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2022 National Council Meeting

Watch the 2022 Annual National Council Meeting

Belmont Country Club
181 Winter Street, Belmont, MA

9:00 a.m.  Light Breakfast – Informal time to meet and greet

10:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions and Overview

10:15 a.m. McLean Hospital Updates

  • Scott L. Rauch, MD
    President and Psychiatrist in Chief, McLean Hospital
    Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Chair of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
    Chair, Mass General Brigham Psychiatry and Mental Health
    Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Questions and Discussion

10:50 a.m. McLean on the National Stage: Leading the Way in Research and Treatment of Psychotic Disorders

  • Dost Öngür, MD, PhD
    Chief, Division of Psychotic Disorders, McLean Hospital
    Director, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Research Program, McLean Hospital
    Director, LEAP Center, McLean Hospital
    William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Questions and Discussion

11:30 a.m. Informal Lunch

12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion – School- and College-Aged Youth and Mental Health

  • Michael-Macht Greenberg, PhD, MPH
    Senior Director, Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
    Interim Associate Chief Operating Officer, McLean Hospital
    Lecturer on Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Part-Time, Harvard Medical School
  • Maggie Gorraiz, PhD
    Program Director, School Consultation Service, McLean Hospital
    Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School                   
  • Caitlin M. Nevins, PhD
    Director of Psychological Services, College Mental Health Program, McLean Hospital
    Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School             
  • Jacqueline Sperling, PhD
    Program Director, McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, McLean Hospital
    Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Questions and Discussion

1:05 p.m. Philanthropy and Campaign Updates

Questions and Discussion

1:30 p.m. Break

1:45 p.m. Roundtables/Ask the Expert Discussions (Participants may choose 3 topics)

“Psychedelics” and the Future: Ketamine and the Emerging Pipeline of Novel Agents for the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety

  • Robert C. Meisner, MD
    Medical Director, Ketamine Service, McLean Hospital
    Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Trauma’s Effects on Heart Disease

  • Antonia V. Seligowski, PhD
    Director, Neurocardiac Effects of Stress and Trauma Laboratory, McLean Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD
    Chief Scientific Officer, McLean Hospital
    James and Patricia Poitras Chair in Psychiatry
    Chief, Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders, McLean Hospital
    Director, Neurobiology of Fear Laboratory, McLean Hospital
    Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Bridging the Research to Practice Gap in Psychotic Disorders

  • Kathryn Eve Lewandowski, PhD
    Director of Clinical Programming, McLean OnTrack, McLean Hospital
    Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Ann K. Shinn, MD, MPH
    Director of Clinical Research, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Building Resiliency in Caregivers of Older Adults

  • Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc
    Chief, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
    Senior Medical Director, Value Based Care Solutions, Population Health Management, Mass General Brigham
    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Marie Clouqueur, LICSW
    Geriatric Case Manager, Outpatient Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital

Understanding Aggression in Psychiatric Illness

  • Caroline B. Palavicino-Maggio, PhD
    Director, Neurobiological Mechanisms of Aggression Laboratory, Basic Neuroscience Division, McLean Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Jennnifer R. Fanning, PhD
    Associate Psychologist, Center for Depression, Anxiety and Research, Adult Outpatient Services, McLean Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

All Roads Lead to the Middle: Practicing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in Everyday Life

  • Sophia L. Maurasse, MD
    Medical Director, 3East Girls Intensive and Step-Down Programs, McLean Hospital
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Aligning Psychiatry and Neuroscience: The Role of Digital Data in the Study and Treatment of Psychiatric Illness

  • Bill Carlezon, PhD
    Chief, Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Center of Excellence in Basic Neuroscience Research, McLean Hospital
    Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Chair in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
    Director, Behavioral Genetics Laboratory, McLean Hospital
    Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Justin T. Baker, MD, PhD
    Director, Laboratory of Functional Neuroimaging and Bioinformatics, McLean Hospital
    Scientific Director, McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Faith and Resiliency in Mental Health

  • Angelika A. Zollfrank, MDiv, BCC, HEC-C
    Chaplain at McLean Hospital
    Certified Educator, ACPE
    Spirituality and Mental Health Program, McLean Hospital

3:40 p.m. Break

3:55 p.m.  Panel Discussion – At the Forefront of Addiction Treatment After Covid

  • Roger D. Weiss, MD
    Chief, Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, McLean Hospital
    Director, Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction Clinical Research Program, McLean Hospital
    Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • R. Kathryn McHugh, PhD
    Chief of Psychology, McLean Hospital
    Director, Stress, Anxiety and Substance Use Laboratory, McLean Hospital
    Associate Psychologist, Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, McLean Hospital
    Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Rocco A. Iannucci, MD
    Director, Fernside, McLean Hospital
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School  
  • Jungjin Kim, MD
    Medical Director, Proctor 1 Inpatient Unit, Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, McLean Hospital
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Questions and Discussion

4:30 p.m.  Closing Remarks

  • Kristine M. Trustey          
  • Scott L. Rauch, MD

4:35 p.m.  Meeting concludes

5:00 p.m. Reception