DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
GRAND ROUNDS

FEBRUARY- JUNE 2006

February 3   
"Privacy, HIPPA, and Unintended Consequences for Science"           
David R. Koepsell, J.D., Ph.D
Adjunct Assistant Professor
State University of New York at Buffalo
Executive Director
Council for Secular Humanism, Amherst, NY

February 10 
"Fibromyalgia:  Pathophysiology of Chronic Pain and Potential Pharmacologic Treatment Options"
Victoria Brooks, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Chief Resident
Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo

February 17 
"Confronting the Silence:  Whistle-Blowing in Science and Medicine"
Miriam Shuchman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Core Faculty
Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

February 24 
FACULTY MEETING     
ECMC             
CONFERENCE ROOM C

MARCH

March 3   
"Neuroimaging in Psychiatry"     
Kuldip Jassal, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

March 10 
"Mind, Body, Spirit Inside and Outside of Medicine"   
Henry E. Cretella, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

March 17 
"The New Psychosomatic Medicine:  An Illustration from Pediatric Asthma"
Gregory K. Fritz, M.D.
Professor and Director
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Brown University Medical School
Director of Child and Family Psychiatry
Hasbro Childrens Hospital, Providence, RI

March 24 
FACULTY MEETING     
ECMC             
CONFERENCE ROOM C

March 31 
"Lessons Learned from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita"   
Martin J. Drell, M.D.
Carl Adatto Professor of Community Psychiatry
Head of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
APRIL

April 7   
"The Return of Focus Live: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Update"
David L. Kaye, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

April 14 
NO GRAND ROUNDS - PASSOVER/GOOD FRIDAY
   
April 21
DOUBLE PROGRAM

8:00-9:00 A.M.
"Should We Use Medications for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Children?"
Boris Birmaher, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Director of Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Program
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA

9:00-10:00 A.M.
"Neural Substrates of Implicit and Explicit Emotional Processes"   
Richard D. Lane, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

April 28 
"Criminalization of Mental Illness"
Zebulon Taintor, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Clinical Director, Bedford Hills, Great Meadow (Behavioral Health Unit)
formerly Sing Sing (Community-Oriented Re-entry Program) Correctional Facilities
***PLEASE NOTE - THE FACULTY MEETING WILL BE HELD AT BPC DIRECTLY
FOLLOWING THE ABOVE PROGRAM***

MAY

May 5   
"Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): The Role in Current Psychiatry"
Neha Gauri, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

May 12 
FACULTY MEETING     
ECMC             
CONFERENCE ROOM C

May 19 
NO GRAND ROUNDS - APA

May 26 
NO GRAND ROUNDS - MEMORIAL DAY

JUNE

June 2   
"Augmentation Strategies for Treatment-Resistant Depression"   
Rebecca Phillips, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Psychiatry
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
June 9   
"Management of the Psychiatric Patient with Co-Morbid Substance Use Disorders"
David R. Gastfriend, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Vice President  Medical Affairs         
Alkermes, Inc., Cambridge, MA

July 21-23
SECOND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY CONFERENCE NIAGARA FALLS,
NY- PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED