2021 Clinician Educator Showcase

March 25, 2021

The Clinician Educator Showcase highlights the accomplishments of the faculty, physicians, and trainees in the Clinician-Educator career pathway and utilizes interactive plenary and breakout sessions to disseminate information on: strategies for career advancement for individuals in the Clinician-Educator pathway; clinical practice and quality improvements, and resources and tools for enhancing teaching methods.

Target Audience

Residents, clinician-educator track psychiatrists, researchers engaged or interested in clinical research (e.g. service delivery, etc.), clinicians in both inpatient and ambulatory care facilities, students and other members of the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) community are invited to attend.  Participation by all individuals is encouraged. Advance notification of any special needs will help us provide better service. Please notify us of your needs at least two weeks in advance of the program by calling Jeanie Knox Houtsinger at 412-246-6784. 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the program, participants should be able to: 
 
1.    Describe and implement strategies for creating an environment of diversity, equality and inclusivity through improved engagement and counteracting unconscious bias when interacting with individuals from different racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. 
2.    Demonstrate increased awareness of innovative approaches and tools to provide quality behavioral health clinical and educational programming as COVID-19 pandemic safety guidelines evolve. 
3.    Understand and apply electronic medical record tools to improve efficiency and workflow.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
03/16/2021
Course expires: 
06/30/2021
Event starts: 
03/25/2021 - 11:00am EDT
Event ends: 
03/25/2021 - 4:25pm EDT
Live Virtual Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

FACULTY AND SHOWCASE PARTICIPANTS

Kurt Ackerman, MD, PhD, FACLP, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Jade Alessandro, BA, Improvement Specialist, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Lauren Andrews, MD, PGY3 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Robert Arnold, MD, Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Jatinder Babbar, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Jennifer Beckjord, PsyD, Senior Director, Clinical Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Deborah Beer, DNP, RN-BC, CNE, Director, Clinical and Operational Informatics, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Martina Bison-Huckaby, MBA, SHRM-HBA, Manager, Physician Learning and Development, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Patrick Buckley, MD, PGY3 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Piper Carroll, MD, Child & Adolescent Clinical Fellow, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Allison Collier, MD, Child & Adolescent Clinical Fellow, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Jacquelin Esque, MD, Child & Adolescent Clinical Fellow, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Noreen Fredrick, DNP, RN, Vice President of Ambulatory and Community Behavioral Health Services, Community Behavioral Health Network at UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Katherine Fu, MD, Child & Adolescent Clinical Fellow, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Jessica Gannon, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Neiladri Ghoshal, BSN, MS, Unit Director, Transition to Recovery, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Blake Gibson, MD, PGY3 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Cassandra Gibson, MD, PGY3 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Jody B. Glance, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Priya Gopalan, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Brandon Hage, MD, PGY3 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Elizabeth Hale, MD, Geriatric Psychiatry Clinical Fellow, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Camellia Herisko, DNP, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, CRNP, Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President of Operations and Patient Care Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Elizabeth Hovis, MD, PGY4 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Sansea Jacobson, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Julie Kmiec, DO, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Jeanie Knox Houtsinger, BA, Director, Academic Affairs, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

David A. Lewis, MD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Thomas Detre Professor of Academic Psychiatry, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Medical Director and Director of Research, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Jeffrey Magill, MS, CTR, Manager, Emergency Preparedness, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Hader Mansour, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Cristin McDermott, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Nazeeha Micciche, MD, Triple Board Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Brooke Molina, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Darcy Moschenross, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Mark Nakhla, MD, PGY4 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Kenneth C. Nash, MD, MMM, Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Sarah Pedersen, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Gina Perez, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Ryan Peterson, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Amy Rasmussen, MD, PGY4 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Loren Roth, MD, MPH, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Sabrina Schiela, MS, BSN, RN, Informatics Nurse, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Justin Schreiber, DO, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Neeta Shenai, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Jeannette South-Paul, MD, Andrew W. Mathieson, UPMC Professor and Chair, Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Meredith Spada, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Keith Stowell, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Rafael Tamargo, MD, PGY3 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

Camille Tastenhoye, MD, PGY3 Resident, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

James D. Tew, Jr., MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Brian Thoma, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Michael J. Travis, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Rameshwari Tumuluru, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Robin Valpey, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Harriet R. Wortzman, MBA, EdD, Clinician Education & Academic Manager, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

Lori Zippay, Academic Administrator, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
 

POSTER SESSION PARTICIPANTS

Lauren Andrews, MD Considerations for Diversion of Pediatric Patients with Mental Health Crises

Patrick Buckley, MD Integrating Payer and Provider Data to Identify Factors Associated with Outpatient Psychiatric Follow-Up After Inpatient Psychiatric Consults

Allison Collier, MD Characterization of Psychiatric Consultations for Adolescents in the Adult Hospital Setting

Blake Gibson, MD Placental Inflammation and its Association with Childhood Psychiatric Disease

Cassandra Gibson, MD Are We There Yet?” Do Psychiatric Boarding Times At a Pediatric Hospital Justify Development of Targeted Clinical Programming?

Jacquelin Esque, MD & Amy Rasmussen, MD First Episode Psychosis and the Role of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist

Katherine Fu, MD An Intensive Outpatient Program Designed for College Students is Effective in Lowering depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Anxiety Symptoms

Elizabeth Hale, MD Palliative Care Psychiatry: Integrative Models for Integrated Care

Mark Nakhla, MD  Patients Experiencing Homelessness in the Inpatient Psychiatric Setting

Rafael Tamargo, MD  Changing Practices for Psychiatric Assessment and Post-Discharge Follow Up among Post-Cardiac Arrest Patients

Camille Tastenhoye, MD  Beyond Postpartum Depression: Managing Psychiatrically Complex Patients with Obstetric Needs Using an Integrated Interdisciplinary Approach
 

Faculty Disclosure
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity including members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.

The following relevant financial relationships were disclosed:

Robert Arnold, MD – VitalTalk.org Board Member and Editor, Up-to-Date
David A. Lewis, MD – Grant/Research Support: Pfizer and Merck; Consultant: Astellas
Justin Schreiber, DO – Consultant: Gateway Health Plan
Jeannette South-Paul, MD – Grant/Research Support: Cultural Aspects of Contraceptive Choice - Investigator Initiated Grant

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Accreditation and Designation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.5 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 4.50 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 4.50 Attendance
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