Live Event – All Hands On Deck In The Treatment Of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): A Focus On Measurement-Based Care In Psychiatry & Primary Care

Salvatore G. Savatta, MD

Chair of Psychiatry, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ

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Dr. Salvatore G. Savatta received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from New York University, graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 2001 and completed his M.S. in Biostatistics Clinical Research Methods at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in 2005. Dr. Savatta has previously served as Director of Inpatient Psychiatry at New York Methodist Hospital, Medical Director of TMS Centers of America and both Deputy Chair and Interim Chair of Psychiatry at Trinitas Regional Medical Center. He presently serves as Chair of Psychiatry at Trinitas and has done so since May of 2020. Dr. Savatta completed his Psychiatry Residency at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center and completed a Public Service Psychiatry Fellowship and a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Dr. Savatta is Board Certified in both Adult Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He has tailored his clinical practice to focus on “difficult to treat” depression, and often includes the implementation of Neuromodulation techniques such as TMS, Esketamine, and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) when clinically appropriate.

Michael Townsend, MA, LSW/LCSW

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Gateway Counseling Center

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Mr. Townsend, is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Gateway Counseling Center where he assists the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with managing and directing the organization towards its primary objectives, serves as a member of the Boardof Directors, as well as the Chair of Audit Committee of the Mental Health Association in New York, and is also the President of GCC Transportation, LLC, which directs transportation services to the transit disabled and medically frail.

C. Brendan Montano, MD, PC

Director and Principal Investigator for Connecticut Clinical Research in Cromwell, Connecticut

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Dr. Montano is Director and Principal Investigator for Connecticut Clinical Research in Cromwell, Connecticut, where he also holds a private practice in internal medicine, specializing in preventative medicine and mood disorders. In addition, he is an attending physician at Middlesex Memorial Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut.

Brijesh Patel, PharmD (OPDC)

Medical Science Liaison

Becky Wong, PharmD, MBA (OPDC)

Medical Science Director

Speakers Salvatore G. Savatta, MD; Michael Townsend, MA, LCSW; and C. Brendan Montano, MD, PC are paid consultants for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. 
Speakers Brijesh Patel, PharmD and Becky Wong, PharmD, MBA are employees of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (OPDC)

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