Welcome to PsychU!

Speakers

PsychU provides a platform to spotlight perspectives and experiences across the behavioral health field — from innovative clinical professionals and experienced executives to community leaders and advocates. Hear from speakers and organizations helping to improve the lives of individuals with mental health needs.

Caleb Adler
Caleb Adler, MD

Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Vice-Chair for Clinical Research; Co-Director of the Division of Bipolar Disorders Research

Marc E. Agronin
Marc E. Agronin, MD

Advisor, Agitation Section Advisor

Agitation Section Advisor; President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP); Senior Vice President for Behavioral Health and Chief Medical Office for the Memory and Research Center at MIND Institute; Affiliate Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

George Alexopoulos
George Alexopoulos, MD

DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar, Founding Director, Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine

Timothy Aungst
Timothy Aungst, PharmD

Section Advisor, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Manju Beier
Manju Beier, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP

Advisor, Long-Term Care Section Advisor

President & Founder, Geriatric Consultant Resources, LLC; Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan

David Block
David Block, MD, MMM, FAPA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Western University of Health Sciences, Loma Linda University and California University of Health and Medicine; Private Practitioner, Costa Mesa, CA

Yadagiri Chepuru
Yadagiri Chepuru, MD, FAPA

Chief of Psychiatry, St. John's Riverside Hospital, Yonkers, NY

Carl DeFranco
Carl DeFranco, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Former Speakers

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Bennett Doughty
Bennett Doughty, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP

Clinical Assistant Professor, Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science

Joseph Goldberg
Joseph Goldberg, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Lea Grinberg
Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD

Full Professor & a John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation Endowed Professor, UCSF Memory and Aging Center; Professor of Pathology, University of Sao Paulo

Joel Holiner
Joel Holiner, MD

Psychiatry Specialist with The Holiner Psychiatric Group.

Saundra Jain
Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC

Adjunct Clinical Affiliate for the School of Nursing at the University of Texas, Austin; Co-founder of WILD-5 Wellness®

Catherine Judd
Catherine Judd, MA, PA-C, CAQ-Psy

Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Texas Southwestern School of Health Professions

Darcy Leon
Darcy Leon, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Jonathan Lockhart
Jonathan Lockhart, MD

Psychiatrist, Office of Jonathan C. Lockhart MD

Rodrigo Machado-Vieira
Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, MD, PhD, MSc

Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences & Director of the Experimental Therapeutics & Molecular Pathophysiology Program (ETP), Faillace Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth - Houston

Margaret Mays
Margaret Mays

Vice President, Staff Accreditation, at Carelon Behavioral Health & Advisory Board Member, OPEN MINDS

Doug McLaughlin
Doug McLaughlin, DO

Staff Psychiatrist, Cleveland Clinic;
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Sanjai Rao
Sanjai Rao, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Residency Training Director, University of California, San Diego (UCSD); Site Director for Residency Training, VA Medical Center in San Diego, CA

Leon Ravin
Leon Ravin, MD

Psychiatrist and Statewide Psychiatric Medical Director for the Division of Public and Behavioral Health, State of Nevada

Lawrence Reccoppa
Lawrence Reccoppa, MD

Regional Psychiatric Director, Wellpath; Staff Psychiatrist, Behavioral Health Services CMHC

Chet Robachinski
Chet Robachinski, MD

Psychiatric Director, Bailey-Boushay House, Seattle, WA; Founding Partner, Associates in Behavioral Health

Stephen R. Saklad
Stephen R. Saklad, PharmD, BCPP

Advisor, Bipolar Disorder Section Advisor

Director, Psychiatric Pharmacy Program, UT Health Science Center San Antonio; Clinical Professor, UTHSCSA, School of Medicine, Pharmacotherapy Education & Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy; and Clinical Pharmacologist, San Antonio State Hospital, Texas Department of State Health Services

Salvatore G. Savatta
Salvatore G. Savatta, MD

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

Steven C. Stoner
Steven C. Stoner, PharmD

Associate Dean for Student Affairs/Clinical Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy

Marci Sturgeon-Rusiewicz
Marci Sturgeon-Rusiewicz, MS, LPC, NCC, CPSS, CPRP

Senior Manager of Recovery Services, Wesley Family Services

Michael Townsend
Michael Townsend, MA, LSW/LCSW

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Gateway Counseling Center

Richard Weisler
Richard Weisler, MD

Psychiatrist, Richard H. Weisler, MD & Associates; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

William Wirshing
William Wirshing, MD

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Keck USC School of Medicine; and Medical Director of Exodus Recovery, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA