Conference Notes #2

Accommodations -- Room Block closes Friday, Sept. 14!
The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa

26 N Royal Street
Mobile, AL 36602

APPA has reserved a block or rooms at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa but room are selling out quickly.

The conference rate is $159 per night. Make your hotel reservations by calling (866) 316-5-957 and asking for the Alabama Psychiatric Physicians Association room block. Make a room reservation online.

Note: The APPA Room block closes Sept. 14. Reserve your room today!

Call for Abstracts - Deadline is Sept. 21
In conjunction with the Fall Conference, APPA will host a Resident/Medical Student Poster Contest. Residents and students who are interested in participating are asked to coordinate with a faculty member in preparing a poster for the meeting.

The posters are assigned abstract numbers and are published on the APPA website so count as “Published Abstracts” on your CV. This is a very easy way to build your academic portfolio!

Abstracts should be sent to Luke Engeriser, MD, lengeriser@altapointe.org, by Sept. 21 for consideration. Read abstracts from the Spring 2018 Conference.

Conference Spotlight: Use of Hormones in Mental Health Care
Richard E. Blackwell, PhD, MD

Richard E. Blackwell, PhD, MD, is professor emeritus in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama - Birmingham. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine with residency and internships at UAB Hospital. He also completed a fellowship at The Salk Institute in San Diego, Calif. He is board certified in reproductive endocrinology/infertility.

Dr. Blackwell will speak on Use of Hormones in Mental Health Care on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 9:45 a.m.

Agenda

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Look Who's Coming

Laura Baird, LPC, Montgomery Psychiatry Associates, Montgomery
Richard E. Blackwell, PhD, MD, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Judith Bowen, MD, DFAPA, Drs. Bowen & Kowalski LLP, Birmingham
Garrett Dunn, UABSOM - Huntsville
Mark Erickson, MD, Anchorage, AK
Zaunklay Finnila, MD, UAB Family Medicine, Huntsville
S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH, Tufts University, Cambridge, MA
Griffin Gibson, MD, USA/AltaPointe, Mobile
Leona J. Graham, MD, Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, Tuskegee
James A. Jeffery, MD, Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama, Decatur
Stephen Kowalski, MD, DFAPA, Drs. Bowen & Kowalski LLP, Birmingham
John R. Langlow, MD, New Directions, Alabaster
Clinton Martin, MD, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Janaki Nimmagadda, MD, Ireland Center - Childrens Behavioral Health, Birmingham
Steven Shows, JD, ProAssurance, Homewood
Terri Steele, MD, Eastside Mental Health Center, Birmingham
Lindsey Stewart, MD, USA Health System, Mobile
Patrick Tapia, MD, Affiliated Mental Health Services, Inc., Birmingham
Stephen M. Taylor, MD, MPH, FASAM, Pathway Healthcare, LLC, Birmingham
Harold Veits, MD, DLFAPA, Private Practice, Mobile

Conference Vendors

APPA depends on support from vendors to make our conference affordable for attendees. Please share our prospectus with companies who visit your facility and invite them to be an exhibitor. Contact Meghan Martin for details.

APPA thanks the following companies for their support of our Spring 2018 Conference!

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alfasigma USA, Inc.
Alkermes, Inc.
Allergan
AltaPointe Health Systems
Brainsway USA
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lundbeck
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
ProAssurance, Inc.
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Team Health
TEVA Pharmaceuticals
Wexford Health Sources, Inc.

Objectives

Acquire a widening of conceptual and diagnostic framework, and become aware of the insufficiencies of current diagnostic concepts and processes.
Name endocrinological factors and safe treatments in psychiatric patients with hormonal abnormalities.
Recognize the dilemma involved in performance enhancing drugs, addiction risks, and needed treatments in high school and college athletes.
Identify findings about intra-familiar suppression or enhancement of sexual attraction, and apply the Westermarck effect and related findings to a clinical population.
Describe prime risk scenarios, safe diagnostics, treatment and documentation strategies, and ways to provide safety to patients, coworkers and physicians.

The Alabama Psychiatric Physicians Association 2018 Fall Conference offers attendees 7.5 hours of instruction.

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Accommodations -- Room Block closes Friday, Sept. 14!The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa

Conference Spotlight: Use of Hormones in Mental Health Care Richard E. Blackwell, PhD, MD

Accommodations -- Room Block closes Friday, Sept. 14!
The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa

Conference Spotlight: Use of Hormones in Mental Health Care
Richard E. Blackwell, PhD, MD