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| Member | Session Title | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Rodriguez Alzate | Optimizing Resident Panel Management Through Incremental Operational Changes | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Priyanka Amin | Understanding and Preventing Targeted Violence against Psychiatrists | Wednesday May 20 | 10:30–12:00 |
| Hareem Arshad | Efficacy and Safety of Memantine in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | Monday May 18 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Hareem Arshad | Out of one many: Analysis of Dissociative Identity Disorder Content on Social Media | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Ruby Barghini | Yes You Can! Empowering the Psychiatric Workforce through Teaching and Bolstering Psychotherapy Skills for Substance Use Disorders | Tuesday May 19 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Marissa Beal | Reproductive Psychiatry Made Practical: Managing Mental Health Across Menstrual Cycle Pregnancy and Menopause? | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–12:30 |
| Johanna Beck | “In This Economy?!”: Taking Control of Psychiatric Practice with Resource-Smart Lifestyle Psychiatry Interventions | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Johanna Beck | Empowering Psychiatrists in Reproductive Mental Health: Oral Contraceptives for PMDD and Beyond | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Madeleine Becker | Navigating Misconceptions around the Use of Psychotropics in Pregnancy | Tuesday May 19 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Scott Campbell | Optimizing Resident Panel Management Through Incremental Operational Changes | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Kenneth Certa | Emergency Department Or Crisis Response Center? Where Do I Belong? | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Katharine Dalke | Going Beyond Cultural Competency: Empowering and Sustaining Psychiatrists in LGBTQ+ Mental Health | Tuesday May 19 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Jashelle Davis | Psychiatric Comorbidities Among Cannabis Use Admissions in the United States | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Saral Desai | Psychiatric Comorbidities Among Cannabis Use Admissions in the United States | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Kathleen Dougherty | Medical Decision-Making Capacity and Catatonia: Navigating Consent in a Complex Neuropsychiatric Syndrome | Wednesday May 20 | 10:30–12:00 |
| Kathleen Dougherty | Firearms and Suicide: Evidence Based Approaches to Prevention | Tuesday May 19 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Kathleen Dougherty | Emergency Department Or Crisis Response Center? Where Do I Belong? | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Wei Du | Psychiatric Comorbidities Among Cannabis Use Admissions in the United States | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Hatice Eken | Real-World Implementation of Intravenous Ketamine for Acute Treatment of Suicidality in a Tertiary Care Hospital | Monday May 18 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Eduardo Espiridion | Antipsychotics as Adjunct Therapy in Risk Reduction of Crisis Admission: An Analysis of Historical Patient Data | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Eduardo Espiridion | Impact of pre-existing mental health disorders on post-transplant mental health and substance use outcomes | Monday May 18 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Chris Ferry | Self-Inflicted Upper Extremity Amputations: A Case Series of Psychiatric and Surgical Outcomes | Monday May 18 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Kavita Fischer | Recognizing and Responding to Behavioral Addictions: Modern Strategies for Gambling Internet Exercise and Emerging Digital Addictions | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Kavita Fischer | The Biopsychosocial Impact of Gambling Disorder | 46160.0 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Andrew Francis | Medical Decision-Making Capacity and Catatonia: Navigating Consent in a Complex Neuropsychiatric Syndrome | Wednesday May 20 | 10:30–12:00 |
| Marina Girgis | A Case Series of Clozapine-induced Myocarditis: A multi-disciplinary review within a large tertiary healthcare network | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| R. Gogineni | Oskar Pfister Award: Is Our Book Series on Islamophobia Antisemitism Christianity and the Eastern Traditions a Tower of Babel or a Nourishing Potluck Table? | Saturday May 16 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Mayank Gupta | Empowering Psychiatrists to Support Migrant & Refugee Youth: Clinical Systems Advocacy Tools | Saturday May 16 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Mayank Gupta | The Intersection of Fame and Mental Health: Understanding Celebrity Suicides through a Phenomenological Lens and the Influence of Weathering Effect | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Mayank Gupta | The Unseen Tension in the Room: Long-term consequences of social anxiety disorder | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Mayank Gupta | Hyper-Perfectionism and Emerging Risks: Evolving Constructs and Their Impact on Adolescents Develeopment | Monday May 18 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Ahmad Hameed | Exploring the Influence of Learner Self-Evaluation on Mid-Rotation Feedback | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Ahmad Hameed | Firearms and Suicide: Evidence Based Approaches to Prevention | Tuesday May 19 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Usman Hameed | Exploring the Influence of Learner Self-Evaluation on Mid-Rotation Feedback | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Usman Hameed | Firearms and Suicide: Evidence Based Approaches to Prevention | Tuesday May 19 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Jordan Holter | A Case Series of Clozapine-induced Myocarditis: A multi-disciplinary review within a large tertiary healthcare network | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Alex Israel | Reaching Across Party Lines- Managing Functional Neurological Disorder in the Inpatient Medical Setting | Sunday May 17 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Muhammad Youshay Jawad | Out of one many: Analysis of Dissociative Identity Disorder Content on Social Media | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Ross Johnson | Medetomidine Withdrawal in Emergency and Intensive Settings: A New Opioid Adulterant Case Series | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Anant Joshi | Opioid Dependence and Mental Health Outcomes in Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Simran Kalsi | “In This Economy?!”: Taking Control of Psychiatric Practice with Resource-Smart Lifestyle Psychiatry Interventions | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Kirklan Kathe | Emergency Department Or Crisis Response Center? Where Do I Belong? | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Zhabiz Kazeminezhad | Metformin’s Role in Management of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents Utilizing Second Generation Antipsychotics | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Zhabiz Kazeminezhad | Assessment of Brexanolone’s and Zuranolone’s Efficacy in Management of Postpartum Depression | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Hannah Kline | Understanding why young adults drink alcohol: a comparison between “typical” motivations to drink and proximal reasons prior to consuming alcohol. | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| William Kohman | Lethal Means Counseling as a Core Suicide Prevention Skill in Psychiatry Training | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| John Lauriello | Focus Live! New and Developing Treatments in Schizophrenia | Monday May 18 | 13:30–15:00 |
| John Lauriello | Focus Live! Advances in Psychopharmacology and What the Clinicians Need to Know | Monday May 18 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Howard Levin | Understanding Adolescent Depression: A Retrospective Analysis of Diagnoses and Treatment Effectiveness | Monday May 18 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Alice Liu | Patient Perceptions of Inpatient Psychiatric Units | Saturday May 16 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Alice Liu | Rethinking the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Experience – The Impact of Architectural Design | Tuesday May 19 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Yassir Mahgoub | Updates in the assessment and management of clozapine induced myocarditis | Wednesday May 20 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Yassir Mahgoub | Medical Decision-Making Capacity and Catatonia: Navigating Consent in a Complex Neuropsychiatric Syndrome | Wednesday May 20 | 10:30–12:00 |
| Yassir Mahgoub | Distinguishing Perseveration from Delusion in Catatonia: Antipsychotic Worsening of Repetitive Nihilistic Thoughts | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Maria Martinez-Baladejo | Predicting Treatment Refractory Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome | Sunday May 17 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Wajihah Memon | Pain and Prejudice: Understanding Prescribing Practices in Fibromyalgia Treatment across Race and Gender | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Hannah Molk | Metformin’s Role in Management of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents Utilizing Second Generation Antipsychotics | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Hannah Molk | Assessment of Brexanolone’s and Zuranolone’s Efficacy in Management of Postpartum Depression | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| David Ney | “In This Economy?!”: Taking Control of Psychiatric Practice with Resource-Smart Lifestyle Psychiatry Interventions | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Sarah Noble | Going Beyond Cultural Competency: Empowering and Sustaining Psychiatrists in LGBTQ+ Mental Health | Tuesday May 19 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Erin O'Keefe | Empowering Psychiatrists in Reproductive Mental Health: Oral Contraceptives for PMDD and Beyond | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Thersilla Oberbarnscheidt | Medetomidine- An emerging adulterant | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Aum Pathare | Updates in the assessment and management of clozapine induced myocarditis | Wednesday May 20 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Aum Pathare | Medical Decision-Making Capacity and Catatonia: Navigating Consent in a Complex Neuropsychiatric Syndrome | Wednesday May 20 | 10:30–12:00 |
| Nicolau Albuquerque Barbosa Pinto | From Pimozide to Risperidone: Contemporary Antipsychotic Treatment of Delusional Parasitosis | Monday May 18 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Devon Player | Myocarditis and Myositis Masquerading as Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in a Patient with Acute COVID-19 Infection and Clozapine Therapy. | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Sarah Qadir | Empowering Psychiatrists in Reproductive Mental Health: Oral Contraceptives for PMDD and Beyond | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Badr Ratnakaran | The Road After Residency: Scopes and Barriers and Immigration Impacts for IMGs | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Badr Ratnakaran | Loneliness Across Lifespan: The Consequences on Mental Health and Strategies to Overcome the Public Health Epidemic | Wednesday May 20 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Badr Ratnakaran | When Climate Fuels Crisis: Substance use Disorder in a Warming World | Wednesday May 20 | 10:30–12:00 |
| Badr Ratnakaran | Preparing the Psychiatric Workforce: Recognizing and Treating Cannabis Use Disorder in Older Adults | Tuesday May 19 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Badr Ratnakaran | Graying with Complexity: Addressing Psychiatric Care and Needs of Older Adults with Neurodevelopmental Disorders | Tuesday May 19 | 15:45–17:15 |
| John Rozel | From School to the Emergency Room: The Threat Continuum | Sunday May 17 | 10:30–12:00 |
| John Rozel | Understanding and Preventing Targeted Violence against Psychiatrists | Wednesday May 20 | 10:30–12:00 |
| John Rozel | Advanced Strategies in Violence Prevention: Understanding and Integrating Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management | Monday May 18 | 13:30–17:30 |
| John Rozel | Guns ’'n Roses: Intimate Partner Violence Red Flags and the Law | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Dara Sakolsky | Empowering Campus Psychiatrists: Opportunities for Career Development and Psychiatric Leadership in Student-Facing Mental Health Clinics | Sunday May 17 | 10:30–12:00 |
| Erika Saunders | National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) Best Practices In Mood Disorders | Sunday May 17 | 13:30–17:30 |
| Payas Shah | Comparative Outcomes of Mirtazapine and Fluoxetine in Patients with Eating Disorders: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis | Monday May 18 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Heather Soled | Psychiatric Comorbidities Among Cannabis Use Admissions in the United States | Saturday May 16 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Donna Sudak | 2026 Psychiatry Review (Part II) | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–12:30 |
| Donna Sudak | CBT in the Care of Complex Patients | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–17:30 |
| Donna Sudak | Evidence Based or Evidence Biased? Jerome Frank and the Common Features of Psychotherapy in the Age of Brand-Named Treatments | Monday May 18 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Donna Sudak | 2026 Psychiatry Review (Part I) | Saturday May 16 | 13:30–17:30 |
| Donna Sudak | From Obstacles to Opportunities: IMG Struggles and Success in Residency Match and Beyond – Program Director’'s Views | Monday May 18 | 13:30–15:00 |
| Donna Sudak | Thriving in Multiple Roles: Women Psychiatrists Speak on Work Life and What Sustains Us. | – | |
| Mila Tamminga | Optimizing Resident Panel Management Through Incremental Operational Changes | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Michael Thase | CBT in the Care of Complex Patients | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–17:30 |
| Michael Thase | National Network of Depression Centers (NNDC) Best Practices In Mood Disorders | Sunday May 17 | 13:30–17:30 |
| Michael Thase | Current Perspectives on Treatment Resistant Depression | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Kenneth Thompson | Revitalizing community psychiatry Part II: Present challenges that impact our future capacity to disrupt include engage and innovat | Monday May 18 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Michael Travis | Applying Neuroscience to Clinical Care: Approaches Every Psychiatrist Can Use | Saturday May 16 | 13:30–17:30 |
| Rameshwari Tumuluru | Stronger Together: APA’s Role in IMG Wellness and Professional Belonging | Wednesday May 20 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Anuj Vij | Opioid Dependence and Mental Health Outcomes in Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Anuj Vij | Psychiatric Comorbidities in Below-Knee Amputation: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Depression and Anxiety by Etiology | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Rachel Weil | Empowering Psychiatrists in Reproductive Mental Health: Oral Contraceptives for PMDD and Beyond | Sunday May 17 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Kenneth Weiss | Advancing How Psychiatry Thinks About Its Work: Diagnosis Research and Values | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Kanyinsola Yoloye | Metformin’s Role in Management of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents Utilizing Second Generation Antipsychotics | Saturday May 16 | 08:30–10:00 |
| Kanyinsola Yoloye | Assessment of Brexanolone’s and Zuranolone’s Efficacy in Management of Postpartum Depression | Sunday May 17 | 15:45–17:15 |
| Ioannis Zerefos | Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using a Multi-Institutional Electronic Health Records Network | Sunday May 17 | 13:30–15:00 |