MGH 50th Annual Psychopharmacology Conference: Program & Speakers

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

Hands-on ticketed workshop on initiating, monitoring, and troubleshooting clozapine treatment.

Frank Tazari, MBBS, PhD, MBA

Ticketed workshop reviewing core pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles underlying psychiatric prescribing.

Eden Evins, MD, MPH · Jodi Gilman, PhD · Julia Arnsten, MD · Randi Schuster, PhD

Ticketed evening session examining the evidence for and against medical cannabis use.

Theodore A. Stern, MD · Christopher M. Celano, MD · Amy Newhouse, MD

Ticketed evening session on managing medical comorbidity in psychiatric patients.

Kamryn Eddy, PhD · Laura Holsen, PhD · Ashley Dunford, PhD · Esther Dechant, MD · Jennifer Thomas, PhD · Evelyna Kambanis, PhD · Kendra Becker, PhD

Ticketed evening session covering assessment and treatment of obesity and the spectrum of eating disorders.

Matthew Lahaie, MD, JD · Ronald Schouten, MD, JD · Nikhil Mathews, MD, JD · Christine Darsney, PhD

Ticketed evening session on medicolegal issues facing prescribing clinicians.

Uma Naidoo, MD · David Mischoulon, MD · Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM · Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DrMedSc · Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD, MBA · Kimberley A. Parks, DO

Ticketed evening session on how nutrition, lifestyle change, and metabolic health intersect with psychiatric treatment.

Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD

Current evidence-based pharmacologic management of the depressive phase of bipolar disorder.

Roy Perlis, MD

Maintenance treatment strategies for keeping bipolar disorder stable over time.

Maurizio Fava, MD

Sequenced strategies for depression that has not responded to standard antidepressant trials.

Amit Chopra, MBBS, DFAPA

Managing the sleep disruption that accompanies and perpetuates post-traumatic stress disorder.

Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD

An update on pharmacologic treatment across the anxiety disorders.

Lee S. Cohen, MD

How mood and anxiety disorders behave during pregnancy and how to treat them safely.

Marlene P. Freeman, MD

Recognition and treatment of depression and anxiety in the postpartum period.

Meaghan Rudolph, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BC

Evening seminar on medication strategies for urgent psychiatric presentations.

John Winkelman, MD, PhD

Evening seminar on medication management of insomnia and other sleep disorders.

Daphne Holt, MD, PhD

Evening seminar on identifying and intervening in the earliest stages of serious mental illness.

Maren Nyer, PhD

Evening seminar on lifestyle interventions as adjuncts to psychiatric treatment.

Cristina Cusin, MD

Evening seminar on brain stimulation and neurosurgical options for refractory psychiatric illness.

Laura Fagioli Petrillo · EdM, MD

Evening seminar on hormonally influenced mood disorders across the reproductive lifespan.

Theodore A. Stern, MD

Evening seminar on assessment and management of suicidal patients.

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

Early intervention and pharmacologic management of first-episode psychosis and schizophrenia.

Abigail Donovan, MD

Preventing and treating the metabolic, motor, and other adverse effects of antipsychotic medications.

Cristina Cusin, MD

Translating the ketamine and esketamine evidence base into safe clinical use for depression.

Joan Camprodon, MD, MPH

An overview of TMS, ECT, and other device-based and interventional treatments.

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

Recently approved and pipeline agents for schizophrenia, including novel mechanisms.

Franklin King, MD

The current state of psychedelic-assisted therapy research and its clinical implications.

John F. Kelly, PhD

Strategies for boosting and sustaining recovery outcomes beyond initial addiction treatment.

James Barrett, PhD · Frederick Cabral

Evening seminar on practical assessment of violence risk in clinical settings.

Jennifer R. Gatchel, MD, PhD

Evening seminar on prescribing considerations unique to older adults.

Khadijah Watkins, MD, MPH

Evening seminar re-examining the evidence behind the antidepressant black-box warning in young people.

Kaloyan S. Tanev, MD

Evening seminar on the psychiatric sequelae of TBI and their management.

Jodi Gilman, PhD

Evening seminar on the brain mechanisms underlying substance use disorders.

Gagan Joshi, MD

Evening seminar on recognition and care of autism spectrum disorder in adults.

Chris McDougle, MD

Evening seminar on medication management of co-occurring symptoms in autism.

David Mischoulon, MD, PhD

Evening seminar on the evidence for supplements and natural products in psychiatry.

Vinod Rao, MD, PhD

Pharmacotherapy for alcohol and opioid use disorders.

Anne Eden Evins, MD

Evidence-based approaches to helping patients quit smoking and nicotine use.

Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD

Medication strategies for obsessive-compulsive disorder, including augmentation for partial response.

Erica Greenberg, MD

Treating body dysmorphic disorder, tic disorders, and other conditions in the OCD spectrum.

Sabine Wilhelm, PhD

How cognitive-behavioral therapy and emerging digital and AI tools are being used to treat OCD-spectrum conditions.

Mai Uchida, MD

Diagnosis and treatment of bipolar and other mood disorders in children and adolescents.

Timothy Wilens, MD

An update on ADHD pharmacotherapy across the lifespan.

Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD

Clinically important psychotropic drug-drug interactions and how to avoid them.