Previous Grand Round Lecture Materials

Fall 2024

Date & Location	Presenter(s)	Title of Presentation
September 12th, 2024 Location: GWUH Auditorium	Jeffrey S. Akman, MD Professor and Chair Leon M. Yochelson Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Benedicto Borja, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Program Director Psychiatry Residency Training Program Amir Afkhami, MD Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs Director of Medical Student Education	Departmental Update
September 19th, 2024 Location: TBD	Katherine L. Wisner, MD MS Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Pediatrics Associate Chief, Prenatal Mental Health, Developing Brain Institute Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior Perinatal Psychiatry: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
September 26th, 2024	No Grand Rounds – PRITE Exam
October 3rd, 2024	No Grand Rounds – Rosh Hashana
October 10th, 2024 Location: GWUH Auditorium	Charles Samenow, MD Clinical Associate Professor GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health	Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior Online Sexual Crimes: What, If Anything, a Psychiatrist Should Know
October 17th, 2024 Location: GWUH Auditorium and virtual	William Lawson, MD, PhD, DLFAPA President, Senior Psychiatrists Inc Clinical Professor, George Washington University Professor Emeritus, Dell Medical School University of Texas-Austin  Professor Emeritus, Howard University College of Medicine	Black Mental Health: Slavery to COVID to Now- Is it Better?
October 24th, 2024 Location: TBD	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
October 31st, 2024 Location: Virtual (auditorium not available)	Jorge C. Srabstein, M.D. Attending Psychiatrist Children's National Hospital Medical Director for the Program for Health Problems Related to Bullying Children's National Hospital Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Health and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Detection of Exposure to Ongoing Bullying and other forms of Maltreatment in the Psychiatric Evaluation of Adults
November 7th, 2024 Location: GWUH Auditorium	Daniel Carrero, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Seymour and Ruth Perlin Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Associate Residency Program Director GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health	Neuromodulation for the management of treatment resistant depression
November 14th, 2024 Location: GWUH Auditorium	Robin Toler, MD Medical Director of Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Andrew Matz, MD Inpatient Psychiatrist Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health	M&M Conference
November 21st, 2024 Location: Virtual	John V. Campo, MD Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Director of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center VP, Psychiatric Services, Kennedy Krieger Institute	Seymour Perlin MD, Endowed Lecture in Suicidology Managing Youth Suicide Risk: Strategies Relevant to Health Care Settings
November 28th, 2024	No Grand Rounds – Happy Thanksgiving!
December 5th, 2024 Location: GWUH Auditorium	Enrico Suardi, MD Director of Psychiatry Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Jeffrey Akman, MD Professor and Chair Leon M. Yochelson Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health	GW Psychiatry and St. Elizabeth's Hospital: Historical Perspectives
December 12th , 2024 Location: GWUH Auditorium	Courtney Forbes, PhD Clinical Psychologist Assistant Professor GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health	Cultivating a Life of Joy and Meaning: Advances in the Treatment of Anhedonia in Affective Disorders
December 19th, 2024	No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!
December 26th, 2024	No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!
January 2nd, 2025	No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!

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" Download Presentation (PDF)
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?” Download Presentation (PDF)
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)." Download Presentation (PDF)
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." Download Presentation (PDF)
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." Download Presentation (PDF)
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." Download Presentation (PDF)
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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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?" Download Presentation	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.” Download Presentation	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)" Download Dr. Roberts' Presentation Download Dr. Dekleva's Presentation	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)" Download Presentation	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." Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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." Download Presentation	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?" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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" Download Presentation	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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