Previous Grand Round Lecture Materials

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

Accreditation

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing education for physicians. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this continuing medical education activity for 1.5 credit hour in Category 1 of the Physicians' Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

CME certificates will not be issued on an activity-by-activity basis. However, a transcript of CME credits earned through GW grand rounds may be requested from the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Professions by calling 202-994-4285.