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)

Details sent previously by email from NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.  Participants may wish to meet beforehand for dinner nearby.   Are you a psychiatrist or psychiatrist in training not on our confidential elist?  Please write NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.

From the Co-Presidents:

Hello Dallas Area Women Psychiatrists & Psychiatrists in Training,  Our last meeting for this year will be on Saturday May 12th.   Dr.Gretchen Toler will be speaking about Cardiovascular disease in women and exercise recommendation.  As usual we will have brunch and confidential visiting from 10 am to 11 am and then our program.

The hostess, address, directions and RSVP information are  available as usual by email and will be sent out May 2 or 3rd to the DAWP list.

Are you a female psychiatrist or psychiatrist in training who does not receive these emails?  Would you like to pay dues to join DAWP and be listed in the new public DAWP Online Directory beginning June 1?  Please write NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.

From Bagya Arumugham MD, DAWP Co-President:   All women psychiatrists and women psychiatrists in training are invited:
The Second Saturday April DAWP meeting will be at a DAWPer’s home (location available by email)
SATURDAY April 14 from 10 am to 12 noon
     10  Brunch:    Confidential Fellowship, DAWP business
11  Program:  Drs Madeline Harford and Kathleen Erdman will be reviewing the book Masters of Mind by Theodore Millon.

All psychiatrists and psychiatrists in training are warmly invited to the 4th Thursday NTSPP Dinner Program
Thursday April 26  ~ 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
     6:30 pm  Socializing
    7:00 pm   Program begins
Everything You Need to Know about Board Recertification
Adam Brenner MD

New easy casual location (as sent by email*).  No pre-pay.  Buffet line and self-pay for what you choose to eat,  with wine available
Please reserve or cancel by April 24 at 5:00 pm to Catherin Roberts MD, President & Program Chair, at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com
*Psychiatrists or psychiatrists in training who do not receive our emails, please email us at NTSPPchapter@gmail.com to be added to our blind-carbon copied email list

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

NTSPP warmly invites
all psychiatrists and their spouses and all psychiatrists in training
to our 4th Thursday Dinner Program
Thursday, March 22, 2012 ~  6:30 to 9:00 pm
Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatric Practice
Molly Camp MD

Lovely Traditional Private Location

6:30 – 7:00 pm Socializing and Cash Bar
7:00 – 7:30 pm Business & Seated Three-Course Dinner*
          (Spinach Strawberry Salad; Sauteed Tilapia with Lemon Chardonnay Sauce; Berries in Almond Lace Cup)
7:30 – 9:00 pm Program with Coffee, Q & A

Cost per person:
$50  Psychiatrist who is NOT Chapter dues paid member
$30  Psychiatrists who is Chapter Dues Paid member
$50  UTSWMC Psychiatric resident/fellow who is NOT APA member and is self-paying
$30 UTSWMC Psychiatric resident/fellow who is APA member and is self-paying
$50  Spouse of psychiatrist or Donation to sponsor a UTSWMC psychiatry PGY dinner

How to sign up:

1.  RSVP with number attending and number sponsored to NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com by Tuesday March 20 at 12 noon.

2.  Pay by PayPal Button below, using drop-down menu OR send check made out to NTSPP to Treasurer Leonora Stephens MD at 6350 LBJ Freeway, Suite 252, Dallas TX 75240 by Tuesday March 20 at 12 noon.

PAYPAL:  

Membership Status

Psychiatrist NTSPP CHAPTER DUES-PAID member $30.00 USD Psychiatrist NOT Dues-paid $50.00 USD UTSWMC Psychiatry PGY APA member, paying for self $30.00 USD UTSWMC Psychiatry PGY NOT APA, paying for self $50.00 USD Spouse of psychiatrist or Resident sponsored by Psychiatrist $50.00 USD

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To check membership status, see Online Directory at www.ntspp.org.To check last-minute changes, check www.ntspp.org.For last-minute cancellations or requests to reserve late, contact Catherin Roberts MD at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com.*For special dietary needs, consult Catherin Roberts MD at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com before Tuesday, March 20 at 12 noon.  

NTSPP warmly invites all all psychiatrists and psychiatrists in training to our 4th Thursday Dinner Program

Thursday February 23, 2012 ~ 6:30 to 9:00 pm

“An Update on the Efficacy and Side Effects of Antipsychotic Medications” by Matt Byerly MD

Private restaurant location available by email 

6:30 – 7:00 pm Socializing and Cash Bar
7:00 – 7:30 pm Seated Three-Course Dinner* and Business
7:30 – 9:00 pm Program with Coffee, Q & A

*Dinner: Grilled sliced beef with mushroom burgundy sauce, mixed field greens salad with feta and pears, berries for dessert, iced tea and coffee.

Cost per person:

$50 Psychiatrists who are NON Chapter dues paid
$30 Psychiatrists who are Chapter Dues Paid members
$50 UTSWMC Psychiatric residents/fellows who are NOT APA members
$30 UTSWMC Psychiatric residents/fellows who are APA members

By Tuesday February 21 at 5:00 pm:

1. Reserve by emailing Catherin Roberts MD at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com THEN
2. Pay by PayPal (button below) or send check to Treasurer Leonora Stephens MD, 6350 LBJ Freeway, Suite 252, Dallas TX 75240.

Membership Status

Psychiatrist NTSPP CHAPTER DUES-PAID member $30.00 USD Psychiatrist NOT Dues-paid $50.00 USD UTSWMC Psychiatry PGY APA member $30.00 USD UTSWMC Psychiatry PGY NOT APA $50.00 USD

Name

For a full refund, cancel by Tuesday February 21 at 5 pm at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com.
To request a late reservation or a special dinner menu, contact NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com.
Check www.ntspp.org for last minute changes.

Dear Colleagues, Thanks again for your support of our Tarrant Chapter of TSPP. As planned, our next meeting is coming up!  All psychiatrists and psychiatrists in training are invited.
Who: Ken Hopper, M.D.
What: “Economic Issues in Psychiatry”
When: February 16, 2012. 6:30 to approximately 8:30 PM
Where: Private room of a popular Ft Worth restaurant (location available by email)*
How much: The cost of the dinner will be $20 apiece (Tarrant chapter residents eat free). The usual alcoholic beverages available at the restaurant can be purchased separately if desired.

More: Over the last several years, Fort Worth’s own Dr. Ken Hopper has continued to grow his expertise related to models medical business. He will be presenting data that demonstrate trends in the provision and reimbursement of healthcare that are crucial to our understanding of our options for the long-term future. More recently, his interests have taken him into the subject of Medical/Behavioral Integration, a topic with an important role in our professional futures. He is now serving on the APA’s National Workgroup on Medical/Behavioral Integration and will be able to give us an update on this work as well. We anticipate good discussion and good fellowship.

Tarrant Chapter Members only: We hope you have had an opportunity to review the Constitution, Bylaws, and Mission Statements for our organization sent previously. We will be voting by mail soon to adopt these. Officers, we will meet at the restaurant at 5:30, before the meeting, for a planning session and other chapter business. Please try to be there.

Sincerely, Joseph H. Burkett, M.D., President

*Didn’t receive the  email from Tarrant Chapter or NTSPP?  Psychiatrists or psychiatrists in training, add your name to NTSPPchapter@gmail.com to be blind carbon copied on list emails.