2020-2021 Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Please see below for the 2020-2021 Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Psychiatry Grand Rounds Schedule:

Date Presenter Title
9/10/2020 Raul Fernandez, Ed.D. Stakes is High: Recognizing the Urgency of this Moment
9/17/2020 Christina Girgis, MD Psychiatry and Social Media: Frenemies?
9/24/2020 Eric Smith, MD Suicide Prevention Challenges and Opportunities
10/1/2020 Hannah Brown, MD Overview of First Episode Psychosis Treatment
10/8/2020 Brenna Cyr, LICSW Providing Mental Health Care for Transgender and Non-Binary Adults
10/15/2020 Jessica Isom, MD, MPH Learning How to Walk Then Run: Becoming Antiracist in Psychiatry
10/22/2020 Juliette McClendon-Iacovino, PhD The Impact of Discrimination on Mental Health and Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment of Racism-related Stress and Trauma
10/29/2020 Sarah Valentine, PhD A Community-Engaged Approach to Tailoring and Evidence-Based Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Intervention for Peer Delivery
11/5/2020 Christine Crawford, MD, MPH Schwartz Rounds
11/12/2020 Eric Achtyes, MD Use of LAIs & the PRELAPSE Study
11/19/2020 Mark Schechter, MD Brief dynamic and interpersonal psychotherapy
11/26/2020 THANKSGIVING – NO GRAND ROUNDS
12/3/2020 Yaminette Linhart-Diaz, MSW, MPH What’s Next? Integrating Community Health Workers in the Behavioral Health Workforce
12/10/2020 George Stavros, PhD Relational Spirituality and Psychotherapy
12/17/2020 Jillian Shipherd, PhD Transgender Veteran Care: What Every Mental Health Provider Needs to Know
12/24/2020 CHRISTMAS – NO GRAND ROUNDS
12/31/2020 NEW YEARS HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
1/7/2021 Sandra Mattar, PsyD Telehealth Treatment with Refugee Populations during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Clinical and Cultural Considerations
1/14/2021 Abi Martin, Bediha Ipekci, Jessica Lopez-Harder, Julia Dobner-Pereira, Kwame Dance, and Neko Milton Multicultural Case Conceptualization: Applying the ADDRESSING Model and Reflective Dialogue
1/28/2021 Aneeta Saxena, MD Functional Neurological Disorders: An Overview of the Diagnosis and Management of Functional Neurological Disorders, the Motor Subtype
2/4/2021 Carlton E. Green, PhD Racial Trauma, Racial Anxiety, and Racial Empathy in Health Service Provision
2/11/2021 Devin Cromartie, MD, MPH and Willie Bodrick II, JD, MDiv Hope & Healing: Mental Health and the Black Church
2/18/2021 Ra’Shya M. Ghee, Esq., JD, MBA Legally Bound: The Inextricable Relationship Between Race and American Law
2/25/2021 Erlanger Turner, PhD Promoting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Clinical Practice: Considerations for Education and Training
3/4/2021 Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter, PhD, Nancy Rappaport, MD, and Martha Vibbert, PhD Taking Care of All of Our Children: Addressing Harsh Realities and Cultivating Hope
3/11/2021 Steve Seiner, MD ECT: A Comprehensive Review
3/18/2021 Alexander Chang, MD, Andrew Clark, MD, Amy Yule, MD, Juliana Scherer, LICSW Morbidity and Mortality Series
3/25/2021 Robert Meisner, MD Es(Ketamine): Fact, Fiction and the Navigation of Uncertainty in Neurotherapeutics
4/1/2021 Esteban Toledo-Carrion, MD What Does it Mean to be Latinx? Historical and Cultural Considerations and Implications for Treatment
4/8/2021 Will Siu, MD MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD: Challenges and Opportunities in the Treatment of Race Based Trauma
4/15/2021 Frances G. Lu, MD DSM-5 Outline for Cultural Formulation and the Cultural Formulation Interview: Tools for Culturally Competent Care
4/22/2021 S. Kwame Dance, MA, MBA Are We Equipped to Serve Black Men When Healing is the New Normal?
4/29/2021 Jordana Muroff, PhD Unpacking Solutions: Understanding, Assessing, and Treating Hoarding Disorder
5/6/2021 Thea James, MD and Elena Mendez-Escobar PhD, MBA BMC Health System’s Approach to Racial Health Equity
5/13/2021 Fabiola Arbelo-Cruz, MD and Sofia Vivoni Corominas, MD On the Cutting Edge: Proactive Consultation with Trauma Surgery  to Minimize Antipsychotic Use in a Geriatric Population
5/20/2021 Sara Smucker Barnwell, PhD Telemental Health 2.0: Practice Moving Forward
5/27/2021 Micaela Owusu, MD, Babawale Ojidiran MBBS, MSc, and Benjamin Harris, MD, DPM Where There is One Psychiatrist
6/3/2021 Devin Cromartie, MD, MPH and Jawad Husain, MD BUPE-MAT Study: A Qualitative Analysis on Barriers to Opioid Agonist Treatment for Racial Minorities
6/10/2021 Emmalee Boyle, MD and Abtin Shahanaghi, MD Psychoeducation and First-Episode Psychosis: A Review of Education Vector Implementation and Response
6/17/2021 Eduardo Garza, MD and Saikrishna Kugabalasooriar, MD Reflections on Combined Training: Lessons Learned Along the Way