Grand Rounds Schedule

Location: Online (via Zoom)

Date/Time: Thursdays, 10:30 am to Noon

Spring 2024

Date Presenter(s) & Discussant(s) Title of Presentation
January 4th, 2024 No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!

No Grand Rounds – Happy

Holidays!

January 11th, 2024

Yamane A. Makke, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology
  • Program Director, Epilepsy Fellowship
    • MFA-The George Washington University Epilepsy Center
“EEG in psychiatric disorders”
January 18th, 2024

Marc Ruszaj, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Karen Block, MSW

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Case Conference
January 25th, 2024

Miglia Cornejo, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Lisa Catapano, MD, PhD

  • Clinical Associate Professor
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Case Conference
February 1st, 2024

Veda Ghodasara, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
James Griffith, MD

  • Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Vice Chair for Education
    • GWU School of Medicine
Case Conference
February 8th, 2024

Emily Rosen, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
James Griffith, M.D.

  • Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Vice Chair for Education
    • GWU School of Medicine
Case Conference
February 15th, 2024

Nina Govalla, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Benedicto Borja, M.D.

  • Director of Residency Training Program
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Case Conference
February 22nd, 2024

James Lockhart, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Allen Dyer, M.D.

  • Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Case Conference
February 29th, 2024

Prudhvi Bandi, MD

  • PGY-III Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:
Benedicto Borja, M.D.

  • Director of Residency Training Program
  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Case Conference
March 7th, 2024

Hira Mohyuddin, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Involuntary Hospitalization”
March 14th, 2024

Martin Clark, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Borderline Personality Disorder: the persona non grata of psychiatry”
March 21st, 2024

Darren Jackson, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Improving Trauma Informed Care In The Context Of Growing Gun Violence Within Marginalized U.S. Communities”
March 28th, 2024

Marissa Penn, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A New Light for Difficult to Treat Psychiatric Diagnoses”
April 4th, 2024

Aryan Taffreshi, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

 

“Next Generation Psychotropics: Drug Discovery and Treatment of Mental Illness via Muscarinic & Glutamatargic Pathways”
April 11th, 2024

Rina Samant, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
"Exploring Psychiatric Disorders in Children Post Solid-Organ Transplant”
April 18th, 2024

Vignesh Sadras, MD

  • PGY-II Resident of Psychiatry
    • GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy – Lessons Learned”
April 25th, 2024

Myrna M. Weissman, PhD

  • Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry
    • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Mailman School of Public Health
  • Co-Director Division of Translational Epidemiology and Mental Health Equity
    • New York State Psychiatric Institute

Stuart Sotksy, MD Endowed Lecture on Mood Disorders

“Interpersonal Psychotherapy : The Global Reach”

May 2nd, 2024 NO GR – Resident Retreat NO GR – Resident Retreat
May 9th, 2024

Kathryn Abell, DO

  • Assistant Professor
    • GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
"Management of Postpartum Depression: New Developments in Maternal Mental Health"
May 16th, 2024

Darshana Bhattacharyya, MD

  • Assistant Professor
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
"Implementation of Collaborative Care"
May 23rd, 2024

Clifford Sussman, MD

  • Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist
  • Internet and Gaming Specialist
“Digital Use Disorders: 3 stages of treatment”
May 30th, 2024

Stephanie Kielb, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Clinical Neuropsychologist
    • GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
“Subjective Cognitive Decline and its Role in the Early Detection of Dementia”
June 6th, 2024

Yolanda Haywood, MD

  • Senior Associate Dean for Diversity & Faculty Affairs
  • Associate Dean for Student Affairs
    • GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Grace Henry, Ed.D.

  • Assistant Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
  • Interim Director, GW Upward Bound
  • GW Anti-Racism Coalition Lead Process Manager
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Program Manager, GW Collaborative for Inclusive Excellence
  • Professorial Lecturer of Higher Education Administration, Graduate School of Education and Human Development
    • GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences
"Dismantling Racism in our Academic Medical Enterprise: An Aspirational Goal"
June 13th, 2024

Kenneth Ashley, MD, ACPsych, FACLP, DLFAPA

  • Associate Professor of Psychiatry
    • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Director, Outpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
    • Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior

“Mental Health and Health Inequities Through the Lens of HIV”

June 20th 2024

Charles P. Samenow, MD, MPH

  • Associate Clinical Professor
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

 

Stokes Endowed Lecture on Marriage, Family Life and Human Sexual Behavior

“The Intersection of Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQI+ and Commit Sexual Offenses”

Accreditation

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing education for physicians. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this continuing medical education activity for 1.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physicians' Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

CME certificates will not be issued on an activity-by-activity basis. However, a transcript of CME credits earned through GW grand rounds may be requested from the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Professions by calling 202-994-4285.