DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
GRAND ROUNDS
JANUARY - JUNE 2007

January 12, 2007 
"Clinical Grand Rounds:  Why Do We Give 5/2 To Our Agitated Patients?"
Steven L. Dubovsky, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
and
Calvert G. Warren, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Medical Director, CPEP, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY

January 19, 2007 
"The Happy Slug - Fatigue and Apathy in the Treatment of Depression"
Vijay Amarendran, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

January 26, 2007 
Faculty Retreat beginning at 12:00 PM
Ramada Hotel and Conference Center
(for details contact Kellie Hoerter 898-5941)
 
February 2, 2007 
To Be Announced
 
February 9, 2007 
"PTSD and Chronic Pain:  Understanding the Synergy" 
Gayle Beck, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
 
February 16, 2007
"Dawn to Dusk:  Managing Sleep and Wakefulness in Psychiatric Patients"
Thomas L. Schwartz, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

February 23, 2007
"Perceptions and Beliefs on Religion and Spirituality and Its Role in Psychiatric Treatment"
Jesus Salvador A. Ligot, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Chief Resident, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY

March 2, 2007
8:00 AM
FACULTY MEETING
ECMC SMITH AUDITORIUM     
 
March 9, 2007 
"Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Chronic and Acute Neuropathic Pain - A Review"
Tariq Latif, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

March 16, 2007
"From Shunned to Shining:  Impact of Media on Psychiatry"
Vrushali Gersappe, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

March 30, 2007
"Psychiatry and the Movies"     
Steven Hyler, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY

April 12, 2007
(Thursday) 8:00 AM
FACULTY MEETING
ECMC SMITH AUDITORIUM

April 13, 2007
"Addressing Metabolic Disturbances with Antipsychotic Treatments"
Natalie Rasgon, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Program
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

April 20, 2007
"The Deconstructive Experience"     
Robert Gregory, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
     
May 4, 2007 
"Drug Company-Physician Relationships"
Frederick S. Sierles, M.D.
Professor and Director of Medical Education in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL

May 11, 2007
"Psychosocial Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Progression" 
Karen Weihs, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Comprehensive Member
Arizona Cancer Center University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

May 18, 2007
8:00 AM
FACULTY MEETING
ECMC SMITH AUDITORIUM

June 1, 2007 
"Targeted Treatment for Persons with Schizophrenia"
Lewis A. Opler, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer
New York State Office of Mental Health, New York, NY