Psychiatry Grand Rounds
UMass Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Grand Rounds take place each Thursday of the month from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. and are located in the Lazare Auditorium (1st floor - Medical School Building, S1-607, near the library) unless otherwise indicated. Rounds are attended by faculty, residents, and professional staff, and are also open to the public. For additional information or if you are interested in being a speaker, please contact Dr. Anthony Rothschild, Grand Rounds Committee Chair, or Karen Lambert, Grand Rounds Coordinator, at 508-856-5928, or via email: Karen.Lambert@umassmed.edu.
SEPTEMBER 2025
THURSDAY SEPT 11, 2025
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 SEPT 18, 2025
Suicide Prevention Month
Speaker: Michael Allen MD
Professor, Psychiatry-Adult Psychiatry; Medical Director, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Helen and Arthur E Johonson Depression Center – CU Anschutz Medical Campus
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2025
"Capacity and Competence: What is Legal? What is Ethical? What is Moral? What is Practical? And What is My Role?"
Speaker: Leah Richler, MD (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Geriatric Psychiatry Resident Clinic Director
Psychiatry Medical Student Clerkship Associate -Director
UMass Chan Medical School / UMass Memorial Medical Center
OCTOBER 2025
THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 2O25
NO GRAND ROUNDS
YOM KIPPUR
THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 2025
Speaker: Erica Clark PhD
Assistant Professor, Director of Neuropsychology, UMass Chan Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY OCTOBER 16, 2025
"Real-World Evidence: ECT and Catatonia"
Speaker: James W Luccarelli MD, DPHIL
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Acute Psychiatric Service, ECT Service
Mass General Hospital
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 2025
Speaker: Ashley Murray, PhD
Designated Forensic Psychologist, Forensic Mental Health Supervisor, Director, UMass Chan Medical School Forensic Psychology Fellowship, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 2025
John Sullivan Annual Lecture
Speaker: Shan H. Siddiqi, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Associate Psychiatrist, Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH), Neuropsychiatrist, BWH CEnter for Brain/MInd Medicine, Director, Psychiatric Neuromodulation Research, BWH Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics
NOVEMBER 2025
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 06, 2025
Medicine/Psychiatry Combined GR
Speaker: Tung Phan MD
Internal Medicine, UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2025
Speaker: Stephanie Puig MS PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2025
Speaker: Spencer G. Lawson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Law & Psychiatry Program
Implementation Science & Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC)
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS
THANKSGIVING
DECEMBER 2025
THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 2025
Speaker: Stephanie Carreiro, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Research | Associate Professor
Director, Tox(IN)novation Lab
Department of Emergency Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School | UMass Memorial Health
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 2025
TBD
THURSDAY DECEMBER 18, 2025
TBD
THURSDAY DECEMBER 25, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS
CHRISTMAS
THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 2026
Speaker: Alexi Ruuska MD
Program Chief Resident
Chief Resident in Psychotherapy
Department of Psychiatry and Behavorial Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School, UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY JANUARY 22, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY JANUARY 29, 2026
Speaker: Lexi Hooberman MD
Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
FEBRUARY 2026
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2026
Speaker: Kaia Renneburg MD
Chief Resident in Outpatient Psychiatry
Chief Resident in Geriatric Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavorial Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY MARCH 26, 2026
TBD
APRIL 2026
THURSDAY APRIL 2 , 2026
SHRIVER LECTURE
Speaker: Isha Jalnapurkar, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Co-Director, Nervous System and Behavior
Associate Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training
Investigator, Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopment Initiative, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY APRIL 16, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY APRIL 23, 2026
TBD
MAY 2026
THURSDAY MAY 7, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY MAY 14, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY MAY 21, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY MAY 28, 2026
TBD
JUNE 2026
THURSDAY JUNE 4, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2026
TBD
THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026
TBD