Grand Rounds

All presentations are held in the Hartford Room from 12pm-1:15pm unless otherwise noted. The schedule below will include abstracts, learning objectives, and recommended readings for each presentation when available.

Upcoming Presentations (2021-22) Past Presentations (2021-22) Past Grand Rounds

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Out of an abundance of caution regarding COVID-19, presentations will be live streamed ONLY - no live attendance is being offered at this time.

This professional education activity supports the Institute's goal of clinical excellence and presents clinically relevant information from a variety of mental health disciplines. Areas of focus include new research and treatments, evidence-based practices, applied psychopharmacology and research on brain structure, and function, and current issues and controversies. In addition, several dates during the year are devoted to The Institute of Living Annual Treatment Update Series.

Grand Rounds is open to the community except on the Thursdays designated as "Case Conferences". These conferences may be held several times throughout the year and will be limited to clinicians employed by The Institute of Living and Hartford Hospital and active and consulting Department of Psychiatry medical staff.

Note: CMEs and Contact Hours will only be available to the Hartford HealthCare (HHC) community and credentialed community providers seeking AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM for an educational activity. This refers to HHC employed staff, HHC contracted staff and providers with HHC privileges. CMEs and Contact Hours are only available to those who participated in the live seminar.

2021-22 Grand Rounds Schedule

Date

Presentation

May 19, 2022

Herbert Y. Meltzer, MD Event: Annual Burlingame Award Lecture

Topic: From Haloperidol to Clozapine, Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs, Neutraceuticals, and Novel Targets for Treating Schizophrenia – Help is here with more on the way

Presented by: Burlingame Awardee, Herbert Y. Meltzer, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pharmacology and Physiology and Director of the Translational Neuropharmacology Program at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL.

Download the abstract and Zoom link

May 26, 2022

Grand Rounds canceled.

Past Presentations (2021-22)

Date	Presentation
May 12, 2022	Topic: Building Wellness Cultures and Systems to Improve Population Health Outcomes Presented by: Bernadette M. Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, VP for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer, the Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor for Evidence-based Practice and Dean of the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at OSU’s College of Medicine, and Executive Director of The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare.
May 5, 2022	Topic: IOL Case conference - for IOL staff only.
April 28, 2022	Topic: Choosing Wisely: Precison Medicine Approaches for Anxiety Disorders Presented by: Jeffrey R Strawn, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Cincinnati and at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Watch: https://youtu.be/kzKTVx5Uitw
April 21, 2022	Topic: NAMI’s Role in Providing Information & Support to People Affected by Mental Illness Presented by: Elizabeth B. Stafford, MPH, NAMI, National’s Director of Research. Watch: https://youtu.be/UqcoKyE70GI
April 14, 2022	Topic: OPIOIDS and SUICIDE Presented by: Paul Nestadt, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
April 7, 2022	Topic: Hoarding: Chasing a New Diagnosis Through Brain, Body, and Behavior Presented by: David Tolin, Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living, and an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Watch: https://youtu.be/7AGzH9cu53g
Mar. 31, 2022	Topic: Embracing Hope, Healing and Empowerment: Helping Victims of Multiple Traumas Reclaim Their Lives from Survivor to Thriver! Presented by: Susan M. Omilian, J.D., Author, Motivational Speaker and Attorney Watch: https://youtu.be/dv-B249uLlc
Mar. 24, 2022	Topic: Problem Solving Courts and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: The Power of Courts to Heal Presented by: Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, Broward County Court Judge, (17th Judicial Circuit, Florida) Watch: https://youtu.be/yLz5xXJbYHc
Mar. 17, 2022	Topic: Interstitial Medicine - The role of psychiatry in the complex interactions between mental disorders and medical conditions Presented by: Glenn J. Treisman, MD, Eugene Meyer III Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Watch: https://youtu.be/EasdjbckWJk
Mar. 10, 2022	Topic: Holocaust & Medicine Education for Resilient Professional Identity Formation: A Holocaust Survivor’s Daughter Teaches German Medical Students at Auschwitz Presented by: Hedy S. Wald, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Faculty, Harvard Medical School Pediatrics Leadership Program, and Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Medicine and the Holocaust.
Mar. 3, 2022	Topic: Care Management in Behavioral Health Care Presented by: Christopher T. Lim, MD, 4th-year psychiatry resident at Cambridge Health Alliance and a Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Watch: https://youtu.be/5-lIg9M9Ycg
Feb. 24, 2022	Topic: Is it Over YET? Healing the Healthcare Workforce through a Trauma-Informed Lens Presented by: Jennifer Ferrand, PsyD ABPP, Director of Hartford HealthCare’s Well-Being Department Watch: https://youtu.be/jaP4EujMB_E
Feb. 17, 2022	Topic: Controversies about the Diagnosis and Course of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Presented by: Dr. Birmaher, Endowed Chair in Early Onset Bipolar Disease and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and the Director of the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Spectrum Services Watch: https://youtu.be/kTHpTi29PuM
Feb. 10, 2022	Topic: Faith Communities and the Well-Being of LGBT Youth Presented by: Michael A. Norko MD, MAR, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine in the Law and Psychiatry Division; Director of Forensic Services for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Watch: https://youtu.be/d09XY3ylW1o
Feb. 3, 2022	Topic: Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: Where did it come from? Where is it going? What can we do about it? Presented by: Gabrielle A. Carlson, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook Watch: https://youtu.be/Vt7dxRzonnc
Jan. 27, 2022	Topic: IOL at 200: Reimagining Moral Treatment in a Contemporary Context Presented by: Javeed Sukhera, MD, Chair of Psychiatry at the Institute of Living and Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Hartford Hospital Watch: https://youtu.be/MrbJgOaKhRw
Jan. 20, 2022	Topic: Emergency Psychiatry Past, Present and Future Presented by: David Pepper, MD, Director of Emergency Psychiatric Services, Hartford Hospital Watch: https://youtu.be/fnfwxA2D640
Jan. 13, 2022	Topic: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Presented by: Patrick Senatus, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS, is the medical director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program at Hartford HealthCare’s Ayer Neuroscience Institute. Watch: https://youtu.be/nNMAquxUOFQ
Jan. 6, 2022	Topic: Healthcare Workplace Safety in New Hampshire Presented by: Lisa Mistler, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and attending psychiatrist at New Hampshire Hospital under a contract between Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and the State of NH. Watch: https://youtu.be/GBKPSitFibU
Dec. 16, 2021	Topic: Scientific Storm Warnings: What the Movement Toward Process-Based Therapy Portends Presented by: Steven Hayes, PhD, Nevada Foundation Professor, Behavior Analysis program, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada. Watch: https://youtu.be/butFitdnoq0
Dec. 9, 2021	Topic: Freaking out, shutting down, and leaning in: Neural and clinical adventures at the outskirts of the emotional landscape Presented by: Greg Siegle, PhD Watch: https://youtu.be/JbFPA0hja_o
Dec. 2, 2021	Topic: Understanding Pediatric Gender Identity through Childhood and Adolescence Presented by: Jack Turban, MD MHS
Nov. 18, 2021	Topic: Using Family-based Treatment for Youth with Eating Disorders Presented by: James Lock, MD, PhD Watch: https://youtu.be/SW1Nf-uYmls
Nov. 11, 2021	Topic: Rethinking Wellness: Brokering New Mental Healthcare Paradigms Presented by: Asante Haughton Read this: Blurring the Blue Line Watch: https://youtu.be/HD9b84wfW7Q
Nov. 4, 2021	Topic: The Very Important Patient and Health Care: VIPs, Behavioral Health Equity and Preferential Treatment Presented by: Brianna Pollock, PhD Watch: https://youtu.be/2ZiAvQcsO40
Oct. 24, 2021	Topic: Early Experience and Child Development: A New Science of Neurodevelopmental Optimization Presented by: Joan Luby, MD, PhD, the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Psychiatry (Child) at the Washington University School of Medicine, where she had founded and leads the Early Emotional Development Program Watch: https://youtu.be/N-KCajiDx9E
Oct. 21, 2021	Topic: Improving Mental Health through Technology: Clinical case studies from the patients’ perspective” Presented by: Luis R. Sandoval, Ph.D., licensed clinician and research staff in the Public Psychiatry Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School Watch: https://youtu.be/aaCimBFiFoI
Oct. 14, 2021	Topic: Esketamine Treatment at the IOL Presented by: Ben Anderson, MD, Center for Interventional Psychiatry / Esketamine Clinic, The Institute of Living Watch: https://youtu.be/i9fMSsNsivg
Oct. 7, 2021	Topic: The Recovery Support Specialist: Changing the Landscape of Behavioral Health Presented by: Karen Kangas, Ed.D; William Dantzler, RSS; Juan Torres, RSS; Tonya Cutler, RSS Watch: https://youtu.be/X-3paN8HbhU
Sept. 30, 2021	Topic: Structural Stigma and Coercive Mental Healthcare Presented by: James Livingston, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Watch: https://youtu.be/nG6tODkI0dI
Sep. 23, 2021	Topic: Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder: Current Evidence and Key Clinical Considerations Presented by: Natalie Gukasyan, MD, psychiatrist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Watch: https://youtu.be/00w2z4Q7hl4
Sep. 16, 2021	Topic: The Interface of Medical and Psychiatric Disorders: Focus on Cancer and Heart Disease Presented by: Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD, chair and professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Watch: https://youtu.be/8bRFL5wLVaI
Sept. 2, 2021	Topic: Mental Health in the Public Domain: Using Technology to Scale Our Impact Presented by: Matthew Peters, MD, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine