Welcome
Welcome to our 2024 Fall Meeting of the Psychiatric Society of Virginia. The meeting will be held at Hilton Richmond Downtown, Richmond, VA, October 4-5, 2024. Our meeting's theme is “Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry and Improving Mental Health Care.” Keeping the theme in mind, we have planned for an academic extravaganza and have partnered with the Virginia Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (VCCAP). Lecture topics include improving our understanding of the mental health and related issues of our patients, ongoing challenges to child mental health care, and the importance of being up-to-date with the advances and psychosocial issues related to psychiatry.
On Friday, October 4th, we will start the day with a panel discussion by VCCAP on the Unmet Needs in Virginia’s Foster Care System. The panelists for the sessions are Dr. Felicity Adams-Vanke from Carilion Clinic, Dr. Annie Wright from the Virginia Treatment Center for Children/Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Miss Mira Singer, Special Advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources for Foster Care, and Miss Rebecca Morgan, President of the Virginia League of Social Services Executives. After the panel discussion, Dr. Abhishek Reddy from Carilion Clinic will conduct a session for the Psychiatric Society of Virginia on Sleep Medicine for Child Psychiatrists. This will be followed by our Friday evening reception, a valuable opportunity for our members to connect with each other and network with our local legislators and sponsors of our meeting. Our legislative advisors will provide us with key updates and an opportunity for us to inquire about advocacy for us and our patients.
We will start the morning sessions on October 5th with our keynote speaker, Dr. Vishaal Madaan, the Chief of Education and Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Madaan will talk about Lifelong learning in psychiatry in the era of Personalized Medicine. After the keynote speech, Dr. William Harp, Executive Director of the Virginia Board of Medicine, will discuss Stigma as a Psychodynamic Force. Before the poster competitions and lunch break, Dr. Dhruv Gupta, a Forensic Psychiatrist from the New York State Office of Mental Health, will be talking about Violence and Trauma in Mental Health Care Settings. After the lunch break and business meeting, we will have a breakout session for residents and early career psychiatrists on red flags during contract negotiations when looking for a job by Dr. Janie Lozosvski, Associate Program Director and Assistant Professor the Lewis Gale Psychiatry Residency program at Salem, VA.
The afternoon session from the PSV will include Ageism in Mental Health Care by Dr. Shriti Patel, Program Director and Geriatric Psychiatrist from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Religion and Psychiatry by Dr. James Griffith, Professor of Psychiatry at George Washington University, and Updates in Clozapine and Barriers to prescribing it by Dr. Alex Ambrose, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at VCU, and Dr. Katie Adams, Clinical Assistant Professor at VCU School of Pharmacy.
The afternoon session from the VCCAP will include Early Childhood Mental Health by Dr. Mary Margaret Gleason, Vice Chair of Psychiatry at the Children's Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA, Treatment and Management of Serious Self Injury in Youth with Developmental Disabilities by Dr. Lee Wachtel, Medical Director at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, and Adolescent Substance Use Disorders by Dr. Ait Daoud Tiouririne, Professor in Psychiatry at University of Virginia.
We will conclude our day with a panel discussion with our speakers.
We look forward to seeing you in Richmond.
Sincerely,
Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS
PSV President