2021 Program Schedule

9:45 am to 10:00 am

Welcome Remarks
Alyson Kuroski-Mazzei, DO, DFAPA - President, NC Psychiatric Association; CEO, HopeWay

10:00 am to 11:00 am

Lecture: "Pathways to Burnout"
Glen Gabbard, MD

11:00 am to 11:15 am

Wellness Break Sponsored by HopeWay: Tools to Assess Disordered Eating
Greer Mitchell, JD, MD, Director of HopeWay’s Center for Eating Disorders

Virtual Exhibit Hall

11:15 am to 12:15 pm

Lecture: “Leadership on Issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”
Patrice Harris, MD 

12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Non-CME Sponsored Lunch Symposium: "Managing Patient Challenges with Functioning and Quality of Life in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression"
Richard G. Petty, MD Sponsored by Sunovion

Lunch; Virtual Exhibit Hall

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

Lecture: “Psychiatric Complications of COVID-19: Potential effects of COVID on the Mind”
Paul Riordan, MD and Colin Smith, MD 

2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Panel: “Pros & Cons of Measurement Based Care”
Harold Kudler, MD, Ish Bhalla, MD, and Dhipthi Brundage, MD 

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

NCPA Annual Business Meeting

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Halloween Escape Quest - Open to Residents and Medical Students

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

NCPA Virtual Cocktail Hour

8:00 am to 8:45 am

NCCCAP Annual Business Meeting; Virtual Exhibit Hall

9:00 am to 10:00 am

CONCURRENT TRACKS

Lecture (General Track): “Military and Veteran Mental Health”
Justin Johnson, MD

Lecture (Child & Adolescent Track): “It’s Not Posttraumatic; it’s Current Traumatic: Tackling the Pressing Needs of Latinx and Immigrant Youth and Families ”
Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH

10:00 am to 10:15 am

Wellness Break Sponsored by HopeWay: Guided Meditation
Talia Scott, MS, MAAT, LCMHCA, HopeWay Art Therapist

Virtual Exhibit Hall

10:15 am to 11:15 am

CONCURRENT TRACKS

Lecture (General Track): “2021 Updates on the Opioid Epidemic: COVID 19 Impact on Overdose and Medical Co-Morbidities associated with Opioid Use Disorder"
Robyn Jordan, MD, PhD

Lecture (Child & Adolescent Track): “U wa shv u da nv te lv/ The One who Helps You from the Heart: Historical and present day lessons and considerations in work with American Indian/Alaskan Native Youth and Families in healing from the pandemic”
Freida Saylor, MSW, LCSW

11:15 am to 12:30 pm

Lunch Break; Virtual Exhibit Hall

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

CONCURRENT TRACKS

Lecture (General Track): “Treatment of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy: Hopeful or Hopeless?"
Charles Scott, MD 

Panel Discussion (Child & Adolescent Track): Rising to the Challenge: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Racial Minority Youth
Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH, Freida Saylor, MSW, LCSW, and Erikka Dzirasa, MD, MPH 

1:45 pm to 2:45 pm

Lecture: "Smartphone Apps for Mental Health"
John Torous, MD 

2:45 pm to 3:00 pm

Wellness Break Sponsored by HopeWay: Drumming
JD McNutt, HopeWay Pastoral Care Coordinator & “Drumming Guy” 

Virtual Exhibit Hall

3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Workshop: "Evaluating Mental Health Apps"
John Torous, MD 

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Museum Storytelling Tour of the National Museum of African American History & Culture hosted by the NCPA Race, Ethnicity and Equity Committee

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Women's Breakfast open to all women attendees

Virtual Exhibit Hall

9:00 am to 10:00 am

Sethi Award Lecture: “Targeting Brain Circuitry in Mood Disorders to Reduce Symptoms and Suicide”
Hilary Blumberg, MD

10:00 am to 11:00 am

Lecture: “Sleep Disorders in Psychiatry”
Ruth Benca, MD, PhD

11:00 am to 11:30 am

Wellness Break Sponsored by HopeWay: Horticultural Therapy “Container Garden”
Bobbie Mabe, HopeWay Horticultural Therapist 

Virtual Exhibit Hall

11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Lecture: “Top Research Findings”
Chris Aiken, MD

1:00 pm to 1:05 pm

Closing Remarks