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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, June 1, 2023
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PT
    Orientation Session (Non-Accredited)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    DJ & Karaoke
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM PT
    Welcome Session: P.O.W.E.R.

    Presenter: Stacey Flowers

  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PT
    Learn About an Oral Treatment Option for Adults With Schizophrenia or Bipolar I Disorder
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PT
    Moving Forward: Evolving Practices for Identifying, Assessing, and Managing Tardive Dyskinesia
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    A Clinical Approach to Antidepressant Therapies: A Survey of Current and Evolving Treatment for the Management of Depression

    Speaker: Ilan Melnick, MD – Passageway Residences of Dade County

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    A Team Approach to the Management of Anxiety Disorders

    Speaker: Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC – Private Practice, Austin, Texas

    Speaker: Mark Zimmerman, MD – Brown University

    Speaker: Vanessa Joy Walker – Living After Crisis Inc.

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Before and After: Comprehensive Management of Peri-partum Mental Health

    Speaker: Melanie Barrett, MD – International Society of Reproductive Psychiatry

    Speaker: Moushumi Mukerji, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CNM – BodhiPsych Psychiatric Nursing/Wellmind Online

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM PT
    Putting it All Together in Bipolar Disorder: Novel Treatment Options Focused on the Whole Patient

    Speaker: Veronica Ridpath, DO – HopeHealth

    Speaker: Desiree Matthews, PMHNP-BC – Monarch, Charlotte, NC

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM PT
    Surmounting Challenges in the Treatment of MDD: A Light at the End of the Tunnel

    Speaker: Craig Chepke, MD, DFAPA – Excel Psychiatric Associates

    Speaker: Rakesh Jain, MD – Texas Tech - Permian Basin

    Speaker: Lara Shirikjian, DO – Collaborative Neuroscience Research

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    Medication Assisted Treatment for Addiction Disorders

    Speaker: Arwen Podesta, MD – Podesta Wellness

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    Navigating Personality Disorders: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder and Differential Diagnosis

    Speaker: Mark Zimmerman, MD – Brown University

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT
    Telehealth Post-Pandemic: What You Need to Know

    Speaker: Edward Kaftarian, MD – Orbit Health Telepsychiatry

  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PT
    Exhibit Hall
  • 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM PT
    Elevate Takes Las Vegas at Bird Bar!