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Forward42nd Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. PLEASE CONTACT NANCY MUNDY AT [email protected]
The Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference is typically an annual in person meeting at which the advances in schizophrenia research and treatment are reviewed by experts in the field. This year’s meeting will be in person at the Sheraton Station Square.
NOTE: If you are UPMC and Western Psychiatric Hospital employee and your department is paying your tuition, please have your supervisor complete the form here first, then return to complete your registration
IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHAT REGISTRATION CATEGORY TO SELECT, PLEASE EMAIL NANCY MUNDY AT [email protected]
REGISTRATION CLOSES MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST
Target Audience
The conference is designed to disseminate the latest clinical and research findings to a wide audience: psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians, including nurses, social workers, psychologists, service coordinators, researchers, patients and their relatives, mental health policy administrators and others who intend to keep current regarding treatment and research in schizophrenia.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Describe Dietary Interventions Targeting Immune Dysregulation and Metabolic Abnormalities in Schizophrenia
- Explain how artificial intelligence might be used as a tool in considering possible diagnoses of schizophrenia
- Identify the features of two efficacious, manualized interventions, Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET) and Helping Ourselves Experience and Pursue Success (HOPES, a form of social skills training that are options for schizophrenia patient care.
- Describe a shared understanding of auditory-motor processing in psychosis, leading to improved assessment and integrated treatment approaches.
- Describe a model of how to write content of patient education materials for persons with schizophrenia
7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 to 8:45 am Introduction and Background
K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD
8:45 to 9:30 am Auditory Rhythm Perception in First-Episode Psychosis.
Brian Coffman, PhD
9:30 to 10:15 am AI technologies to improve diagnostic reliability and provide neurobiological basis for the diagnosis.
Konasale Prasad, MD
10:15 to 10:45 am Break – visit the Art Show – Purchases must be made via credit card payment only
10:45 to 12:00 pm Cognitive Enhancement Therapy and Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia
Matcheri Keshavan, MD & Russell K. Schutt, PhD
12:00 to 1:00 Lunch – On your own
1:00 to 1:15 Lorraine Williams scholarships announced
Jessica Gannon, MD
1:15 to 2:45 pm Presentation of Hogarty Award
Review of Work – Shaun Eack, PhD
Presentation of Plaque– Susan Hogarty, RN, MSN
Gerard E. Hogarty Excellence in Schizophrenia Research Memorial Lecture: From Gut to Brain: Dietary Interventions Targeting Immune Dysregulation and Metabolic Abnormalities in Schizophrenia.
Deanna L. Kelly, PharmD., BCPP
2:45 to 3:15 pm Break – visit the Art Show – Purchases must be made via credit card payment only
3:15 to 4:00 pm A Model for Developing Written Education Materials for Persons with Schizophrenia
Elizabeth Kistler, MD, Patrick Frailey, MD
4:00 to 4:30 pm Musicians
4:30 pm Closing Remarks & Adjournment
K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD
All presentations are introductory to intermediate instructional levels.
Course Director
K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Chief, Comprehensive Recovery Services
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
2025 Gerard E. Hogarty Excellence in Schizophrenia Research Memorial Award Winner
Deanna L. Kelly, PharmD., BCPP
Dr. William and Carol Carpenter Professor of Psychiatry for Mental Illness Research
Director, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC)
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Faculty
James and Noel Browne Endowed Chair
Professor, School of Social Work
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Brian Coffman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director – Clinical Neurophysiology Research Laboratory (CNRL)
Director of Research – UPMC Brain Mapping Center (BMC)
Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Konasale Prasad, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering
Western Psychiatric Hospital of UPMC
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Matcheri S. Keshavan, MD
Stanley Cobb Professor and Academic Head of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and
Massachusetts Mental Health Center,
Harvard Medical School
Professor Emeritus, Sociology, University Of Massachusetts - Boston
Research Associate, Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Elizabeth A. Kistler, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Attending Psychiatrist, Western Psychiatric Hospital UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
Patrick M. Frailey, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Attending Psychiatrist, Western Psychiatric Hospital UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
Jessica M. Gannon, MD
Medical Director of WPH Ambulatory eRecord
Medical Director of the CRS Ambulatory Clinics
CRS Director of Education and Training
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Attending Psychiatrist, Western Psychiatric Hospital UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
Susan S. Hogarty, RN, MSN
Senior Advisor
Consultant
ASCEND Program
Pittsburgh, PA
Continuing Education Credit
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 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer psychology continuing education by the American Psychological Association. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Psychologists completing this course receive 5.25 continuing education credits.
Licensed/Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: LSW/LCSW/LPC/LMFT
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 5.0 continuing education credits.
Counselors
Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5059. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This conference is approved for 5.25 hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Peer Specialists and other health care professionals are awarded maximum of .525 Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for this day of the conference. One CEU is equal to 10 contact hours.
- Please retain your certificates in a safe place. Replacements cost $30 for those that come from our office (Gen. CEU; NCC).
- Except for physicians requesting CME continuing education credit, variable credits are not provided. Participants requesting must attend the entire day.
- Although the evaluation is not mandatory, we appreciate your participation. Please expect the certificates from our office in four to six weeks post-conference. Those obtained from the registration site can be accessed immediately.
Available Credit
- 5.25 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.
- 5.25 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 5.25 APA
- 5.00 ASWB
- 5.25 Attendance