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Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Woman's Board Grand Rounds Calendar

The Woman's Board Grand Rounds are held on Thursdays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CST) via Microsoft Teams Town Hall. We will host some presentations in-person; they are indicated below. We look forward to you joining us!  

If you would like to be added to the invite list, please contact Amy Perry at amy_d_perry@rush.edu.

 

FALL 2024

DateSpeaker NameSpeaker InstitutionTitle of Presentation
9/12/2024Sacha McBain, PhDRUSH 

Medical Trauma and Intervention PTSD 

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9/19/2024

In-Person

Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhDDell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin 

The Future of Psychedelics - Problems and Promises 

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9/26/2024

In-Person

Mark Komrad, MDJohns Hopkins University, The University of Maryland, Tulane University 

Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia for Patients with Psychiatric Disorders: An Emerging Ethical Crisis

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10/03/2024

In-Person 

Tom Farley Community Outreach Director, RehabPath

Growing Up Farley, A Story of Addiction, Love, and Forgiveness 

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10/10/2024Len Adler, MD NYU Langone Health 

Update on the diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD

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10/17/2024Krissie Fernandez-Smith, PhDNorthwestern University Postponed until Spring 2025 due to speaker illness

10/24/2024

In-Person

Nicole Russo Ponsaran, PhDRUSH Impact of early school start times on young learners 
10/31/2024 NO GRAND  ROUNDS  
11/7/2024Stephanie Bailey, LCSWRUSH Social Work and Community Health Caring for Caregivers 

11/14/2024

In-person

 

Ann Childress, MD

Woman's Board Invited Lecturer 

University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV)Treating ADHD in Patients Who Have an Inadequate Response to Stimulants
11/21/2024Evan White, PhDLaureate Institute for Brain Research, University of TulsaCommunity Engaged Translational Neuroscience Research: Novel Approaches to Understanding Mental Health Disparities in American Indian Communities 
11/28/2024 NO GRAND ROUNDS  
12/05/2024Avelina Padin, PhDRUSH BRIDGES: Connecting Parent Wisdom and Provider Expertise to Transform Family-Serving Systems
12/12/2024Frank Clark, MD, FAPA, ACPsychPrisma HealthCatharsis Welcomes Creativity: A Poet's Tale of Exploring Mental Health 
12/19/2024Diane Chen, PhDLurie Children's, Northwestern University Examining the evidence base for gender affirming care for transgender youth 
12/26/2024 NO GRAND ROUNDS  
1/2/2025 NO GRAND ROUNDS  

 

 

Academic Year 2023-2024

Date
Speaker Name
Speaker Institution
Title of Presentation
9/14/2023Stefanie LoSavio, PhDUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Cognitive Processing therapy

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9/21/2023Arielle Sheftall, PhDUniversity of Rochester Medical Center 

IN-PERSONWoman's Board Lecture - Trends in Youth Suicide 

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9/28/2023Katherine Koh, MD Massachusetts General Hospital

Homelessness and Mental Illness: Clinical Practice, Prediction, and Policy 

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10/5/2023Steven Girardeau, PsyD, LPMHS (Mental Health Systems, Inc.)

Current Trends in Insurance and How They Intersect with the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders

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10/12/2023
Melissa Lamar, MD RUSH University Medical Center 

Acculturation in Context: A Framework for Understanding Brain Aging in Older Latinos

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10/19/2023
Susan Buehler, PhD
Mike Hefferly, PhD
RUSH University Medical Center 

Research on treatment consideration for tinnitus 

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10/26/2023Raj Addepalli, MDLincoln Hospital Medical Center, Cornell Medicine 

Managment of pregnant patients with psychosis/mood disorder on the inpatient unit

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11/2/2023Margaret Sibley, PhDUniversity of Washington School of Medicine 

Course and Stability of ADHD from Childhood to Adulthood: Findings from the Multimodal Treatment of ADHD (MTA) Study

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11/9/2023Angela Lawson, PhDNorthwestern Medical Group 

The Psychological Consequences of Infertility and Its Treatment

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11/16/2023Chuka Nestor Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA, RUSH University Medical Center

Technology-Enhanced Interventions for Co-Occurring Violence and Substance Use among Young Boys and Men

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11/30/2023Harold Koenig, MDDuke University Medical Center 

Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health: Research and Clinical Applications

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12/7/2023
Brad Appelhans, PhDRUSH University Medical Center 

Integrating "reward landscapes" in models of health behavior

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12/14/2023Gabrielle Pagé, PhD University of Montreal 

Temporal and dynamic aspects of pain that influence physical and psychological well-being

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1/4/2024
Julie Teater, MD, DFAPA, FASAMThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center 

The Case for Hospital-Based Addiction Treatment

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1/11/2024Surita Rao, MD
Cassandra Holinka, PhD
University of Connecticut School of Medicine 

Physician suicide 

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1/18/2024Tanya Sorrell, PhDRUSH University Medical Center

IN-PERSON, Racial Issues in Psychiatry- An analysis of a racial health equity educational module for RUMC medical students

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1/25/2024Michelle Sweet, MD
Laurin Mack, PhD
RUSH University Medical Center

Faculty Development: Feedback Conversations

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2/1/2024Nathan Kimbrel, PhDDuke University Medical Center 

Recent Developments in the Assessment and Prediction of Self-Directed Violence

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2/8/2024Sophia Vinogradov, MDUniversity of Minnesota Medical School 

Promoting Cognitive and Neural System Recovery in Early Psychosis

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2/15/2024Ruchi Fitzgerald, MD, FAAFPRUSH University Medical Center 

The Project LIFE program : Long Acting Injectable Buprenorphine to End Overdose: Opportunities for Addressing Equity in Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Overlooked Populations

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2/22/2024
Monica Argumedo, MD RUSH University Medical Center

IN-PERSON, The benefit of the forensic perspective in relation to PTSD diagnosis and treatment in the clinical setting

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2/29/2024Danielle Hairston, MDHoward University 

The Overdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in Black Men

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3/7/2024
Demian Rose, MD, PhDUniversity of California at San Francisco 

Language Matters: correcting the most common category errors made by clinicians treating psychosis

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3/14/2024
Kathy Zebracki, PhD, MAShriners Children's Chicago

Children and Adolescents with Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury: Unique Considerations

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3/21/2024
Scott Palmer, MDRUSH University Medical CenterIN-PERSON, Historical and Clinical Perspectives of Cannabinoids in Medicine
3/28/2024
Candice Norcott, PhDUniversity of Chicago 

Listening to the Perspectives of Black Women on Perinatal Health Disparities: Reversing the Tide and Improving Outcomes

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4/4/2024
Charles Conway, MDWashington University in St. Louis 

Danos-Scheftner Lecture in Affective Disorders - Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression

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4/11/2024Alan Schatzberg, MDStanford University School of Medicine 

Inflammation in Major Depression: An Update 

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4/18/2024Greg Chasson, PhD University of Chicago 

Thinking Outside the Overstuffed Box to Enhance Motivation to Change in Adults with Hoarding

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4/25/2024Michael Bloch, MD, MSYale School of Medicine 

Ketamine as a novel antidepressant for treatment-resistant depression in adolescents

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5/2/2024Andrew Schiller, MDRUSH University Medical Center

Resident/Fellow talks - NMDA Encephalitis

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5/9/2024Cody Naughton, MDRUSH University Medical Center

IN-PERSON, Resident/Fellow talks - Compassionate care for persons with benzodiazepine misuse, benzodiazepine use disorder and complex persistent benzodiazepine withdrawal

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5/16/2024Makenzie Irrgang, PhDRUSH University Medical Center

Resident/Fellow talks - OCD and PTSD: Diagnostic Overlap and Treatment Considerations

5/23/2024Jacob Cross, MDRUSH University Medical Center

Resident/Fellow talks - Data and clinical implications of the placebo effect

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5/30/2024Greg Pontone, MD, MHSUniversity of Florida College of Medicine 

A Novel Mechanism for Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis

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6/6/2024Oncology Panel RUSH University Medical Center Personal & professional experiences in cancer care from the perspective of minority identit(ies)”
6/13/2024Mark Zimmerman, MDBrown University, South County Psychiatry  

In The Trenches With Difficult To Treat Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder: Principles To Survive By

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