2023 UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Update Conference
Optimizing Clinical Care Using Technology: Clinical Mental Health Care and Digital Psychiatry
*Registration is open*
Link to register
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Cooley Center
Address: 7440 Cambridge St, Houston, TX 77054
Course Description
The 2023 UTHealth Psychiatry Update Conference will provide practitioners with updates on the latest advances in the recognition, behavioral and pharmacologic management of some major psychiatric disorders. This will be in the context of introducing clinicians to the opportunities and challenges that data science and digital health can offer to improve the quality of care they provide for their patients. The presentations will also give guidance on the ethical and effective use of technologies and the realistic planning for its clinical deployment.
Join us for this conference to hear the latest in behavioral and pharmacologic practices and to understand the current limits, implementation challenges, equity issues, and privacy and security considerations of available tools for the care of patients with mental health and substance use disorders.
This conference is intended for medical professionals, including physicians, psychologists, scientists, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, as well as residents, fellows, interns, and medical students.
Agenda
| 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. | Check-in and Breakfast | |
| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks | Jair Soares, MD, PhD Professor and Chair Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry Executive Director, UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| Keynote Speaker 1 | ||
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Digital Health and Data Science Opportunities and Challenges in Improving Access to and the Quality of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Care. | Alisa Busch, MD, MS Chief Medical Information Officer Director, Clinical Performance Measurement & Health Services Research McLean Hospital Associate Professor in Psychiatry Harvard Medical School |
| 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. | Q&A Session | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| Session 1 | Chair | Hua Xu, PhD The Glassell Family Distinguished Professor Director, Center for Translational AI in Medicine Associate Dean for Innovation, School of Biomedical Informatics UTHealth Houston |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Suicide Prevention: What Digital Analytics and Machine Learning Have Taught Us | Sarah Jackson, PhD The Glassell Family Distinguished Professor Director, Center for Translational AI in Medicine Associate Dean for Innovation, School of Biomedical Informatics UTHealth Houston |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Leveraging technology to treat PTSD | Ron Acierno, PhD Professor Vice Chair, Veteran Affairs Executive Director, UTHealth Trauma and Resilience Center Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Leveraging technology to monitor and support individuals with bipolar disorders. | Thomas Meyer, PhD Professor Director, Psychological Intervention & Research Program on Mood Spectrum Disorders Co-Director, The UTHealth Brain Collection for Research in Psychiatric Disorders Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| 12:00 - 12:30 p.m. | Medical Ethics and Professional Responsibility in the Era of Digital psychiatry. | Osama Osman, MD Professor Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. | Q&A Session | |
| 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch | |
| Session 2 | Chair | Osama Osman, MD Professor Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. | Optimizing Dementia Management | Antonio Teixeira, MD, PhD, MSc Professor Director, Neuropsychiatry Program Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. | Opioid and Substance Use Disorder | Michael Weaver, MD, DFASAM Professor Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Schizophrenia Treatment Update | Olaoluwa Okusaga, MD Associate Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Baylor College of Medicine |
| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Update on use of ECT, NMS in psych disorders. | Luis Fernandez, MD Assistant Professor Chief, Psychiatry Services, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Faillace Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston |
| 3:45 - 4:00 p.m. | Q&A Session | |
| 4:00 - 4:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
Educational Information
PHYSICIANS – UTHealth Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PSYCHOLOGISTS – The Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This activity provides 6.0 hours of psychology continuing education credits.
NURSING – UTHealth Houston Harris County Psychiatric Center is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Louisiana State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002179. This activity provides 6.0 contact hours of nursing continuing education.
SOCIAL WORKERS – This program has been approved for 6.0 credit hours in accordance with the requirements of the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. Provider Sponsor: UT-Harris County Psychiatric Center/Provider Number: CS1177.
Parking
For parking, please use the Research Park Complex Lot, located across the street from the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences Building and the UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry. Please click here to see a Google Map of the location.