Physician Health: Personal Challenges in Medical Practice, Presented by the TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation under the direction of Viki Chancellor, MD, Mansfield ; coordinated by Linda Kuhn, Texas Medical Association.
Friday, May 18, 2012, 2nd Floor, Lone Star A2

• 3 AMA PRA (Cat 1) credits
• 3 Ethics credits
• 3 AAFP (P) credits

Upon completion of the program, participants should be able to: 1) identify support systems that protect the public yet respect the autonomy of a physician who can practice safely with an accommodation for his or her disability; 2) recognize the impact of family system and marital relationship on physician performance; and 3) devise a workplace plan that discourages gender discrimination. Target Audience: Physicians and residents of all specialties; other health care professionals

• 12:30 pm: Welcome and Introduction, B. Dean McDaniel, DO, Victoria
• 12:35 pm: Practicing Medicine With a Disability, Sally A. Holmes, MD, Houston (Handout)
• 1:30 pm: Physician Family Well-Being, Catherin Roberts, MD, Dallas (Handout)
• 2:30 pm: Current Challenges for Female Physicians, Lois A. Killewich, MD, PhD, Galveston (Handout)
• 3:30 pm: Adjourn

For more information go to www.texmed.org

Psychiatry CME Category 1 at TMA in Dallas
Presented by the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians under the direction of Debra Atkisson, MD, Ft. Worth; coordinated by Claire Foster, Texas Medical Association.
Friday, May 18, 2012, 2nd Floor, Lone Star A1

• 6.25 AMA PRA (Cat 1) credits

Upon completion of this program attendees should be able to: 1) characterize the spectrum of arousal from adaptive through pathological and how this relates to both the anxiety disorders and performance anxiety; 2) recognize the signs and symptoms of substance abuse and dependence in the clinical population; 3) identify current treatment strategies for the most common anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; 4) identify the types and prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders reported in major studies of disaster survivors. Target Audience: Physicians practicing in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry

• 7:30 am: Welcome and Introduction, Debra Atkisson, MD, Ft. Worth
• 7:35 am: Music Performance Anxiety, Scott Winter, MD, Ft. Worth Heather Winter Hunnicutt, D.M, Soprano, Georgetown, KY(Handout)
• 9:15 am: Break
• 9:45 am: Addictions: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations, Stephen Vobach, MD, Dallas (Handout)
• 11:30 am: Lunch Break and Visit To Expo Hall
• 12:30 pm: Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Marianne Hopkins, MD, MPH, Dallas
• 1:45 pm: Break
• 2 pm: After the Unthinkable: Disaster Psychiatry 101, Carol North, MD, MPE, Dallas
• 3:30 pm: Adjourn

For Payment Information see www.texmed.org   (TMA members register and attend for free)

The Ken Altshuler MD Grand Rounds in Psychiatry Series announces:

Wednesday March 14 Noon:    Room NG3.112 at UTSWMC
Title: Transforming Awareness: Buddhism, Bakhtin, and Wittgenstein
Presented by: Dr. W. Larry Thornton, MD ~ Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern; Faculty, Dallas Psychoanalytic Center; Sabshin Teaching Award, American Psychoanalytic Association

The goal is to help clinicians listen in ways that foster changes in their patients’ self-awareness.

Educational goals:
1. Participants will learn new ways to listen to and understand their patients’ experience.
2. Participants will understand the usefulness of Buddhism and Bakhtin’s literary theory in understanding their patients’ experience..
3. Participants will better appreciate the role of certainty in mental life and see the benefits of questioning those certainties.

Lucy Dodd
Lucy.Dodd@UTSouthwestern.edu
Department of Psychiatry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. , Dallas TX 75390-9070
PH) 214.648.7392   FX) 214.648.7370

Presented by: Timothy Wolff, M.D.   Location: NG3.112   Time: 12 noon
Title: Processing Soldiers’ Stories
Light refreshments located in room NG3.202

Dr. Wolff obtained his undergraduate degree in Biology at Brown University in 1979. He went on to obtain his medical degree at U.T. Southwestern in 1983. Dr. Wolff did his internship and residency training at Baylor College of Medicine, which included work at the Houston VA Hospital, completing it in 1987. Dr. Wolff joined the U.T. Southwestern Faculty in 1987, initially working at the Dallas VA.  He is a professor of psychiatry.  Currently, Dr. Wolff serves as the assistant medical director at the Parkland Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic.  In addition, he is a staff psychiatrist at U.T. Southwestern Medical Center Student Health Services and at the Department of Psychiatry private practice clinic.  Dr. Wolff is a lecturer, advisor, and supervisor of psychiatry residents. He is one of the associate residency training directors for the psychiatry department. Dr. Wolff’s research participation has been in the areas of novel antipsychotics, suicide, and electroconvulsive therapy. Dr. Wolff has been honored by receiving the following awards: American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Fellow and Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. In addition, he is a member of the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (past president) and the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (Vice chair of the Academic Psychiatry Committee). Dr. Wolff is a past president of the U.T. Southwestern Medical School Faculty Senate.    For details contact Lucy Dodd  Department of Psychiatry  5323 Harry Hines Blvd.  Dallas TX 75390-9070  PH) 214.648.7392  FX) 214.648.7370

See http://ntspp.org/2011/10/13/3190/   or the top posting on this website.    For the registration form as a pdf document, see www.txpsych.org or write us at NTSPPchapter@gmail.com and we will be glad to forward the document to you.

We look forward to seeing you there!    The NTSPP Executive Council

NTSPP & DPC  Annual Joint Dinner Program
All Dallas Psychoanalytic Center members,  Psychiatrists, and Psychiatrists in training are warmly invited to
The 4^th Thursday Dinner Program
October 27, 2011 Thursday 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Adam Brenner MD: Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Theory
Wonderful Private Traditional Location (available by email)
6:30 pm Socializing & Cash Bar
7:00 pm Seated Three-Course Dinner***
7:30 pm Program begins

CME Category 1 credit  is free for DPC members and $25 for NonDPC members (please bring cash or check that night)

***DINNER INFO
Salad:   Mixed Field Greens with Granny Smith Apples, Blue Cheese, Tomatoes and Honey Mustard Dressing Vinaigrette
Entree:  Almond Crusted Salmon with  a Strawberry Beurre Blanc
Dessert:  Chocolate Mousse Cake
If you would prefer a Vegetarian  entree or Chicken Stuffed with Wild Rice and Cranberries or Seasonal Berries for dessert, you MUST let me (Catherin Roberts MD) know by Tuesday October 25, 5:00 p m at ntspprsvp@gmail.com.
If you have food allergies, you also need to let me know.

RESERVATION & PAYMENT INFORMATION:
All DPC members and Psychiatrists who are NOT Chapter Dues-Paid Members of NTSPP, All Psychiatrists in training who are NOT APA members: $50 per person
All NTSPP Chapter Dues-Paid Psychiatrists, All APA-member UTSWMC Psychiatrist trainees*:   $30 per person

 *UTSWMC Psychiatrists in training who sign up and pay will be offered any ACE (Advocacy, Charity, Education) Fund donations to trainee dinners available to offset their charge on a first-come basis.   UTSWMC Psychiatry PGY’s, be sure to email NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com as you pay to be placed on the ACE Fund wait list.
Psychiatrists please consider a donation to the ACE Fund specifying this dinner donation option. See http://ntspp.org/give-to-the-ace-fund/ for details.

PAY via PayPal (also your reservation) before October 25 at 5 pm:

Membership Status

Psychiatrist NTSPP CHAPTER DUES-PAID member $30.00 Psychiatrist NOT Dues-paid $50.00 UTSWMC Psychiatry Resident/Fellow APA/TSPP member $30.00 UTSWMC Psychiatry NOT APA/TSPP member $50.00 DPC Member $50.00

OR

PAY by check made out to NTSPP to Treasurer Leonora Stephens MD, 6350 LBJ Freeway, Suite 252, Dallas TX 75240  AND RESERVE by email to Catherin Roberts MD at ntspprsvp@gmail.com  before October 25.  *UTSWMC Residents & Fellows:  Any ACE fund donations will be distributed in order of your email reservation with confirmed payment.

Reserve and Pay by/Cancel for full refund by: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm.
Contact for Late Reservations, Cancellations, and Food Allergies: Catherin Roberts MD, ntspprsvp@gmail.com.
Check this website for last-minute changes.
Psychiatrists and psychiatrists in training not on our confidential email list? Write NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.

The SMU Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility organized in collaboration with The North Texas Neurophilosophy Network

Brain, Mind, and Science: The Future of Neuroethics

Thursday, February 10, 2011  8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Karcher Auditorium, Storey Hall, SMU Dedman School of Law

Featuring:
Paul Churchland, Ph.D.,Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
James Giordano, Ph.D., Director, Center for Neurotechnology Studies, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies|
Hank Greely, J.D., Deana F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law and Director, Stanford University Center for Law and the Biosciences
Thomas Metzinger, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Director, Theoretical Philosophy Group, Dept. of Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Ph.D., Chauncey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Duke Universi

FREE ATTENDANCE: There is no charge for attending this event but you must pre-register by visiting:  http://smu.edu/ethicscenter/register

CME/CEU ETHICS: $25 charge. This conference is approved for 6 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 6 hours of Medical Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and 6 hour CEU for Psychologists.  For CME/CEU, there is a $25 processing fee which must be paid at the door on the day of the conference.  For more information, call the Maguire Center for Ethics at (214) 768-4255.

Dallas Psychoanalytic Center’s Ethics Workshop:  Psychoanalytic Virtue & the Cultivation of the Therapist’s Character
John Z. Sadler, M.D.
Saturday, January 8, 2011    8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at UT Southwestern Medical Center/North Campus, Seay Building, NC 8.212 

Clinical ethics tend to focus on the quandary of the moment, but the demands of ethics occupy every psychotherapy hour. After a brief lecture on virtue theory as applied to professional practice, participants in this seminar will utilize group discussions to explore common vices and countermanding virtues in psychoanalytic practice. 

Our programs are offered free of charge (for CME Category 2), and we welcome anyone who is interested in attending.
DPC members:   CME Category 1 and CEU credits are provided to DPC members free of charge.
Nonmembers:   CME Category 1 credits are available to non-members for $25.   CEUs are available to non-members for $10.
 Questions?  Please call 214-696-9333.

Psychiatry Grand Rounds (CME 1) at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas,   8200 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, TX 75231,    Haggar Hall
 
December 16, 2010  12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.  SPECIAL DAY & TIME
 
“Marriage – The Impossible Institution”
 
Presented by:  James L. Knoll, III, M.D. of Pagosa Springs, Colorado ~ Former Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas 
 
OBJECTIVES:
As a result of this program, participants will be able to:
•           Discuss why marriage failure rate is so high.
•           Discuss how our present culture leans toward divorce.
•           Discuss some psychodynamics of marriage failures.
•           Learn some tips on maintaining a marriage.
 
TEACHING METHOD:  Didactic Lecture with Question & Answer sessions
 
TARGET AUDIENCE:  Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Recreational Therapists, Mental Health Technicians, Clergy, Administrators, and other interested persons
 
Texas Health Research & Education Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Texas Health Research & Education Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
For more information, please contact the CME Department at 214-345-2323, send email CME@texashealth.org, or visit our website www.texashealth.org/cme. 
 
*** Online CME Activities ***
There are numerous CME activities on a variety of topics available online.  Visit the catalog of online activities at www.texashealth.org/cme.  For the session type, select “Internet” and then select “Display Activities”. 
 
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CME CONFERENCES
 
Sign or badge in within the 1st 20 minutes of the conference to receive CME Credit.  Sign in sheets will be removed 20 minutes after the start of the conference.  NO CREDIT WILL BE AWARDED FOR LATE ATTENDEES.