Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior

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Grand Rounds
2007-2008

Location: EC-1204
Health Sciences Building

August   |   September   |   October   |   November   |   December
January   |   February   |   March   |   April   |   May   |   June

Information for each speaker (if available) can be viewed by clicking on the speaker's name.

Any picture(s) taken on the day of the presentation can be viewed by clicking on PHOTO.

August 2007

2   No Grand Rounds
9  

Resident Case Conference

Maria Johnson, M.D.

Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Georgia
Asperger's Disorder: Genes, Anatomy, and Psychology of a Complex Phenotype

16  

Joint with Neurology

Henry Nasrallah, M.D.

Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Schizophrenia as a Brain Disease: Advances on Several Fronts

PHOTO

23   No Grand Rounds
30 No Grand Rounds

September 2007

6   No Grand Rounds
13  

Resident Case Conference

Sara Stevens and Chris Bell

Psychology Residents, Medical College of Georgia.

Charles W. Nichols, Ph.D., Faculty Discussant

Differential Assessment of TBI, PTSD, and Malingering

20  

Neuroscience
Robert Findling, M.D.

Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

PHOTOS

27  

Sara Young, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia
Cognitive Decline Associated with Diabetes

October 2007

4
  No Grand Rounds
11
 

Resident Case Conference

Javed Haque, M.D.

Child Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Georgia

Donna Londino, M.D., Faculty Discussant

Associate Professor, Medical College of Georgia

Catatonia: Historical Review and Current Concepts

18
 

No Grand Rounds

25
 

Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Psychotic Illness, Cognition and Functional Operations

November 2007

1   No Grand Rounds
8  

Resident Case Conference

Anil Saini, M.D.

Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Georgia

The Latest Advances in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Exposure Therapy to Treat PTSD: A Case Presentation, Review of the Literature, and Internal Review of Patients Treated at the Augusta VAMC

15  

Columbia Swap
Richard L. Frierson, M.D.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC. Dr. Frierson is President of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Task Force for Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations. He is the recipient of the 2006 AAPL award for Best Teacher in a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship.

The Mentally Ill Criminal Defendant:  What Do Jurors and Layers Think?

22   HOLIDAY
29  

L. Stephen Miller, Ph.D.

Professor, Program Chair, Clinical Psychology Program; Director, Bio-Immaging Research Center, University of Georgia

Cognitive Performance as a Predictor of Aging Difficulties, Dementia, and Functional Independence

December 2007

6   No Grand Rounds
13  

Resident Case Conference

Kerry A. Renner, MA, MS, Psychology Resident, Medical College of Georgia

William Albrecht, Ph.D.

Faculty Discussant, VA Medical Center.

Evidence-Based Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder

20  

No Grand Rounds

27   No Grand Rounds

January 2008

3   Faculty Meeting
10  

Michael W. Jann, Pharm.D., BCPP

Professor and Chair, Mercer University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia

Managing Chronic Depression: Treating to Remission

17  

Joint with Neurology

Melvin McInnis, M.D.

FRCPsych, Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression, University of Michigan Depression Center

Bipolar Genetics: A New Era

24  

Gail McGee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Associate Professor, Psychiatry; Director, Emory Autism Center, Emory University

Get a Life!: New Trends in Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism

February 2008

7   Faculty Meeting
14  

Resident Case Conference

Amanda Gowans, M.D.

Child Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Georgia

Erick Lewkowiez, M.D., Faculty discussant

Assistant Professor, Medical College of Georgia

Clinical Impact of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on ADHD

21  

Columbia Swap

Craig A. Stuck, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuropsychiatry, Dept. of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, Medical University of South Carolina

Conversion Disorders in Children

28  

Randall Marshall, M.D.

Director of Trauma Studies & Services, New York State Institute, New York State Office of Mental Health; Co-Director, Center for the Study of Trauma & Resilience, NYSPI; and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. 

The Psychology of Threat: Lessons from 9/11 (see link to related article below)

The Psychology of Ongoing Threat

March 2008

6   Faculty Meeting
13  

M. Lynn Crismon, PharmD, FCCP, BCPP

Centennial Professor in Pharmacy and Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, The University of Texas College of Pharmacy; Director of the Psychiatric Pharmacy Program, University of Texas

20  

Neuroscience

John T. Walkup, M.D.

Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Johns Hopkins Medical Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Diagnosing and Treating Tourette Syndrome

PHOTOS

27  

William T. Carpenter, M.D.

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland

A Paradigm Shift for Therapeutic Discovery in Schizophrenia

PHOTOS

April 2008

3   Faculty Meeting
10   No Grand Rounds Due to Masters
17  

Columbia Swap

Jeffrey Raynor, M.D.

Medical University of South Carolina

Delusion or Devine Inspiration? Assessing Religious Beliefs in Clinical and Forensic Practice

24  

Resident Case Conference

Ben Carr, M.D.

Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Georgia

A Review of Conflict of Interest Between Providers and Industry

May 2008

1   Faculty Meeting
8  

Resident Case Conference

Alex Mabe, Ph.D.

Professor, Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia

War and Children: Coping with Parental Deployment

15  

Joint with Neurology

Michael H. Rivner, M.D.

Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

22  

Lin Mei, M.D.

Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia

Neuregulin-1 Signaling in Schizophrenia

29   No Grand Rounds

June 2008

5   Faculty Meeting
12  

Resident Case Conference

Masood Zafar, M.D.

Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Georgia

The Relationship of Depression to Cardiovascular Disease

19  

Columbia Swap

Meera Narasimhan, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Neuropsychiatry, Subspecialty - General Psychiatry, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Lessons Learned from STAR*D

26  

Juan DeLecuona, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Health Behavior

Medical College of Georgia

ECT: Survivor or Victim of the Health Care System?