ADVANCES IN PSYCHIATRY

Grand Rounds - January 2008 through May 2008

Lectures are held each Tuesday beginning at 10:30 AM in Building 6, Auditorium, Bergen Regional Medical Center, from September through December (collation 10:00 AM.)

January 8
Treatment Challenges of Schizophrenia
Tin S. Chin, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Medical School

January 15
Case Presentation
Hanif Ramay, M.D. - Chief Psychiatrist, Assistant Medical Director - BRMC, L.P.
Anoosh Salman, M.D.- PGY-II Resident - BRMC, L.P.

January 29
TO BE RESCHEDULED Psychiatric Health in the Female Patient Population
Stephan Jeremy Quentzel, M.D., J.D., M.A.- Medical Director,
Beth Israel Medical Center

February 5
Understanding Bipolar Disorder

Suzanne Vogel- Scibilia, M.D.
President of the National Alliance on Mental Illness

February 12
Case Presentation
Erica Schiffman, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist – BRMC, L.P.
Stanislav Grabylnikov, M.D., PGY-II Resident, BRMC, L.P.

February 26
Advances in Schizophrenia Treatment
Naveed Iqbal, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

March 4
Differential Diagnosis and Management of Suicidal Behavior
Andrew Slaby, M.D., PhD., M.P.H.
Lenox Hill Hospital, NY

March 11
Treating Bipolar Patients
Tulio Ortega, M.D. - Medical Director
Orleans County Mental Health Services

March 18
Case Presentation
Asghar Hossain, M.D.
Interim Medical Director – BRMC
Mohammad Anjum, M.D., PGY-II Resident, BRMC, L.P.

March 25
Practical Approach to use of Atypical Antipsychotics
Samoon Ahmad, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist, Tisch Hospital, NYU Medical Center

April 1
Long Term Management of Bipolar I Disorder
Pritesh J. Shah, M.D. - Psychiatrist, Private Practice

April 8
Metabolic Concerns in Mental Illness
Terrance J. Bellnier, RPh, MPA, FASCP - Director, Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Program
SUNY University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

April 15
Case Presentation
Khaja Faisal, M.D.
Attending Psychiatrist– BRMC, L.P.
Marina Haghour-Vwich, M.D., PGY-II Resident, BRMC, L.P.

April 22
To be Announced

April 29
Advances in Schizophrenia
James C.-Y. Chou, M.D. -
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

May 6
To be Announced
Elizabeth Varas, M.D.
Private Practice

May 13
Case Presentation
Monica Dhingra, M.D.
Associate Director Psychiatry Residency Training Program – BRMC
Faiz Cheema, M.D., PGY-II Resident, BRMC, L.P.

May 20
To be Announced

Bergen Regional Medical Center, L.P. has developed this activity in accordance with the American Medical Association Ethical Opinions on Gifts to Physicians From Industry and on the Ethical Issues in C.M.E.

Supported In Part by:

Astra Zeneca
Forest
Bristol Meyer Squibb
Abbott
Pfizer
Eli Lilly
Janssen