Former Speakers Archives

Anissa Abi-Dargham, MD

Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Stony Brook University

Deb Adler

Advisory Board, OPEN MINDS

Rebecca S. Ahdoot, MD, FASN, MD, FASN

Assistant Professor — Department of Nephrology
Director – PKD Partner Clinic at the UCI School of Medicine*

Samuel Allen, PhD (LUND)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Noy Alon, BS

Medical Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Laura Anguiano, PhD (OPDC)

Senior Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Timothy Aungst, PharmD

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) Worcester, MA

Elizabeth Bennett, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Mark Benvenga, MA (LUND)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Alan Blau, PhD (LUND)

Principal Medical Science Liaison

Chris Bojrab, MD

President of Indiana Health Group, and Chief Medical Officer of M-Life

Jeff Bounds, PhD (LUND)

Liason

Medical Science Liaison

Greg Broutman, PhD (LUND)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Molly Burich, (OPDC)

Senior Director, Reimbursement & Health Policy, Government Affairs, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Jacquelyn Canning, PharmD, BCPP (OPDC)

Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Tamar C. Carmel, MD (he/him)

Psychiatrist and Medical Director of Mental Health Services at Central Outreach
Wellness Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Daniel Carpenter, PhD

Senior Director, Product Manager, Digital Therapeutics
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. (OAPI)

Alf Carroll, MS, PA-C (he/him) (OPDC)

Clinical & Scientific Liaison, Nephrology

Alison A Carroll, LCSW-R

People USA Consultant and Former Senior Vice President of Business Development at The Mental Health Association of Westchester New York

Marshall Cates, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, FCCP, FALSHP

Professor & Chair Department of Pharmacy Practice

Maxine Chen, PhD

Director, U.S. Medical Affairs, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization

Steven Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP

Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the USC School of Pharmacy and the William A. Heeres and Josephine A. Heeres Chair in Community Pharmacy.

Craig Chepke, MD, FAPA

Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Private practice at Excel Psychiatric Associates in Huntersville, NC, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry for Atrium Health and University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Allan Chrisman, MD

Associate Professor Emeritus, Duke University School of Medicine

Allan Chrisman, MD

Associate Professor Emeritus, Duke University School of Medicine

Henry Chung, MD

Senior Medical Director for Behavioral Health Integration Strategy, Montefiore Care Management Organization
Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Joseph Cirrincione, PharmD, MBA (OPDC)

Senior Managed Market Liaison

Carolyn Clevenger, DNP, RN, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FGSA

Professor of Transformative Clinical Practice, Emory University School of Nursing, Clinical Director and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner at Integrated Memory Care Clinic

Christine Costa, Ph.D., DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Nurse practitioner, Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center

Deidra Couch, PhD (LUND)

Principal Medical Science Liaison

Elizabeth Crane, MBA, M.Ed.

Founder & Chief Vision Officer of It’s All Good Here

Christiian Storm Credle, PsyD (he/him/his)

Director of Behavioral Health at Mazzoni Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA

Harry Croft, MD

Psychiatrist and medical educator in the San Antonio, TX area.

Robert N. Cuyler, PhD

Chief Clinical Officer, Freespira, Inc

Marla Dallal, PharmD, RPH

Clinical & Scientific Liaison (Nephrology)

Heather Davidson, PhD

Kathy Day, MPA, BA, AA

Caregiver & Mental Health Advocate in Sacramento, CA; Former Member, Sacramento County Mental Health Board, Active in legislative reform at local and federal levels

Carl DeFranco, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Speakers

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Elizabeth DiNapoli, PhD (OPDC)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Paul M. Duck

Chief Strategy Officer, OPEN MINDS

Ken Duckworth, MD

Chief Medical Officer, National Association for Mental Illness

Dante Durand, MD, MBA

Vice Chair of Clinical Services & Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Chief Medical Officer at Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital in Miami, FL.

Margaret Emerson, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Aaron Emmel, PharmD, MHA, BCPS

Nephrology Senior Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Michael Filsinger, PA-C, MPA

Clinical & Scientific Liaison (Nephrology)

Caroline Fisher-O’Neill, Esq.

Director, State Government Affairs, OAPI

Don Fowls, MD

Payer Section Advisor; President of Don Fowls & Associates in Scottsdale, AZ; Senior Advisor, Alera Health; Senior Advisor, The Menges Group; Past President and Legislative Chair, Arizona Psychiatric Society

Heidi Fusco, PM&R

Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Medical Director, Brain Injury Unit, Queens Nassau Nursing and Rehabilitation; Assistant Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Program

Marie Anne Gebara, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh

Wesley Geminn, PharmD

Chief Pharmacist, TN Dept. Of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Nashville, Tennessee

Cathy Gilbert

Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS, former Vice President II, Network Development at Magellan Healthcare Inc.

Paul Gionfriddo

President & CEO, Mental Health America

Gonzalo Gonzalez, DNP, APRN, NP-C

Nephrology Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Michael F. Green, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Director of the VA Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) on Enhancing Community Integration for Homeless Veterans,
Director of the Treatment Unit of the VA Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC)

E. Jeffrey Greenberg, MD

Neurologist at Princeton & Rutgers Neurology, P.A., Co-Founder of Advanced Clinical Institute

George T. Grossberg, MD

St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MS

Martin Guerrero, MD, JD

Forensic and Geriatric Psychiatrist, El Paso, Texas

Jane Guo, PharmD, MBA

Managed Market Liaison

Caroline Harris, MSW, LCSWA

Hospice Home Clinical Social Worker Associate at Hospice of the Piedmont in North Carolina

Mariah Henderson-Cadigan, PA-C (she/her)

Physician Assistant at Tufts University and LGBTQ Health Educator at Tufts and Northeastern University PA Programs in Boston, MA

Sharon Hicks, MSW, MBA

Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS, former Chief Operating Officer for Community Care Behavioral Health.

Napoleon Higgins, MD

Psychiatrist, Bay Pointe Behavioral Health Services;
Former President, Black Psychiatrists of America

Max Hyams, PharmD, RPh (OPDC)

Nephrology Medical Science Liaison

Brian Iacoviello, PhD

Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY

Jasmin Inman, PharmD

Former Managed Market Liaison, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDE, RPh (OPDC)

Former Senior Medical Science Liaison

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH

Co-founder of WILD-5 Wellness®

Philip G. Janicak, MD

Adjunct Professor and Consultant to the Therapeutic Neuromodulation Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Distinguished Life Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association

Julleah Johnson, PhD (OPDC)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Carolyn Jones, PhD

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Jessica Kanai, PharmD (OPDC)

Medical Science Liaison

Adam Kaplin, MD, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer, MyMD Pharmaceuticals

Laura Kaponer, CPSS

Mental health advocate, blogger, and Certified Peer

Daniel Karlin, MD

Chief Medical Officer, MindMed, New York, NY

Areef Kassam, MD, MPA

Community Health Network Psychiatry Residency Associate Program Director

James T. Kenney, RPh, MBA

President, JTKENNEY, LLC

John Kern, MD

Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center

Brandon Kitay, MD, PhD

Director of Behavioral Health Integration, Emory Healthcare
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine

Mariko Kobayashi, PhD (OPDC)

Medical Science Liaison

Luke Kramer

Executive Director of STARR Coalition

Phillip Lai, PharmD, BCPP (OPDC)

Medical Science Liaison

Gina Lau, PharmD (OPDC)

Regional Medical Lead

Walter Lawhorn, PharmD (OPDC)

Regional Medical Lead

William Lawson, MD, PhD

Psychiatrist
Adjunct Professor, UMSOM
Professor Emeritus,
Dell Medical School

Steven Leifman, JD

Associate Administrative Judge, Miami-Dade County Court – Criminal Division

Chloe Liu, PhD (OPDC)

Senior Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Richard Louis, III

Vice President, OPEN MINDS

Stephen Loyd, MD

Medical Director Cedar Recovery, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

Karimah S. B. Lynum, PharmD, MBA, BCPP

Medical Director, US Medical Affairs, Neuroscience, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical

Soheyla L. Mahdavian, PharmD, BCGP, TTS

Associate Professor | Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Division of Pharmacy Practice
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Gin Malhi, MD

Executive and Clinical Director of the CADE Clinic Royal North Shore Hospital, Head of the Discipline of Psychiatry at University of Sydney, President of International Society of Bipolar Disorders

Mojgan Makki, MD, DFAACAP

Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry Private Practice, Chicago & Northbrook, IL; Solutions Northshore IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program); Psychiatric School Consultant, multiple locations, Illinois; Distinguished Fellow AACAP

Vladimir Maletic, MD

Serves as Clinical Professor, Psychiatry/Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, SC

Sean Maloney, DO, MPH

Director, Occupational Health and Safety, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Laura Mandos, BS, PharmD, BCPP

Remington Professor of Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Stephen R. Marder, MD

Vice Chair of Education, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Daniel X. Freedman Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Director, VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center,
Director, Section on Psychosis, Semel Institute for Neuroscience at UCLA

Dwayne Mayes, MS

Program Director of the Recovery Network & Peer Training Program at the Mental Health Association of Westchester; former board member of the International Association of Peer Specialists

Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC

Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto,
Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Tara McKinley, PharmD (OPDC)

Liason

Managed Market Liaison

Nicole Meade, PhD (OPDC)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Michael Measom, MD

Medical Director, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Volunteer of America, Salt Lake City, Utah

Albert Mei, PharmD

National Lead for Digital Innovation and Managed Ambulatory Care, Elevance Caremore

Chip Meyer, PhD (OPDC)

Sr. Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Chip Meyer (he/him), PhD (he/him) (OPDC)

Sr. Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Reza Moghadam, PharmD, MBA

Executive Director, Head of Field Medical Affairs for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Sherry Molock, PhD, M.Div.

Associate Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences,
The George Washington University

Marjorie Morrison, LMFT, LPC

CEO & Co-Founder of Psych Hub™

Stephen Murray, PharmD, MBA (OPDC)

Regional Medical Lead

Kristen Nagy, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP

Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator-Psychiatry;
Assistant Professor-Sandra and Leon Levine Psychiatry Residency Program,
Atrium Health Behavioral Health, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte

Nichole Neugebauer, PhD

Medical Science Liaison, CNS

Jeffrey Newcorn, MD

Professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, and director, Division of ADHD and Learning Disorders at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the director of Pediatric Psychopharmacology for the Mount Sinai Health System, and supervising psychiatrist in the Student Trainee Mental Health Program at Mount Sinai.

Lyndsey Nguyen, MS, BA

Senior Health Care Analyst National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

Ifeanyi Olele, DO, MBA, MS

DRAFT

Psychiatrist & CEO at Genesis Psychiatric Solutions, Washington DC & Genesis TMS and Wellness, Fairfax VA

Monica E. Oss

Chief Executive Officer and Founder of OPEN MINDS

Dennis Pabis, PharmD, BCPP (OPDC)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

America Paredes

VP of Partners & Community Outreach at MHA

Sagar Parikh, MD, FRCPC

John F Greden Professor of Depression and Clinical Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Director, University of Michigan Depression Center

Evelyn Parrish, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Access Wellness Group; Associate Professor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Dr. Susan Partovi, MD

Medical Director of Homeless Health Care Los Angeles (HHCLA)

Hiten Patadia, PharmD (OPDC)

Liason, Medical Science Liaison, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Managed Market Liaison

Gary Pattee, MD

Clinical Neurologist, Neurology Associates, P.C.

Alyssa Peckham, PharmD, BCPP (OPDC)

Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Aderonke Pederson, MD

Director of Research Equity in the Clinical Trials Network and Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and a Member of the Faculty of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

Sarah Perret, MS, BS

Associate Editor, npj Women’s Health, Boston, MA

Bob Pitasi, PharmD, BCPP, MBA

Medical Science Liaison

John Poikonen, PharmD

Director of Clinical Informatics at Avhana Health

Valerie Purdie-Greenaway, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY

David Purselle, MD, MSCR

Board-certified psychiatrist with over 20 years of clinical experience, Director of Georgia Psychiatric Consultants and an adjunct faculty member at Morehouse School of Medicine

Roueen Rafeyan, MD

Psychiatrist & Chief Medical Officer for Gateway Foundation Addiction Treatment Centers and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Justin Rash, PharmD, BCGP (OPDC)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Vladimir Reiser, PhD (LUND)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Steven Remillard

Manager, Market Policy, Highmark & Advisory Board Member, OPEN MINDS*

Anthony J. Rissling, PhD (LUND)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Patricia Rohman, PharmD, MBA

Senior Managed Market Liaison

Alan Rosenthal, PharmD (LUND)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Harvey Rosenthal

CEO of the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)

Jennifer Rothman

Senior Manager, Youth & Young Adult Initiatives, NAMI

Martha Sajatovic, MD

Psychiatrist, Director Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center, University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center and Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Dara Sanandaji

Author, Filmmaker, Consultant, Humanist
Golder Rule Media, LLC; Golden Rule Solutions, LLC

John A. Schall, MPP

Chief Executive Officer of Caregiver Action Network

Laurie Scherrer

Individual with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Roy Scherrer

Care Partner to an Individual with Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Nina R. Schooler, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; State University of New York Downstate Medical Center

Sabrina Segal, PhD

Medical Writer of NEI

Rachel Self, PhD, MS (OPDC)

Medical Science Director, Neuroscience Field Medical Affairs

Nimish Shah, DNP

Co-Founder of Progressive Therapeutics

Carrie Shaw, MD

CEO & Founder of Embodied Labs

Shayan Shirazian, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Samuel Shillcutt, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Mercer University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Dennis Sholler, PhD (OPDC)

Senior Medical Science Liaison, CNS

Shan Siddiqi, MD

Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director of Psychiatric Neuromodulation Research, BWH Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics; Associated Neuropsychiatrist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital center for Brain/Mind Medicine

Richard Silvia, PharmD, BCPP

Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Jonathan Singer, PhD, LCSW

Esteemed author and scholar, with expertise in suicide prevention and social worker. He serves as Professor at Loyola University’s School of Social Work, is an emeritus president of the Association of Suicidology, founder & host of the Social Work podcast, as well as PsychU speaker & collaborator.

Sue Smith, PharmD (OPDC)

Clinical & Scientific Liaison

David Smith, MD

Psychiatrist
Clinical Faculty

Roger Sommi, PharmD, FCCP, BCPP

Associate Dean, UMKC School of Pharmacy - University of Missouri

Kelly Stein-Marcus, PhD

Regional Director– East, Field Medical Affairs, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Becky Stoll, LCSW

Vice President of Crisis and Disaster Management, Centerstone

Shirin Sundar, PhD

Clinical & Scientific Liaison (Nephrology)

Suresh Sureddi, MD

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth and as Clinical Faculty at a number of universities in Texas including San Angelo State and University of Texas Tyler.

David Swain, MBA

Innovative marketing professional with extensive experience developing national marketing campaigns and successfully forging and optimizing strategic alliances with both established Fortune 500 and emerging corporate partners.

Jason Swartz, RPh, MBA (OPDC)

Managed Market Liaison

Samantha Sweeney, PharmD, MBA (OPDC)

Senior CNS Medical Science Liaison

Arturo Taca, MD

Psychiatrist and Medical Director, INSynergy Treatment Center, St Louis, MO
Chief Medical Officer, Speranza Therapeutics

Tazin Aijaz, PharmD, BCPS

Nephrology Senior Medical Science Liaison
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.*

April D. Thames, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry, Chief Psychologist of Adult Division (Psychology) at UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

Michael Thase, MD

Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine; Director of the Mood & Anxiety Disorders Section; Researcher, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Christopher Thomas Tobias, MS, MHA, CHF, PA-C (he/him/his)

Director of Academic Education & Clinical Assistant Professor for Physician Studies at the School of Health Professions; Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

Michele Truman Jones, PharmD (LUND)

Senior Medical Science Liaison

Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD, PhD

Faculty, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), Duke University

Nina Vasan, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer of Real; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine; Founder and Executive Director of "Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation."

Dawn Velligan, PhD

Director, Division of Community Recovery, Research Training, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

Justin Volpe

Certified Recovery Peer Specialist, Miami-Dade County’s 11th Judicial Criminal Mental Health Project Jail Diversion Program

Harriet A Washington

Professor of Bioethics, Columbia University
Award Winning Author of Medical Apartheid

Dr. Heidi Waters, PhD (OPDC)

Sr Director, Policy Research Health Outcomes

Alyssa Weers, PharmD (OPDC)

Liason, Medical Science Liaison, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

Clinical & Scientific Liaison

Carla White, BS, PharmD, RPh

Pharmacist and Associate Dean of Organizational Diversity and Inclusion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy