Psychiatry Grand Rounds
UMass Department of Psychiatry 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 2024
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
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
NO Grand Rounds
Leadership Retreat
OCTOBER 2024
THURSDAY OCTOBER 3, 2024
NO Grand Rounds
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
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
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
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
NOVEMBER 2024
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 will not be recorded.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2024
"The Hype and Hope of Large Language Models in Psychiatry"
Speaker: Andrew Nanton MD
Board Certified: General Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Board Certified: Addiction Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine UCF College of Medicine.
This lecture will not be 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
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS: THANKSGIVING
DECEMBER 2024
THURSDAY DECEMBER 5, 2024
"Sleep and Circadian Dysfunction in Opioid Use Disorde"r
Speaker: Ryan Logan PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology
Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
UMass Chan Medical School
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
THURSDAY DECEMBER 26, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS: CHRISTMAS
THURSDAY JANUARY 9, 2025
Speaker: Ethan Lindenbaum DO
PGY V – Child Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 2025
Speaker: Dipavo Banerjee MD
Chief Resident in Psychopharmacology
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY JANUARY 23, 2025
TBA
THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 2025
Speaker: Gina Savella MD, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
FEBRUARY 2025
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Speaker: Lily Millen DO, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Speaker: Bogdan Anton MD , PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Speaker: Naillil Torres-Moreno MD, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Speaker: Ibrahim Sabri MD, Fellow
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
MARCH 2025
THURSDAY MARCH 6, 2025
PSYCHOLOGY TRAINEE LECTURE - TBA
THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2025
PSYCHOLOGY TRAINEE LECTURE - TBA
THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2025
Speaker: Emily Slominski MD, PGY IV
UMass Chan Medical School/UMassMemorial Health Care
THURSDAY APRIL 10, 2025
TBA
THURSDAY APRIL 17, 2025
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
Speaker: Elizabeth Ballard, PhD
Director of Psychology and Behavior Research Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health National Institutes of Health
MAY 2025
THURSDAY MAY 4, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS: RESIDENT RETREAT
THURSDAY MAY 8, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS - FACULTY RETREAT
THURSDAY MAY 15, 2025
Kathleen Thompson Hall Lecture
THURSDAY MAY 22, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting (APA)
THURSDAY MAY 29, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS
American Society of Clinical Pathology Annual Meeting (ASCP)
JUNE 2025
THURSDAY JUNE 5, 2025
ANNUAL BRISCOLI LECTURE
TBA
THURSDAY JUNE 12, 2025
RESIDENT GRADUATION