UCSF Psychiatry headed to Atlanta for the 169th APA Annual Meeting

Atlanta skyline

This year's American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting will be held in Atlanta, Georgia.


The 169th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) will be held Saturday, May 14-Wednesday, May 18, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. Numerous current and former UCSF Psychiatry faculty members and trainees will be in attendance, including the following scheduled to contribute at one or more sessions:

Saturday, May 14

  • Kirstin Aschbacher, PhD - Symposium: Advancing Biological Markers for PTSD: "PTSD and White Matter Abnormalities" (2 p.m., Room B401, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Smita Das, MD, PhD - Poster Session 2: Dissemination of an Evidence-Based Tobacco Treatment Curriculum to Psychiatric Residency Programs (2 p.m., Exhibit Hall B3-B4, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Dan H. Karasic, MD - Course: Transgender and Intersex for the Practicing Psychiatrist (9 a.m., International 8, International Level, Marriott Marquis)
  • Joy E. Lin - Poster Session 2: Effects of Childhood Adversity and Adulthood Trauma on C-Reactive Protein in Health and Retirement Study (2 p.m., Exhibit Hall B3-B4, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Charles Marmar, MD (co-chair) - Symposium: Advancing Biological Markers for PTSD (2 p.m., Room B401, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • James Reich, MD, MPH - Science and Clinical Report: Forensic and Medical-Legal Issues: "Empirical Findings on Legal Difficulties Among Practicing Psychiatrists" (1:30 p.m., Room B405, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
     

Sunday, May 15

  • Renée L. Binder, MD (chair) - APA International Psychiatrist Lecture Series: Why Humans Like to Cry: Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain (8 a.m., Sidney Marcus Auditorium, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Renée L. Binder, MD - APA Annual Business Meeting (12 p.m., Rooms A411-412, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Renée L. Binder, MD - Opening Session and Presidential Address (4:30 p.m., Hall B2, Building B, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Smita Das, MD, PhD (chair) - Workshop: Interactive Training and Dissemination of Tobacco Cessation in Psychiatry: An Rx for Change (2:30 p.m., Room A307, Level 3, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • James W. Dilley, MD - Adolf Meyer Award Lecture: Keeping Pace: The UCSF Alliance Health Project—A Community Psychiatry Response to the AIDS Epidemic (10 a.m., Room A302, Level 3, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Ellen Haller, MD - Forum: LGBT Psychiatry: Update for 2016 (8 a.m., Room B206, Level 2, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Young Shin Kim, MD, PhD - Symposium: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Epidemiology, Genetics, Revisiting Risperidone, Parent Training, and Early Detection: "Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): To Know What We See Rather Than to See What We Know" (8 a.m., Room B309, Level 3, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Dale McNiel, PhD - APA Frontiers of Science Lecture Series: Advances in Assessment and Management of Risk of Violence (2:30 p.m., Sidney Marcus Auditorium, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Victor I. Reus, MD - Learning Lab: New Guideline Recommendations for Strengthening Psychiatric Practice: From the Rationale to the Real World: "Aligning Practice Guideline Recommendations With Evidence: When and How Should Antipsychotics Be Used in Individuals With Dementia" (8 a.m., Rooms B207-208, Level 2, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Matthew W. State, MD, PhD - APA Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecture Series: From Genes to Neurobiology in Autism Spectrum Disorders (12:30 p.m., Sidney Marcus Auditorium, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
     

Monday, May 16

  • Bibhav Acharya, MD - Workshop: Training American Psychiatrists as Global Mental Health Investigators, Implementers, and Partners: What Have We Learned That Can Inform Best Practices? (9 a.m., Room A304, Level 3, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Renée L. Binder, MD - Learning Lab: Mock Trial: Lessons for Psychiatrists From the Bar and Risk Management (9 a.m., Rooms B211-212, Level 2, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Renée L. Binder, MD - 60th Convocation of Distinguished Fellows (5:30 p.m., Hall B2, Building B, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Jorien Breur, MD (co-chair) - Symposium: Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice (9 a.m., Room B309, Level 3, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Caitlin Costello, MD - Symposium: Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice: "Current Issues and Future Directions in the Assessment of Juvenile Competency to Stand Trial" (9 a.m., Room B309, Level 3, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Smita Das, MD, PhD - Symposium: Changing Behavioral Health Systems to Treat Tobacco Through Training and Policy Initiatives: "Dissemination of an Evidence-Based Tobacco Treatment Curriculum to Psychiatric Residency Programs" (2 p.m., Room B407, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Smita Das, MD, PhD - Scientific and Clinical Report: Addiction: Tobacco: "Tobacco Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Acute Psychiatric and Addictive Disorders" (3:30 p.m., Room B405, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Keith McBurnett, MD - Poster Session 6: Atomoxetine Treatment and Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Children With ADHD and Comorbid Dyslexia or Dyslexia in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial (2 p.m., Exhibit Hall B3-B4, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • James Reich, MD, MPH (chair) - Symposium: Breakthroughs in the Understanding and Treatment of Personality Pathology: "Moving From Treatment as Usual to Good Clinical Care for Personality Disorder: Traits for the Office-Based Clinician" (9 a.m., Room A410, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • David Tran, MD, MPP - Poster Session 5: The Summer Bridge Program: Recruiting Youth for a New Generation for Mental Health Professionals (10 a.m., Exhibit Hall B3-B4, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Sophia Vinogradov, MD - Case Conference: Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment of Patients With First-Episode Psychosis (11 a.m., Rooms A315-316, Level 3, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Sophia Vinogradov, MD - Symposium: Treatment of Cognitive Impairment and Functional Disability Across Psychiatric Conditions: What Has Been Achieved: "fMRI and MEG Studies of Cortical Plasticity Induced by Cognitive Training in Schizophrenia" (2 p.m., Room A410, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Keith Wood, MD - Poster Session 5: Utilizing Measures of Client Motivation as Indicators of Completion in Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment in the Public Mental Health System (10 a.m., Exhibit Hall B3-B4, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
     

Tuesday, May 17

  • Renée L. Binder, MD (chair) - APA Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecture Series: How the Mind Works: Using Trauma and Grief as Models (11 a.m., Rooms A411-4-12, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Renée L. Binder, MD (chair) - Lecture: The Court and the World (1 p.m., Sidney Marcus Auditorium, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Anna Fiskin, MD, MSc - Poster Session 7: What Happened to the Fax? Qualitative Evaluation of Specialty Mental Health Referrals to Transition Care to Primary Care (10 a.m., Exhibit Hall B3-B4, Level 1, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Mardi Horowitz, MD - APA Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecture Series: How the Mind Works: Using Trauma and Grief as Models (11 a.m., Rooms A411-4-12, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
  • Chuan-Mei Lee, MD, MA - Workshop: Stigma of Psychiatry Among Ethnic Minorities and the Use of Social Media and the Internet to Reach Underserved Populations (9 a.m., Room B403, Level 4, Georgia World Congress Center)
     

Special Reception - Evening of Tuesday, May 17

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry is hosting a reception for UCSF faculty, trainees, alumni, and friends on the evening of Tuesday, May 17 at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. The reception is free, but an RSVP is requested for planning purposes.

Schedule information provided by the American Psychiatric Association. Presenters and presentations are subject to change without prior notice.


About UCSF Psychiatry

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute are among the nation's foremost resources in the fields of child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric mental health. Together they constitute one of the largest departments in the UCSF School of Medicine and the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, with a mission focused on research (basic, translational, clinical), teaching, patient care, and public service. UCSF Psychiatry conducts its clinical, educational, and research efforts at a variety of locations in Northern California, including UCSF campuses at Parnassus Heights, Mission Bay, and Laurel Heights, the UCSF Medical Center at Mt. Zion, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, the San Francisco VA Health Care System, and UCSF Fresno.

About UCSF

UC San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It includes top-ranked graduate schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy; a graduate division with nationally renowned programs in basic, biomedical, translational, and population sciences; and a preeminent biomedical research enterprise. It also includes UCSF Health, which comprises two top-ranked hospitals, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, and other partner and affiliated hospitals and healthcare providers throughout the Bay Area.