Michael F. Myers, MD

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

Exploring suicidal ideation in physician patients: toward building resilience and saving lives. Workshop presentation. Institute on Psychiatric Services. American Psychiatric Association. San Francisco, CA. October 29, 2011.

PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS

Resilient Physician Meeting. Brazilian and World Medical Associations. Brasilia, Brazil. August 20 and 21, 2010. Several lectures and workshops.

Physician Suicide and Resilience: Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Moral Imperatives. Keynote Address. International Conference on Physician Health. Chicago, IL. October 4, 2010.

Losing a Patient to Suicide. Workshop with Carla Fine. Institute on Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. October 14, 2010.

Caring for the Patient: Teaching the Art of Psychotherapy in the Era of Managed Care. Workshop with several others. Institute on Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. October 14, 2010.

Physician Health: An Update and Cause for Concern. Plenary Lecture. St Mary's Medical Center. Evansville, IN. October 16, 2010

Promoting Resilience and Good Health in Physicians. Plenary Lecture. St Mary's Medical Center. Evansville, IN. October 16, 2010

Unspeakable. A film on suicide by Sally Heckel. Discussant. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. New York, NY. October 30, 2010


Clinician Survivor Panel. Plenary Address. American Association of Suicidology. Orlando, FL. April 22, 2010.

Creative Paths to Healing After Suicide Loss. Workshop with Carla Fine. American Association of Suicidology. Orlando, FL. April 23, 2010.

Unspeakable. A film on suicide by Sally Heckel. Discussant. American Association of Suicidology. Orlando, FL. April 23, 2010.

The Doctor is In. Workshop for survivors of suicide to ask questions of clinicians. American Association of Suicidology. Orlando, FL. April 24, 2010.

“Common Fears and Stresses in Being a Medical Student or Resident”. Lecture. University of Manitoba. May 10, 2010.

“Doctors’ Marriages (and Intimate Partnerships): The Joys and the Challenges”. Lecture. University of Manitoba. May 10, 2010.

“What Can Faculty Do to Improve the Learning Environment For All”. Grand Rounds. Department of Medicine. University of Manitoba. May 11, 2010.

“Physician Impairment: Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Moral Imperatives”. Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. University of Manitoba. May 11, 2010.

Losing a Patient to Suicide. Course taught with Carla Fine and Frank Campbell. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 22, 2010

Unspeakable (A film on suicide by Sally Heckel). Discussant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 23, 2010

Treating Medical Students and Physicians. Course taught with Drs. Leah Dickstein and Penny Zigler. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 24, 2010

Death of a Physician by Suicide. Case Conference. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 25, 2010

Fighting Stigma: When Psychiatrists Who Have Been in Treatment Speak Out. Workshop. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. May 26, 2010

Losing a Patient to Suicide. Grand Rounds with Carla Fine. UMDMJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, December 10, 2009

Physician Impairment: Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Moral Imperatives. Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. Nassau University Medical Center. January 20, 2010

Losing a Patient to Suicide. Grand Rounds with Carla Fine. Cooper University Hospital UMDMJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Camden NJ, March 2, 2010

Physician Suicide. New York State Capital District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association. Annual Dinner Meeting. April 30, 2010

Suicide: the aftermath. Plenary Address (with Carla Fine). New Jersey Psychiatric Association. April 4, 2009

Creative paths to healing after suicide (with Carla Fine). Workshop American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. April 17, 2009

Broken physicians: reflections on loss, suicide, shame and healing. Plenary Address. Federation of State Physician Health Programs Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 30, 2009

Losing a patient to suicide (with Carla Fine and Frank Campbell) Course. APA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA May 17, 2009

Treating medical students and physicians. Course. APA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA May 18, 2009

When psychiatry residents treat medical students. Workshop. APA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA May 19, 2009

The physician as patient. Invited session. APA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA May 19, 2009

Psychiatry and the control of fertility. Presidential Symposium. Contraception, abortion and men. APA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA May 19, 2009

Psychiatrists who have had a psychiatric illness: their stories. APA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA May 20, 2009

The physician as patient: an interactive workshop. APA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA May 21, 2009

Being a mental health professional today: preventing burnout and promoting wellness. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Sheppard Pratt Institute. Baltimore, Md. July 22, 2009

Exploring suicidal ideation in physician-patients: toward building resilience and saving lives. Workshop. Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. St John’s, Nfld. August 28, 2009

Dying from depression: countertransference in the treatment of severely ill physicians. Symposium discussant. Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. St John’s, Nfld. August 28, 2009

The mental health of psychiatrists: what do we know? Seminar with academic psychiatrists. New York Psychiatric Institute. Columbia University. New York, NY. September 8, 2009

Suicide and its aftermath. Grand Rounds. Brooklyn VA Hospital. Brooklyn, NY. September 11, 2009

Physician Suicide: New Findings. Jeffery Greenbaum Memorial Lecture. Zucker Hillside Hospital. Grand Rounds Department of Psychiatry. September 30, 2009

When a Physician Is Your Patient. Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. Beth Israel Hospital. New York, NY October 15, 2009

Physician Depression and Suicide: Its Legacy. Los Angeles County Medical Association Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. November 4, 2009

Dual Career Relationships: Strategies for Keeping Your Career and Relationships Healthy. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. September 25, 2008

Medical Marriages. Marion-Polk County Medical Society. Salem, OR. February 26, 2009

Taking Care of Ourselves as Physicians. Salem Hospital Grand Rounds. Salem, OR. February 27, 2009.

Strategies for Relationship Enhancement in Medical Couples. New Haven Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, New Haven, Conn. April 14, 2009.

September 13, 2007
Key note address and workshops with Carla Fine
Suicide Prevention Week
Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK

September 26, 2007
Key note address "Thriving in Today's Medical World: Strategies for Protecting Ourselves, Our Families and Each Other"
Kentucky Medical Association Annual Meeting
Louisville, KY

September 28, 2007
Key note address "When Blue Was Just a Color: The Assessment of the Suicidal Patient"
St Paul's Emergency Medicine Update
Whistler, BC

September 29, 2007
Plenary Address "Providing Care to Psychiatrist-Patients: Guidance and Reflections from a Treating Psychiatrist"
Fourth Annual Conference Treaters of Physicians and Medical Families, Physician Health Program of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

November 17, 2007
Key note address with Carla Fine
National Survivors of Suicide Day
Boca Raton, FL

March 13, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
"The Mental Health of Psychiatrists: An Update"

March 14, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds New Jersey Medical School
"Mood Disorders in Physicians: Challenges to Diagnosis and Treatment"

March 15, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds New York University
"Physicians and Their Intimate Relationships: Challenges and Their Solutions"

March 16, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds Nassau University Medical Center
"Physician Suicide: An Update"

March 20, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds New York Medical College Westchester Medical Center
"Physician Suicide: New Findings"

March 22, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds Howard University Medical College, Washington, DC
"Physician Suicide: An Update"

March 28, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds Downstate Medical Center State University of New York, Brooklyn
"The Mental Health of Psychiatrists: An Update"

March 29, 2007
Psychiatry Grand Rounds St. Vincent's Hospital New York, NY
"Physician Suicide: New Findings"

April 12, 2007
American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA
"Engaging Survivors and Researchers: A RoundTable Discussion"

April 13, 2007
American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA
"Losing a Patient to Suicide: Views of a Clinician and a Survivor" (with Carla Fine)

April 14, 2007
American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting New Orleans, LA
"Grief 101: Making Sense of What Has Happened to Us" (with Carla Fine)

May 4-5, 2007
Montana Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Fairmont Hot Springs
"Challenges in Physicians' Relationships"
"Treatment of Mood Disorders in Physicians"
"Physician Suicide"

May 10, 2007
Medical Grand Rounds Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL
"Physician Suicide: Its Aftermath For Colleagues Left Behind"

May 21, 2007
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, IL
Three workshops(physician suicide, biospiritual approaches in the treatment of physicians, and psychiatrists living with psychiatric illness) and a course on treating medical students and physicians (with Leah Dickstein, MD)

February 10, 2007
Suicide Conference in Derry, Northern Ireland
"Touched By Suicide: The Perspectives of a Clinician and a Survivor" (with Carla Fine)

September 15-16, 2006
Oregon and Northern California Psychiatric Associations
Ashland, OR
Brian Buss Lecture (with Carla Fine)"Losing a Patient to Suicide: The Perspectives of a Clinician and Survivor"
and
"Psychotherapy of Medical/​Professional Marriages"


October 6, 2006
Workshop with Carla Fine "Touched By Suicide: Bridging the Perspectives of Clinicians and Survivors".
American Psychiatric Association Institute on Psychiatric Services, New York, NY.

Luncheon Speaker "Taking Better Care of Ourselves: Ten Tips"
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC
October 23, 2006

Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON. November 11-12, 2006
Workshop: Ten Strategies Residency Programs Can Use to Enhance the Health and Resilience of their Residents
Workshop: Special Challenges and Triumphs: Treating the Physician-Patient

National Survivors of Suicide Day. Presentation with Carla Fine. New York University. November 18, 2006

Miami Book Fair: Touched By Suicide (with Carla Fine) November 19, 2006

Family Violence and Suicide. Lecture with Carla Fine. Sixth Annual Family Violence Conference, Edmonton, AB
Life in the Trenches with Suicidal People and Their Families: Taking Care of Ourselves. Workshop with Carla Fine. November 20, 2006

Canadian Medical Protective Association. Lecture and workshop. Physician Stress. Physician Suicide. November 29, 2006. Ottawa, ON

International Conference on Physician Health. Ottawa, ON. December 1, 2006
Workshop: Ten Strategies Residency Programs Can Use to Enhance the Health and Resilience of their Residents
Workshop: Keeping Good Boundaries When Treating and Teaching Physicians


March 24, 2006
Keynote Addresses, Alberta Psychiatric Association, Banff, AB
"Physician Suicide: The Lasting Legacy" and "Physicians' Marriages (Intimate Relationships): Challenges and Solutions"

March 30, 2006
Osler Lecturer, Vancouver Medical Association, Vancouver, BC
"Osler Loved to Practice Medicine: And So Can We!"

April 1, 2006
Keynote Address and Workshop, Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians Annual Meeting
Victoria, BC
"Taking Care of Ourselves, Our Families and Each Other" and "Leadership: Tips for Healthy Team Function"

April 6, 2006
Workshop Chair and Speaker, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA
"Children of Internists Speak Out"

April 28-May 1, 2006
American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting
Seattle, WA
Keynote with Carla Fine "Touched by Suicide: Bridging the Perspectives of Survivors and Clinicians"

May 10, 2006
University of Western Ontario Department of Family Medicine
London, ON
Keynote address "An Update in Physician Health: Protecting Ourselves, Our Families and Each Other" and workshop "When Physicians or Their Families Are Your Patients: Challenges and Suggestions"

May 20, 2006
American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry Annual Meeting
Toronto, ON
Workshop participant "Ethical Issues in Treating Impaired Physicians"

May 21-25, 2006
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
Toronto, ON
Seven presentations

June 24, 2006
Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada Annual Meeting
Vancouver, BC
Seminar "Resident Well-Being"


American College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA--April 14, 2005
1. Dual Career Couples: Keeping the Vital Signs of Your Career and Relationship Healthy

2. Children of Internists Speak Out: How to Be a Physician and a Parent

University of California San Francisco.
Intimate Relationships in Medical School: How to Make Them Work
Workshops with UCSF medical students and their spouses/​partners. San Francisco, CA--April 26, 2005

American Psychiatric Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, GA--May 23-26, 2005
Five presentations on physician suicide, treating medical students and physicians (for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals), responding when a physician dies suddenly or becomes gravely ill, when psychiatrists live with a mental illness, and treating physicians in a cultural context

Jewish Federation of Portland, OR. June 2, 2005
Keynote address to Maimonides Society "Physician Wellness: What's New?"

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada - September 24, 2005
Keynote address: Physician Well-Being:Balancing your Personal Life and Workload

Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Scientific Meeting , Vancouver, BC, November 4-6, 2005.
1.Keynote Invited Lecture: "Broken Physicians: Reflections on Loss, Shame and
Healing"
2.Workshop: "Keeping good boundaries in psychiatry"
3.Workshop: "Mood disorders in physicians: An interview with someone who has been there"
4.Workshop: "Special challenges and triumphs in treating physicians"

December 14, 2005
Grand Rounds Harlem Hospital Center
New York, NY
"Physician Mental Health: Taking Better Care of Ourselves and Each Other"

December 15, 2005
Grand Rounds St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan
New York, NY
"Physician Mental Health: Taking Better Care of Ourselves and Each Other"

January 7, 2006
Grand Rounds Abu Dhabi Medical Center
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
"Physician Health: Protecting Ourselves and Our Families"

January 27, 2006
Keynote Lecture, Ontario Psychiatric Association
Toronto, ON
"Mood Disorders in Physicians: Challenges to Diagnosis and Treatment"

February 3 and 4, 2006
Wenatchee Medical Group, Wenatchee, WA
"Doctors' Marriages: The Joys and the Challenges" and "Doctors' Marriages: Insights and Strategies for Change"