Title
Sept. 20th

William Borden, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy
George Washington University

Chief Quality and Pollution Health Officer GW Medical Faculty Associates

Psychiatry in a New Era of Collaborative Primary Care: What Role for Psychiatry in the New MFA Affordable Care Organization?
Sept. 27th

Michael Clark, M.D

Chair of Psychiatry, INOVA Health System

Director, Johns Hopkins University Chronic Pain Treatment Program

Chronic Pain and Psychiatry: Formulation Guides Treatment and Determines Outcome
Oct.4th 

Suzan Song, M.D., MPH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University

Human Trafficking ---A Developmental Perspective
Oct. 11th

Gerald P. Perman, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University

Lorenzo Norris, M.D.
Associate Professor & Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University

Mortality and Morbidity Conference: Boderline Personality Disorder: Clinical Dilemmas
Oct. 18th

Byamah Mutamba, M.D., M.Sc., 
Butabika National Hospital, Uganda

Dristy Gurung, M.Sc.,
Transcultural Psychosocial Organization, Nepal

Mental Health Services Delivered through Public Health Systems in Low-Resource Settings: Learnings from Uganda and Nepal
Oct. 25th Allen Dyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University
Madness as Metaphor
Nov. 1st

Panel Discussion

Moderated by Rosa Aurora Chavez, M.D., Ph.D

Psychoanalysis in the 21st Century: cutting edge developments in psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice

Nov. 8th

Perlin Endowment Lecture

Yeates Conwell, M.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair of Psychiatry and Director
Office for Aging Research and Health Services
University of Rochester Medical Center
25th Seymour Perlin, M.D. Grand Rounds on Suicidology
Nov. 15th No Grand Rounds  No Grand Rounds 
Nov. 22nd No Grand Rounds (Thanksgiving) No Grand Rounds (Thanksgiving)
Nov. 29th

Cameron Middleton

Director Humanitarian Training and Outreach

Global Journalist Security--Hostile Environments Training & Support

Travel in High-Risk Areas: Physical, Emotional and Digital Security for Mental Health Professionals

Dec. 6th

Wiener Endowment Lecture

Pamela Cantor, M.D.

Turnaround for Children, Founder and Senior Science Advisor

Visiting Scholar, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Turnaround for Children: Taking Neuroscience form the Lab to Classroom for Children with Adversities of Poverty
Dec. 13th James Griffith, MD
Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University
The "Diseases of Despair"--  Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Inclusion in Vulnerable Populations
Dec. 20th Zeina Saliba, M.D.
Associate Professor & Inpatient Medical Director
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University
Telehealth -- What does it mean for GW Psychiatry?
Dec.27th No Grand Rounds (Holiday) No Grand Rounds (Holiday)

Jan. 3rd

Prager Endowment Lecture

Sherein Abdeen, MA
Administrative Director, 
Tawasol Center for Mental Health in Jerusalem
School-Based Interventions that Disrupt the Classroom to Prison Pipeline for Palestinian Youth

Jan. 10th

Prager Endowment Lecture

Paul Summergrad, M.D.
Frances S. Arkin Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine
A Psychoanalytic Foundation for Leadership in Psychiatry
Jan. 17th John Rolland, MD, Clinical Professor, University of Chicago Helping Couples and Families Navigate Illness and Disability

Jan. 24th

Stokes Endowment Lecture

Stevan Weine, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Global Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Addressing the Refugee
Crisis—
Developing Church-Based, Low-Intensity Family Support for Immigrant Families
Jan. 31st

Mahmoud Aborabeh, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussants:
Paul Dangerfield, MD - Assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine 
Erica Schokett, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine and Director of Inpatient Palliative Care 
Danielle Doyle, MD - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

 

 

Pain: What Psychiatrists Need to Know

Feb. 7th

Liza Ebbets, DO
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant:
Aizhan Repchak, MD - Psychiatrist at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute

Borderline Personality Disorder: Beyond the Label
Feb. 14th

Jeremy Safran, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant:
Colby Tyson, MD- Psychiatrist at Children’s National Medical Center

Bibliotherapy with Children: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can surely heal me
Feb. 21st

Gary Stablein, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant:
Philip Candilis, MD- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Suicide in the Correctional Setting
Feb. 28th

Carrie Andrews, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: 
Bhavin Dave, MD

Infant and Toddler Mental Health: A Day in the Life
Mar. 7th

Carl Quesnell, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: 
Allen Dyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University

Resiliency Training: A GW Psychiatry Mission
Mar. 14th

John Fatollahi, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: 
Amir Afkhami, M.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University

The Opioid Crisis in Iran
Mar. 21st Gowri Ramachandran, M.D.
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Case Conference

 

Mar. 28th

Amin Memon, M.D.
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

 

Case Conference
Apr. 4th

Brenna Rosenberg Emery, M.D.
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

 

Case Conference
Apr. 11th Jimmy Chen, M.D.
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
Case Conference
Apr. 18th Alexis Wesley, M.D.
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
Case Conference
Apr. 25th Kelly King, M.D.
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
Case Conference
May 2nd Sara Teichholtz, M.D.
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Case Conference

 

May 9th Anton Trinidad, MD, PhD The Great War, Psychobiography and the Narrativization of Trauma in Hemingway and Freud
May 16th Jacqueline Posada, MD Mindfulness and Mental Health: Neuroscience and Clinical Updates
May 23rd

James Griffith, MD

Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University

 

Clinical Challenges When Religious Patients Become Seriously Ill - Medically or Psychiatrically

May 30th Allen Dyer, MD, PhD
Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University

 

Responding to Disaster: GW Resilience Workshops

Jun. 6th

 

Noha Abdel Gawad, MD TBD

Jun. 13th

 

Michael Knable, MD TBD
Jun. 20st TBD TBD
Jun. 27th TBD TBD
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
Date Speaker Title
Sept. 10th James Griffith, M.D.
Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington  University

"Mobilizing Hope in the Face of Despair: Applying Social Neuroscience at the Bedside"

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Sept. 17th Daniel Lieberman, M.D.
Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
“Excelsior: A Unified Understanding of Illnesses of Dopamine Dysfunction”
Sept. 24th

TJ Price, M.D. & Seth Rosenblatt, M.D.
Both PGY-II's for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: Baiju Gandhi, M.D.
Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

M&M (Morbidity&Mortality) 
Oct. 1st Cynthia Stevens, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine

“What Can Wilderness Medicine Teach Psychiatry?”

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Oct. 8th Lisa Catapano, M.D., Ph.D
Director of the Department of Psychiatry Residency Program
Associate Professor
The George Washington University
"Anxiety in Infertility, Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period."
Oct. 15th Paul Marvar, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
The George Washington University

"The Renin Angiotensin System and the Therapeutic Implications for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)."

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Oct. 22nd Vanessa Torres-Llenza, M.D.
Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychaitry
The George Washington University
 

"Use of Partnerships to Impact a Community."

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Oct. 29th Cam Ritchie, M.D.
Chief Clinical Officer for DC's Department of Mental Health

"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders in Combat Veterans."

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Nov. 5th

Carrie Lewis, M.D., Stephanie Waggel, M.D.
Both PGY-II's for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: Veronica Slootsky, M.D.
Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

M&M (Morbidity&Mortality)
Nov. 12th Allen Dyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

"Sanity and Survival: Psychological Aspects of War and Peace."

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Nov. 19th
Weiner Endowment Lecture
James Comer, M.D.
Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry
Yale Univeristy School of Medicine
"What I Learned in School: Child Development, Mental Health and Social Change."
Nov. 26th (Thanksgiving) No Grand Rounds for Thanksgiving Holiday  
Dec. 3rd Veronica Slootsky, M.D.
Assistant Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
"Neuromodulation for Treatment Resistant Depression."
Dec. 10th
Perlin Endowment Lecture
Brandon Kohrt, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Duke University
 
"Suicide Prevention: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Refugees and Global Mental Health."
Dec. 17th Thomas Wise, M.D.
Chairman of Psychiatry, Inova Health System
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The George Washington University
"Psychosomatic Medicine or Comorbid Care: Paradigms and Populations."
Dec. 24th (Christmas Eve) No Grand Rounds for Chrismas Eve Holiday  
Dec. 31st. (New Years Eve) No Grand Rounds for New Years Eve Holiday  
Jan. 7th 

TJ Price, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: Abhishek Jain, MD
Program Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
Medical Director, Forensic Psychiatry Services
Medical Director, Psychiatric Services at UPMC East
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

"Don't Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight."

 

Jan. 14th

Lisa Adler, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discusstant: Daniel Lieberman, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

"Synthetic Cannabinoids and Medical Marijuana"
Jan. 21st

John Tarim, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: Allen Dyer, MD, Ph.D
Professor of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

"War exposure, daily stressors, and mental health in conflict and post-conflict settings."
Jan. 28th   CANCELLED
Feb. 4th

Carrie Lewis, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

David Call, MD
Children's National 
Department of Psychiatry

"LGBT Adolescence: Understanding and Importance of Family Acceptance."
Feb. 11th

Seth Rosenblatt, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Husam Alathari, MD
Medical Director
INOVA Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Services
Medical Director
Fairfax Methadone Treatment Center

"Pharmacologic Approaches to Addiction Treatment."
Feb. 18th

Stephanie Waggel, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Nahid Aziz, PhD
Associate Professor
American School of Professional Psychology
Member of the Institute of Muslim Mental Health

 

"Recent Muslim mental Health in the US."

Feb. 25th

Monika Karazja, MD
PGY-II for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

James Griffith, MD
Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair
The George Washington University

"First, Do No Harm.": A Look at Some of the Criticisims Against Global Mental Health.
Mar. 3rd Vanessa Torres-Llenza, MD
Assistant Professor for the Department of Pyschitry
The George Washington University
Morbididy and Mortality Series
Mar. 10th Carlos Sluzki, MD
Clinical Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
The Presence of the Absent: Therapy with Families and Their Ghosts.
Mar. 17th

Linda Ojo, MD
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University

Discussant: Lisa Catapano, M.D., Ph.D
Director of the Department of Psychiatry Residency Program
Associate Professor
George Washington University

Case Conference
Mar. 24th Marilyn Kraus, MD
Associate Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University
Concussion Evaluation and Management: Overview of a Multi-Mechanistic and Multidisciplinary Approach
Mar. 31st James Griffith, MD
Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University
State of the Department
Apr. 7th

Karen Wooten, MD
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University

Discussant: Allen Dyer, MD, Ph.D
Professor for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University

Case Conference

 

Apr. 14th
Stokes Endowment Lecture
Beatrice Wood, Ph.D. 
Professor of the Department of Psychiatry
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Buffalo

How Family Relations Potentiate or Buffer the Effect of Stress on Disease Activity: Asthma as a Prototype.

 

Apr. 21st Stefani Reinold, MD
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University
Case Conference
Apr. 28th Ross Goodwin, MD
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University

Case Conference

 

May 5th Sally He, MD
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University

Case Conference

 

May 12th Bruce Shave, MD
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University
Case Conference
May 19th
Prager Endowment Lecture
Nancy Sherman, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy
Georgetown University
"Moral Injury: Healing the Moral Wounds of War."
May 26th Charles Samenow, MD
Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry
The George Washington University
Lessons Learned from 5,000 Physicians Referred for Unprofessional Behavior.
June 2nd  

 

 

June 9th Gathi Abraham, MD
PGY-III for the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University
Case Conference
June 16th Veronica Slootsky, MD
Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry
George Washington University
Morbidity and Mortality Series
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
09/25/14 "Psychiatry, Community Mental Health and Clinical Public Health" Lawrence Deyton, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Public Health
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Health Policy (Secondary)
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
10/02/14 "The US Senate and Mental Healthcare: A Retrospective Snapshot of Policy and Legislation" Amir Afkhami, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Global Health (Secondary)
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
10/09/14

"Clinical Approach to Cognitive Disorders"

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Francois Boller, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
10/16/14

"Treatment of Depression with Botulinum Toxin A"

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Eric Finzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Director and CEO, Chevy Chase Cosmetic Center
American Academy of Dermatology
American Society of Dermatologic Surgery
10/23/14 "Narrative Medicine: The Physician as a Storyteller" Raya Kheirbek, M.D.
Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
10/30/14 Hospital Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference Lorenzo Norris, M.D., Assistant Professor
Director, Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
11/06/14

"Psychiatric Care of Somali Refugees: Making Use of History and Culture"

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Jerry Kroll, M.D., Chief Psychiatrist, Refugee Mental Health Program
Community-University Health Care Clinic, Minneapolis, MN
11/13/14

"Zombie Apocolypse Fantasies: Preparing for Disaster"

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Allen Dyer, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
11/20/14 12th Annual Wiener Memorial Lecture
"Psychiatry 2024"
Thomas Insel, M.D.
Member of the Institute of  Medicine of the Academy of Sciences
Director of the National Institute of Mental Health
11/27/14 Thanksgiving Holiday  
12/04/14 "What Makes Traitors Tick? The Psychology of Insider Spies." David Charney, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry 
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
12/11/14

"Professionalism and Self-Care in Medicine: The Weakest Link?"

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Philip Candilis, M.D.
Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington DC
Medical Supervisory Officer, Dept. of Behavioral Health, Washington DC
12/18/14

21st Annual Seymour Perlin, M.D. Lecture on Suicidology
“Youth Suicide Contagion:  Implications for Suicide Prevention and Postvention on College and University Campuses.”

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Madelyn Gould, M.D.
Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry
Deputy Director of Research Training Program in Child Psychiatry,
Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute
12/25/14 Christmas Holiday  
01/01/15 New Years Holiday  
01/08/15 "MAD vs BAD: Linking Mental Health Disparities and Public Health Consequences" William Lawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
Howard University
01/15/15

"The State of Mental Health: US Mental Health Programs for US Diplomats (How efforts to respond to stresses and challenges for Foreign Service employees and their families in overseas life, developed into vital component of  State Department Medical Services Program)"

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Esther Roberts, M.D.
Clinical Professor 
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Consultant US Department of State Office of Medical Services Africa Bureau

Kenneth Dekleva
US Department of State Office of Medical Services

Eindra Khin Khin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

01/22/15 "Binge eating disorder and pregnancy." Stefani Reinold, M.D. - PGY-2 
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
01/29/15

"Psychiatric Considerations in Broken Heart Syndrome (Stress Induced Cardiomyopathy)"

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Stephanie Cho, M.D. - PGY - 2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
02/05/15

"Non-pharmacological interventions in the treatment of depression: a review of evidence based treatment."

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Bruce Shaver, M.D. - PGY-2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
02/12/15 "Differentiating pediatric bipolar disorder versus attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." Ross Goodwin, M.D. - PGY-2
George Washington Unviersity School of Medicine and Health Sciences
02/19/15

"Heroin resurgence in America: public health implications for policy and practice"

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Linda Ojo, M.D. - PGY - 2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
02/26/15 "A test for target symptoms of ADHD." Gathi Abraham, M.D. - PGY - 2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
03/05/15

"Providing culturally competent mental health care for Chinese Americans with depression."

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Sally He, M.D. - PGY - 2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
09/19/13 "A Closed Society Re-Opens: How Can We Respond to the
Mental Health Needs of the People of Myanmar (Burma)?"

Peter Polatin, M.D., Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Eindra Khin Khin, M.D., Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Residency Training
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

09/26/13 "Mindfulness Training and Compassion Cultivation as a
Potential Antidote for Burnout: Implications for Medical
Education and Practice"
Sermsak Lolak, M.D., Associate Professor
Director of GWU Hospital Consultation-Liaison Service
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
10/3/13 "Medical Ethics and Professionalism" Allen Dyer, M.D., Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
10/10/13 "Psychoanalysis in the Wider World" Cynthia Stevens, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
The George Washington University School of Medicine;
Fellow, American Psychoanalytic Association;
Fellow, Academy of Wilderness Medicine
10/17/13 Hospital Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference Lorenzo Norris, M.D., Assistant Professor
Director, Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
10/24/13 "Rapid and Sustained Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine:
Neurobiological and Therapeutic Implications"
Mark J. Niciu, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Research Fellow
National Institute of Mental Health
10/31/13 20th ANNUAL SEYMOUR PERLIN, M.D. LECTURE ON SUICIDOLOGY
"Why People Die By Suicide"
Thomas Joiner, Ph.D.
Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology
The Florida State University
11/7/13 "Clinician Burnout -- A Political View" Carlos E. Sluzki, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University
Professor of Global and Community Health and Conflict Analysis and Resolution
George Mason University
11/14/13 "Explorations into Anxious Depression" Dawn F. Ionescu, M.D.
Clinical Fellow
Experimental Therapeutics & Pathophysiology Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
11/21/13 "Multicultural Care and Cultural Competence" Lillian Comas-Diaz, Ph.D., Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
11/28/13 Thanksgiving Holiday  
12/5/13 Hospital Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference Lorenzo Norris, M.D., Assistant Professor
Director, Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
12/12/13 "Culture and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Current Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis and Care" Roy Richard Grinker, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology
Editor, Anthropological Quarterly
George Washington University
12/19/13 Psychiatry Case Conference Kathryn Walseman, M.D., PGY-4
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
12/26/13 Holiday  
01/02/14 "Integrative Clinical Neuroscience: Lessons from Pediatric Anxiety" Daniel Pine, M.D., Chief
Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience NIMH Intramural Research Program.
NIMH
01/09/14 "Looking to the years ahead: Our mission and our means" James Griffith, M.D. , Leon M. Yochelson Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
01/16/14 "Academic Medicine Confronts Political Dysfunction: A Moment of Truth" Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.. President and Chief Executive Officer
Association of American Medical Colleges
01/23/14 "Our Members' Vision for the American Psychiatric Association" Saul Levin, M.D., CEO and Medical Director
American Psychiatric Association
01/30/14 "Healing by Killing: Medicine Durig the Third Reich" Paul Weindling, Ph.D., Wellcome Trust,  Research Professor, History of Medicine
Oxford Brookes University, UK (combined with Medical Grand Rounds)
01/30/14 "Researching Medical Experiments in Auschwitz" Sheldon Rubenfeld, M.D.., Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Mediicne
Houston, TX
02/06/14

"Who is to Blame When Students Kill Themselves On Campus?"

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Darlinda Minor, M.D., PGY-2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
02/13/14

"Cultural Assessment and Psychiatric Care of Somali Refugees"

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Jerry Kroll, M.D., Chief Psychiatrist, Refugee Mental Health Program
Community-University Health Care Clinic, Minneapolis, MN
02/20/14

"Considerations for Evaluating Research and Interventions Involving Exercise in Psychiatry"

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Karen Wooten, M.D., PGY-2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
02/27/14

"When Psychiatry and Comics Collide: A Case Study and Character Study"

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Rushi Vyas, M.D., PGY-2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
03/06/14

"Diamond in the Ruff: Pet Therapy as an Adjunct Treatment Option in Psychiatry"

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Nicole Nguyen, M.D., PGY-2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
03/13/14

"Cultural Psychiatry in the Era of Colonization and Decolonization: Nigeria"

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Jason Emejuru, M.D., PGY-2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
03/20/14 "Mindfulness Based Interventions for Chronic Pain" Fatima Noorani, M.D., PGY-2
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
03/27/14 Hospital Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference Lorenzo Norris, M.D., Assistant Professor
Director, Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
04/03/14

11th Annual Wiener Memorial Lecture
"Doctor as Teacher and Healer: Fulfilling our Social Contract"

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Eugene Beresin, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School
Senior Educator in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
04/10/14 Psychiatry Case Conference Lori Kels, M.D., PGY-4
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
04/17/14 Psychiatry Case Conference Richa Maheshwari, M.D., PGY-3
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
04/24/14 Psychiatry Case Conference Jenny Yi, M.D., PGY-3
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
05/01/14

The 2014 Prager Lecture
"Putting the Pieces Together Again: Genes, Child Maltreatment and Psychoanalysis"

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David Reiss, M.D., Clinical Professor, Yale Child Study Center
05/08/14 Psychiatry Case Conference Veronica Slootsky, M.D., PGY-3
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
05/15/04 Resident Retreat-No Grand Rounds  
05/22/14 Psychiatry Case Conference Sanaa Bhatty, M.D., PGY-3
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
05/29/14 Psychiatry Case Confefrence Michael Morse, M.D., PGY-3
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
06/05/14 Psychiatry Case Conference Amanda Holloway, M.D., PGY-3
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
George Washington University School of  Medicine and Health Sciences

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