Psychiatry Grand Rounds Archive 2023-2025
2024-2025
THURSDAY SEPT 12, 2024
"Evidence Based Guidelines for the Management of Depressive Disorders and PTSD in Pregnant Individuals"Speaker: Kimberly A. Yonkers, M.D.
Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center
https://youtu.be/2qcS0ppdWqM
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
NO Grand Rounds
Leadership Retreat
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
"The Management of Bipolar Disorder During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period"
Speaker: Adele Viguera MD
Psychiatry and Psychology
Cleveland Clinic
https://youtu.be/1pp2j0yjaBE
THURSDAY OCTOBER 10, 2024
John Sullivan Memorial Lecture
"Molecular Mimicry and the Mind: Limbic Encephalitis, Long Covid and the Lessons of a Long-Lost
Malady"
Speaker: Sheldon Benjamin MD
UMass Chan Medical School
Vice Chair for Education, Associate Training Director
Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Psychiatry
https://youtu.be/sP00YyX-1gY
THURSDAY OCTOBER 17, 2024
“Psychedelic Medicine at a Crossroads: After FDA Rejection, What’s Next?”
Speaker: Franklin King, IV, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Mass General Hospital
https://youtu.be/sV7MA18JleQ
THURSDAY OCTOBER 24, 2024
Visiting Professor Series
"Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology"
Speaker: David Mintz, M.D.
Director of Psychiatric Education, Associate Director of Training
The Austen Riggs Center
https://youtu.be/IboMVS6RIXU
THURSDAY OCTOBER 31, 2024
Visiting Professor Series
"The BEST Boston Model for Decriminalizing Mental Illness"
Speaker: David C. Henderson, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry,
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Division of Psychiatry,
Boston Medical Center
https://youtu.be/B8IHGLowAGc
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2024
REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR ATTENDANCE
Visiting Professor Series
"Today’s “Genderation” of Youth: The Busy Intersection of Adolescence, Gender Diversity, Ethics, Politics, and Medical Guidelines"
Speaker: Scott Leibowitz, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, Medical Director of Behavioral Health, THRIVE (gender and sex development) program | he/him/his, Associate Clinical Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
This lecture was not recorded.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2024
"Innovative Approaches to Engaging Cancer Caregivers: Head in the Clouds While Working Down in the Weeds"
Speaker: Tim Sannes, PhD (he/him/his), Attending Clinical Psychologist, UMass Memorial Cancer Center, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/D-OI0Ec3HVY
THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 2024
"Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Dysfunction in Opioid Addiction: A Focus on Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in the Human and Rodent Brain"
Speaker: Ryan Logan PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School
https://youtu.be/uYhhgAcOLsE
THURSDAY DECEMBER 19, 2024
"Phenomenological and Neurological Explanations of Psychosis: Attempting a Synthesis"
Speaker: Alexander Lichtenberg MD
Neuropsychiatry PGY-6, Chief Resident, UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/s8B1LXHe_nI
THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 2025
"An Overview of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders"
Speaker: Ethan Lindenbaum DO
PGY V – Child Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/hbXiafodPtU?si=RXvLJiJCA2Ir2Yzv
THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 2025
“Capturing the Subjective Psychological Experience: Phenomenological, Social and Cultural Considerations”
Speaker: Dipavo Banerjee MD
Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/xCfNmvEfTAE?si=t23tRwYDyZ-yvSYk
THURSDAY JANUARY 23, 2025
"Addiction Through the Lens of Race and Trauma"
Speaker: Rajat Duggirala MD
Addiction Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Heatlh Care
https://youtu.be/rI8qFNWa_zE?si=Q14v3m5HEkgqq5Qp
THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 2025
"Supporting and Involving Family Caregivers in the Treatment of Adults with Serious Mental Illness"
Speaker: Gina Savella MD, PGY IV
Program Chief Resident
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/9aqpLTs0TPo?si=v-WO6mDXk74fsXJt
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2025
"The Business of Medicine: Should We Train Tomorrow’s Doctors to Be Leaders Today?"
Speaker: Lily Millen DO, PGY IV
Academic Chief - Child Fellowship Program
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/xeHBR9QITCk
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2025
"The Intersection Between Medical Bioethics and Psychiatry"
Speaker: Bogdan Anton MD , PGY IV
Chief of Addiction Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry, Resident Education Committee Representative, Committee of Interns and Residents, Union Delegate, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Resident Representative
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/C1Et6uOTcwc
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2025
"Isolated Minds: The Impact of Loneliness on Elderly Mental Health"
Speaker: Naillil Torres-Moreno MD, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
https://youtu.be/GxMInuNt1Q8
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2025
"Displaced Selves: Immigration, Identity, and the Dynamics of Belonging"
Speaker: Ibrahim Sabri MD, Child Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY MARCH 6, 2025
"Evidence for Intergenerational Transmission of Biological Risk for Antisocial Behavior: Low Resting Heart Rate in Fathers Predicts Elevated Criminality in Sons"
Speaker: Bridget Bertoldi PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
https://youtu.be/QKIGQPOPnjk?si=tdUCS-ULkm6a5pBy
THURSDAY MARCH 13, 2025
"Harm Reduction Model in Psychotherapy: Are We Helping or Hurting?"
Speaker: Meirong You, PsyD, Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow,
UMass Chan Medical School
Speaker: Gabriella Wilkinson PsyD, Postdoctoral Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School
THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2025
"Social Justice Advocacy Project: Anti-racist and Gender Inclusive Curriculum for PreK Students in Community Programs"
Speaker: Emily Padilla, PhD, Forensic Evaluator, Co-Assistant Training Director, UMass Chan/WRCH Comprehensive Psychology Training Program
Department of Psychiatry,and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
Speaker: Heidi Putney, PhD, Assistance Professor, Forensic Evaluator, Co-Asistant Director, Clinical Psychology Internship, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Law & Psychiatry Program
"Video temporarily not available"
THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2025
"Beyond Body Size: Fatphobia and Its Impact on Psychiatric Care"
Speaker: Emily Slominski MD, PGY IV
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
"Video temporaily not available"
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2025
SHRIVER CENTER LECTURE
"Maximizing the Impact of the Evidence Based Screening and Assessment: Utilizing Simulation-Based Research in Implementation Science"
Speaker: Hannah Karpman, MSW, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Shriver Center, UMass Chan Medical School
THURSDAY APRIL 10, 2025
"Magnus Neuromodulation System with Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT) as a Personalized Continuation Therapy for Depression: An Open-Label Pilot Trial"
Speaker: Brandon Bentzley MD PhD
Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University/SU
THURSDAY APRIL 17, 2025
"Emerging Treatments for Substance Use Disorders: Psychedelics and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists"
Speaker: Joji Suzuki MD
Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Program Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2025
Visiting Professor Series
"Multimodal Approaches to Understanding Suicide Risk: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Speaker: Elizabeth Ballard, PhD
Director of Psychology and Behavior Research Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health
THURSDAY MAY 15, 2025
Semi-Annual Kathleen Thompson Hall Lecture
"Specialty Practice, Specialty Supervision: Supervision of Forensic Mental Health Assessment"
Speaker: Natalie M. Anumba, Ph.D., ABPP
Designated Forensic Psychologist
Forensic Mental Health Supervisor
Department of Mental Health (DMH) Forensic Mental Health Services, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Co-Director, Law & Psychiatry Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School
THURSDAY JUNE 5, 2025
"Depression in Women: Investigating Hormonal and Sleep-Related Contributions and Translating to Therapeutics"
Speaker: Hadine Joffe, MD MSc
Executive Director, Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Dept. of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care / Breast Cancer Program, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Paula A. Johnson Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Women's Health Harvard Medical School
THURSDAY JUNE 12, 2025
ANNUAL BRISCOLI LECTURE
"Clinical and Research Advances in Evaluation and Management of Functional Neurological (Conversion) Disorder" Speaker: Curt LaFrance, Jr., MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Director, VA Mind Brain Program Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology,Rhode Island Hospital
2023-2024
SEPTEMBER 2023
THURSDAY SEPT 21, 2023
" Management of Substance Use in Perinatal Individuals"
Speaker: Kimberly A. Yonkers, M.D.
Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
"Strong at the Broken Places: Leveraging the Strengths of Mental Health Providers with Mental Illness for Suicide Prevention"
Speaker: Sarah E. Victor, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychological Sciences
Texas Tech University
OCTOBER 2023
THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 2023
Visiting Professor Series
Annual John Sullivan Memorial Lecture
"Innovations in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Deep Brain Stimulation & Precision Medicine"
Speaker: Ankur A. Butala MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Tarsus Medical Group
THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2023
Visiting Professor Series
"Autoimmune Encephalitis: Immune Regulation and Psychiatric Symptoms"
Speaker: Gena Lynne C. Mooneyham, MD, MS
General Pediatrics/Adult Psychiatry/Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical Director, NIMH Autoimmune Brain Disorders Program
NIMH Pediatric Psychiatry Inpatient Services Director
Office of the Clinical Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Associate Research Physician, NIH Intramural Research Program
This lecture was not recorded.
NOVEMBER 2023
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2023
This lecture will be only be available via Zoom
Contact karen.lambert@umassmed.edu for more information.
“Integrating SUD Care into Medical Systems”
Speaker: Sarah Wakeman MD
Medical Director for Substance Use Disorder at Mass General Brigham
Medical Director for the MGH Substance Use Disorder Initiative
Director of the Program for Substance Use and Addiction Services, MGH Division of General Internal Medicine
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2023
"Consciousness as a Memory System."
Speaker: Andrew E. Budson, M.D.
Chief, Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology and
Associate Chief of Staff for Education, VA Boston Healthcare System
Associate Director & Education Core Leader, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Center, Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine
Lecturer in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2023
"Safeguarding Behavioral Health of a City"
Speaker: Kevin M Simon MD MPH
Chief Behavioral Health Officer – City of Boston
Pediatric Psychiatrist, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences;
Addiction Medicine Specialist, Division of Addiction Medicine,
Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2023
NO GRAND ROUNDS
THANKSGIVING
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2023
"The Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior"
Speaker: Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., Ph.D.
Ruth Meltzer Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Health System
DECEMBER 2023
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 2023
NO GRAND ROUNDS
American Conference of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
Annual Meeting
THURSDAY DECEMBER 14, 2023
"The Words We Use and Why They Matter: Palliative Medicine Perspectives on Discussions of Suffering, Goals of Care, and Life's End for Patients With Mental Illness"
Speaker: Sunita Puri, M.D.
Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center & Chan School of Medicine
Author, That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour (Viking/Penguin, 2019)
THURSDAY DECEMBER 21, 2023
"Social Media and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents"
Speaker: Emily Hochstetler MD
Child Psychiatry Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial
JANUARY 4, 2024
THURSDAY JANUARY 4, 2024
"Substance Use Disorders in Youth: Overview, Contextualization, and Evidence-Based Approaches"
Speaker: Marc Gagnier MD
Child Psychiatry Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
No video available.
THURSDAY JANUARY 11, 2024
"Medical Aid in Dying: A Review of Current Practice and Challenges In Psychiatry
Speaker: Kimberly Piccoli DO
PGY IV - Chief Resident - Outpatient
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 2024
"Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Facilitate Recovery after Recent and Chronic Brain Injury"
Speaker: Pooja Modi MD
PGY5 - Chief Resident - Neuropsychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
FEBRUARY 2024
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2024
"Understanding and Addressing Stigma and Substance Use Disorders."
Speaker: Nicolas Genovese MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2024
"Trans-institutionalization: An Unintended Consequence of Good Intentions"
Speaker: Takeiya Lynch MD
PGY 4 - Program Chief Resident and Adolf Meyer Chief Resident in Public Sector Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2024
"Psilocybin: A Promising Treatment for Mental Health Conditions”
Speaker: Maite Cintron Pastrana MD
Chief Resident - Psychopharmacology
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS
MARCH 2024
THURSDAY MARCH 7, 2024
"Addressing Racial Disparities in Overdose Deaths and in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Through Community Partnerships"
Speaker: Richard S. Schottenfeld MD
Professor and Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Howard University College of Medicine, Howard University Hospital-5B03
THURSDAY MARCH 21, 2024
Visiting Professor Series
“Mesmer, Cardiac Surgery, Ketamine and Psychedelics; Appreciating the Power of Contextual Effects in Medicine”
Speaker: Gerard Sanacora, MD PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Director Yale Depression Research Program
Co-Director Yale-New Haven Hospital Interventional Psychiatry Service
THURSDAY MARCH 28, 2024
Visiting Professor Series
"Neuroactive Steroids in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Peripartum Major Depressive Disorder: A Translational Research Journey"
Speaker: Kristina M. Deligiannidis, M.D
Director, Women’s Behavioral Health, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, Medical Director, Reproductive Psychiatry, Project TEACH, NYS Office of Mental Health, Professor of Psychiatry, Molecular Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Professor, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
No Video Available For This Lecture
APRIL 2024
THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2024
SHRIVER LECTURE
"Autism Insurance: Advocacy on Beyond"
Speaker:Amy Weinstock
Director, Insurance Resource Center for Autism and Behavioral Health, Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Speaker: Terri Farrell
Senior Project Director. Insurance Resource Center for Autism and Behavioral Health. Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School, EK Shriver Center
https://youtu.be/7_Rsfv73GQA?si=VJnmqDCSkDCTM_nn
THURSDAY APRIL 11, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS
Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW)
Health Equity Distinguished Lecture
For more information contact:
Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, MD, MSc, FACOG
Executive Director, Collaborative in Health Equity, Office of Health Equity
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UMass Memorial Health
Professor, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Division, Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan Medical School
Crista.Johnson-Agbakwu@umassmed.edu
Executive Assistant: Lexus.Asibey@umassmed.edu
Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend
THURSDAY APRIL 18, 2024
Al Grudzinskas Lecture
"Autism and the Criminal Law: Why Therapeutic Jurisprudence Matters"
Speaker: Michael L. Perlin, Esq.
Professor Emeritus of Law
Founding Director, International Mental Disability Law Reform Project
Co-founder, Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates
New York Law School
https://youtu.be/5x954NqxOJs
THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2024
"Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents"
Speaker: Jennifer Derenne, MD, DFAACAP, FAED
Psychiatrist, Comprehensive Care Program (CCP)
Medical Director, Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford University
MAY 2024
THURSDAY MAY 2, 2024
DEB JANSSEN ANNUAL LECTURE
"Deprescribing Best Practices in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: Ensuring Appropriate Psychotropic Use in Pediatric Populations"
Speaker: Wynne Morgan MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial
THURSDAY MAY 16, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS
RESIDENT RETREAT
THURSDAY MAY 30, 2024
Visiting Professor Series
BRISCOLI
"A Gay Old Time: A History of Psychoanalytic Views of Homosexuality and What it Tells About Treating LGBTQ+ Patients Today"
Speaker: Cary Friedman MD
Lecturer on Psychiatry
Cambridge Health Alliance
https://youtu.be/tPgKQRToYNI
JUNE 2024
THURSDAY JUNE 6, 2024
"The Necessity of Restoration: Social Psychiatry and Surviving Tumultuous Times"
Speaker: Mindy Fullilove MD
Writer and Social Psychiatrist
The New School, New York, NY
THURSDAY JUNE 13, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS
RESIDENT GRADUATION