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Events

UPCOMING:

 

Efforts to Prevent Physician Suicide: We All Have a Role to Play. PHA (Planetary Health Academia) Global Summit. Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 25, 2024. 

 

Preventing Suicide in Physicians: We All Have a Role to Play. Medical Grand Rounds Stamford Health, Stamford, CT. April 10, 2024.

 

When We Lose One of Our Own to Suicide: The Imperative of Remembering. Lecture. Annual meeting of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry. New York, NY. May 4, 2024. 

 

"I Still Love You": A Heart Surgeon Felled by Mental Illness. Session with filmmaker Diane Pontius and Ken Duckworth, MD at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 6, 2024. 

 

Physicians Who Have Experienced a Psychiatric Illness:Their Stories Are a Gift and Making Us Better Human Beings. Richmond Academy of Medicine. Richmond, VA. May 14, 2024

 

Why Physicians Die by Suicide: Lessons Learned from Postvention Research. World Suicide Prevention Day. Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center. San Jose, CA. September 10, 2024

 

 

 

 


COMPLETED:

 

Preventing Physician Suicide: We All Have a Role to Play. National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. Grand Rounds. Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center. September 15, 2023. 

 

Physicians With Lived Experience: Their Stories Are Making Us Better Psychiatrists. Delaware Psychiatric Society. September 26, 2023. 

 

Physicians as Patients: A Medical Humanities Perspective of their Written Communication. Stanford VA Psychiatry Grand Rounds. October 19, 2023. 

 

Identifying Suicide Risk. 2023 Annual Psychiatric Times World CME Conference. October 20, 2023. 

 

Preventing Physician Suicide: We're All in This Together. Dean's Grand Rounds. Indiana University School of Medicine. October 25, 2023. 

 

Physician Lived Experience Narratives: Lessons Learned. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Hillside Zucker Hospital. Northwell Health. November 8, 2023. 

 

Clinician Burnout. Talk to Physician Assistants. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. January 11, 2023.

 

Promoting Good Health and Function in Orthopedics Residents and Fellows. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. January 26, 2023.

 

Tips for Taking Care of Yourself, Your Family, and Each Other. Lecture. Food and Drug Administration. Virtual Meeting. January 26, 2023.

 

When We Lose a Colleague to Suicide: The Importance of Coming Together. Grand Rounds. Langley Memorial Hospital. Langley, BC. February 14, 2023. 

 

When We Lose a Colleague to Suicide: Learning Through Tragedy. Department of Anesthesia City-Wide Grand Rounds. Calgary, AB. February 24, 2023.

 

When a Colleague Dies Suddenly: Growing Through Tragedy. Regional Medical Staff Wellness Grand Rounds. Fraser Valley Health, BC. February 27, 2023.

 

Maintaining Healthy Relationships as Surgeons. Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. University of Toronto. Toronto, ON. March 8, 2023. 

 

Ask the Authors with Michael F Myers, MD and Carla Fine "Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss" Webinar with Marilyn Koenig Founder of Friends for Survival. March 29, 2023.

 

Burnout, Moral Injury and More During Training: An Update. Department of Surgery CanMEDS meeting with residents and fellows. University of Calgary. May 4, 2023. 

 

Physician Suicide: A Call to Arms. Grand Rounds. Department of Surgery. University of Calgary. May 5, 2023. 

 

Care for the Caregivers. Physician Health Program Alberta Medical Association. Virtual Meeting. May 17, 2023. 

 

The End to Stigma Begins with Us: How Physicians Can Address Stigma in the Medical Profession and Beyond. Invited panelist. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 22, 2023.

 

Caring, Giving, Healing. Invited Lecture. Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians. Scientific CME Regional Meeting. Plantsville, CT. June 9, 2023.

 

Physician Suicide: Promising Trends That Are Confronting Barriers to Care and Saving Lives. Stanford WellMD's Physician Wellness Forum. September 9, 2022. 

 

Physician Suicide and Mental Health Issues. Grand Rounds. Bassett Medical Center. Cooperstown, NY. September 16, 2022. 

 

Confronting Physician Suicide: Exciting Initiatives That Are Saving Lives. Keynote Address NYC Health & Hospitals Corporation on National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. September 19, 2022.

 

Staving Off Burnout and "Other Stuff": Strategies for Professional and Personal Happiness Over the Long Haul. Invited keynote address American Dermatological Association 142nd Annual Meeting. Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA. October 28, 2022.  

 

Thriving During Fellowship Training. Grand Rounds. Division of Hematology-Oncology. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. November 4, 2022.

 

Thriving During Residency Training. Meeting with Pathology Residents. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. December 15, 2022.

 

Thriving During Residency and Fellowship Training. Meeting with Geri-Psychiatry Residents and Fellows. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. December 19, 2022.

 

Physician Wellness. Grand Rounds. Department of Hematology/Oncology. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. January 14, 2022. 

 

Physician Wellness in the Era of Covid-19: Two Years In. Richmond Hospital Physicians Society. Richmond, BC, CANADA. February 15, 2022.

 

Both a Doctor and a Patient: Doctors' Experiences of Burnout, Mental Illness, and Suicide. Presented by Krista Koskinen, MD. PGY-2 Resident George Washington University. Panel discussant. February 17, 2022.

 

Tips for Taking Care of Yourself, Your Family, and Each Other. Lecture. Residency Coordinators Stony Brook Hospital. March 10, 2022. 

 

Losing a Patient or a HealthCare Colleague to Suicide. Grand Rounds. United Medical Center. Washington, DC. March 16, 2022. 

 

Moral Injury: An Overview. Part of a panel Physician Wellness and Burnout: An Umbrella Term for a Cloudy Problem. American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis. Virtual Meeting. April 29, 2022. 

 

The Shame of Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Physicians: Four Individuals Who Are Speaking Out. Chairperson and speaker of a session with colleagues. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans LA. May 22, 2022. 

 

Psychiatrists with Lived Experience: Change Agents and Beloved Allies. Chairperson and speaker of a session with colleagues. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans LA. May 22, 2022. 

 

Why Doctors Write: Finding Humanity in Medicine. Film Screening and Discussion. Chairperson and speaker of a session with colleagues. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans LA. May 25, 2022. 

 

Physician Wellness. Grand Rounds. Oak Bend Medical Center. Richmond Texas. June 2, 2022.

 

The Shame of Suicide and Attempted Suicide in Physicians: Five Individuals Who Are Speaking Out. Chairperson and speaker of a session with colleagues. American Psychiatric Association Virtual Meeting. June 7, 2022. 

 

PTSD and other Mental Health Care During the COVID‐19 Pandemic. Carewell Health Medical Center New Jersey. June 28, 2022.

 

When a Medical Student or Physician is Your Patient. Virtual Lecture with Physician Health Program Doctors of BC Vancouver. June 29, 2022. 

 

 

PTSD and Other Mental Health Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic. South Coast Global Medical Center. CA. September 14, 2021.

 

Protecting the Mental Health of Physicians: How Intrusive Questions on Medical Licensing and Credentialing Applications Can be Dangerous. Grand Rounds. Psychiatry. University of Manitoba. Winnipeg MN. October 5, 2021. 

 

Physician Suicide: Learning From Its Aftermath. Grand Rounds. Psychiatry. Lincoln Hospital Medical Center. Bronx NY. October 26, 2021. 

 

When a Physician Attempts Suicide: Challenges for the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist. Plenary Lecture. Annual Meeting Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. November 10, 2021.

What's New in Physician Health? Virtual talk. Ontario Medical Association. Primary Care Mental Health. May 26, 2021.

Peer Support Program in Physician Health. Oregon Health Sciences University. Virtual Meeting. June 10, 2021.

How to Identify Distressed Physician Colleagues and Stop Them from Dying by Suicide. Grand Rounds. Dept of Urology. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. June 16, 2021.

Being a Father. Psychiatrists' Perspectives. Panelist. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. June 16, 2021.

Physician Wellness in the Era of Covid-19: 15+ Months In. Grand Rounds Internal Medicine. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. June 24, 2021.

Physician Resilience. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center. San Pedro CA. Lecture. July 6, 2021.

Protecting Physician Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Lecture. Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT. July 20, 2021.

Resident Wellness. Anesthesiology. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. August 5, 2021.

Resident Well-Being. Woodhull Medical Center. Meeting with IM and Pediatrics Residents. Brooklyn NY. August 5, 2021.

Tips for Taking Care of Yourself, Your Family, and Each Other. Lecture. Annual Meeting of Residency Coordinators SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. August 6, 2021 

Surviving Dentistry/OMS Residency: Overcoming Stress, Burnout and Depression. Lecture. Woodhull Medical Center. August 27, 2021.

Physician Burnout: An Update. East Orange General Hospital. Orange NJ. August 31, 2021.

 

Juggling the Good, the Bad, and the Challenges of Hematology Practice (and Home Life) during Covid-19 and Beyond. Women in Hematology Group. Virtual Meeting Toronto ON Canada. December 1, 2020

 

Preserving Wellness during the Covid-19 Pandemic. University of Nevada School of Medicine. Virtual Grand Rounds. December 3, 2020

 

Physician Suicide: How Postvention Informs Prevention. Virtual Grand Rounds Department of Psychiatry. Sheppard Pratt Health System. Baltimore, MD. February 10, 2021

 

PTSD and Other Mental Health Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic. PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital. Los Angeles. CA. February 17, 2021

 

PTSD and Other Mental Health Issues Among Health Professionals and Patients During the Pandemic. Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital. Covina. CA. March 23, 2021.

 

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide: The Humanity of Colleagues Upon Losing One of Their Own. Paper to be presented at the Virtual International Conference on Physician Health. London. April 29, 2021.

 

Physician Suicide. Collin-Fannin County Medical Society Meeting. Plano, TX. May 1, 2021.

 

The Suicidal Physician: Narratives From a Physician Who Survived and the Physician Widow of One Who Did Not. With Drs William Lynes and Linda Seaman. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. May 2, 2021. 

 

Safeguarding Physician Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Montgomery County Medical Society. Maryland. May 4, 2021

 

Clinician Wellness During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Virtual Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. Montefiore Medical Center. May 13, 2021. 

 

Physician Suicide Prevention: Refining Our Roles and Responsibilities. Virtual Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. NYU Langone Medical Center. May 20, 2021.

 

The Impaired Physician. Grand Rounds. Regional Medical Center of San Jose, CA. October 20, 2020.

 

Hope Rising: Suicide Prevention Virtual Summit. Two presentations: Physician Suicide and the Psychiatrist as Patient. September 26, 2020. https://www.hoperising.one/

 

Physician Wellness in the Era of Covid-19. Webinar. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Melbourne, Australia. September 30, 2020. 8am AEST. https://www.ranzcp.org/practice-education/events/physician-wellness-in-the-era-of-covid-19

 

Let's Talk About Suicide: National Health Service Practitioner Health Event. UK. World Suicide Prevention Day. September 10, 2020. 

 

Harnessing Suicide Grief into Action: How the Family of Dr Lorna Breen is Saving Doctors' Lives. National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. Virtual Event. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Brooklyn, NY. September 17, 2020 at 3pm. 

 

How to Identify Distressed Physician Colleagues and Stop Them From Dying by Suicide. Chest Medicine Conference. Chicago, IL. October 20, 2020. 

 

Wounded Healer Virtual Conference. British Medical Association. Panel participant. July 23, 2020. 

 

Physician Suicide. American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Psychiatric Association. Webinar participant. June 23, 2020. 

 

Physician Wellness During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Grand Rounds Department of Internal Medicine. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. June 18, 2020.

 

CrazySocks4Docs International Virtual Meeting Melbourne Australia. Health Professional Wellness since Covid-19. Panel speaker. June 4, 2020. 

 

Wellness in Physicians during the Covid-19 era: Grand Rounds Department of Surgery. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. May 7, 2020.

 

Toward Preventing Physician Depression and Suicide: Caring for Ourselves and Each Other. Physician Wellness Speaker. Greenwich Hospital. Yale New Haven Health. Greenwich, CT. March 31, 2020. Postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic. 

 

How to Write a Good Abstract. Session participant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April 26, 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic. 

 

Speaking Out: How Three Physicians With Lived Experience Are Fighting Stigma. Session Chair. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April 26, 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Burnout Awareness and Prevention in International Medical Graduates: A Panel Discussion on Transcultural Factors of Physician Wellness. Panelist Discussant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April 27, 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic. 

 

Long Day's Journey into Light: A Psychiatrist with Bipolar Disorder. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April 28, 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic. But recorded on APA OnDemand 2020. 

 

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Nassau University Medical Center. East Meadow, NY. May 1, 2019

 

Physician Suicide: What You Can Do to Save a Life. Lecture. Well-Being Spring Symposium. Christiana Hospital. Newark, Delaware. May 13, 2019

 

Medical Student and Physician Suicide. Lecture. PsychSign Luncheon Meeting. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 18, 2019

 

Do No Harm Film. Discussant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 20, 2019

 

Physician Suicide: Preventive Strategies for the Practicing Clinician. Workshop chair and presenter (with Peter Yellowlees, MD). American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 21, 2019

 

Protecting Doctors and Their Families: A Call to Action. Lecture and panel. Australia Medical Association Meeting. Brisbane. May 24, 2019

 

Shining a Light on Doctors' Wellbeing. Sydney, Australia. May 29, 2019

 

CrazySocks4Docs Launch. An update on physician health. Melbourne, Australia. May 31, 2019

 

Physician Suicide: Can Postvention Help Us With Prevention? Plenary Lecture. 2019 Suicide Prevention Conference: The Unspoken Truth of Suicide in Healthcare Professionals. Ohio State University. Columbus OH. September 6, 2019

 

Promoting Mental Health Wellness in the Health Professions. NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine. Speaker. September 13, 2019

 

Trying to Make Sense of Suicide. The Third Annual Ben Shaffer Memorial Gold Classic Keynote Address. Rockville, MD. September 16, 2019

 

Detection and treatment of high-risk individuals, using case studies. Lecture. National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being. New York, NY. September 19, 2019

 

Physician Wellness. New York City Royal College Town Hall. Plenary Address. Brooklyn, NY. September 19, 2019

 

Critical Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Physicians. Presidential Session Speaker. APA Institute Mental Health Services Conference. New York, NY. October 4, 2019

 

Physician Suicide: What You Can Do to Save a Life. Panelist with Catherine Kuhn, MD and Ron Harter, MD. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. October 19, 2019

Previous:

 

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. New York Medical College. Westchester Medical Center. February 19, 2019

 

Preventing Physician Suicide: Incorporating the Insights of Those They Leave Behind. Grand Rounds. Silver Hill Hospital. New Canaan, CT. March 6, 2019

 

When a Colleague Dies: Growing Through Tragedy. University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine. Lecture to residents and program directors. Calgary, AB. March 22, 2019

 

A Dialogue Around Physician Suicide. Interview with Dr Jane Lemaire and webinar. University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine. Calgary, AB. March 22, 2019

 

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide: Incorporating the Insights of Those They Leave Behind. Keynote Lecture. Alberta Psychiatric Association Annual Scientific Meeting. Banff, AB. March 23, 2019

 

Critical Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Physicians: Life-saving Tips for the Practicing Clinician. Workshop. Alberta Psychiatric Association Annual Scientific Meeting. Banff, AB. March 23, 2019

 

The Complexity of Physician Suicide: Does Burnout Play a Role? Psychiatry Grand Rounds. University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Psychiatry Residency. Baltimore, Md. April 11, 2019

 

Preventing Physician Suicide: What You Can Do to Save a Life. Keynote Lecture. Federation of State Physician Health Programs Annual Meeting. Ft Worth, TX. April 24, 2019

 

Stress, burnout and wellness. Grand Rounds. Dept of Hematology/Oncology. SUNY Downstate Medical Center. August 3, 2018.

Advances in Suicidology: What We Know and Don't Know. Montrose Fall Clinics. Montrose, CO. September 28, 2018.

Burnout in Physicians: Tips for Prevention and Intervention. Montrose Fall Clinics. Montrose, CO. September 28, 2018.

Keeping Our Medical Students Healthy: Their Voices and Ours. Plenary Talk. Learning Communities Institute Meeting. Icahn School of Medicine. New York, NY. September 29, 2018.

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide: It Takes a Village. Keynote address. International Practitioner Health Summit 2018: The Wounded Healer. London UK. October 5, 2018.

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide: Enlisting Decedents' Families and Colleagues in Driving Meaningful Change. Paper to be presented. International Conference on Physician Health. Toronto, ON. October 11, 2018.

When Physicians Die by Suicide: Narratives and Insights from Those They Leave Behind. Workshop. International Conference on Physician Health. Toronto, ON. October 12, 2018.

Physician Suicide. Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. Boston University. Boston, MA. November 15, 2018.

Physician Suicide: What You Can Do To Save a Life. Keynote address. Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society Meeting. Lafayette Hill, PA. November 17, 2018.

Physician Wellness and Physician Suicide: Learning to Help Each Other and Aborting Tragedy. GME Session. Yale School of Medicine. New Haven, CT. November 29, 2018.

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide: What Every Doctor Needs to Know. Grand Rounds. Department of Medicine. Northwestern University. Chicago, IL. December 4, 2018

 

Stress, Burnout, Depression, and Suicide in Physicians: Grand Rounds. St John's Episcopal Hospital. Far Rockaway, NY. January 11, 2018.

Physician Suicide: What You Can Do To Save a Life. Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. NYU Winthrop Hospital. Mineola. NY. January 19, 2018.

Medical Student Burnout, Depression, and Suicide: Current Data, Barriers to Change, and Strategies for Improving Medical Student Mental Health. Keynote Address. SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine. NYU Winthrop Hospital. Mineola. NY. February 15, 2018.

Burnout, Depression, and Suicide in Physicians: Restoring Mental Health Resilience in Today's Medical World. Keynote Address. Arizona Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting. Chandler, AZ. April 14, 2018

Stigma: Its Pernicious Effects on Health Care Professionals. Keynote Address. Arizona Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting. Chandler, AZ. April 14, 2018

When Physicians Die By Suicide: Insights From Their Survivors. Workshop. American Psychiatric Association Meeting. New York, NY. May 7, 2018

Death of a Physician Patient by Suicide. Clinical Case Conference. With Michael Brog, MD. American Psychiatric Association Meeting. New York, NY. May 8, 2018

Psychiatrists in Recovery: What Should I Say? What Should Be Done? Disclosing Our Experience With Mental Illness and Emotional Suffering. Symposium Discussant. American Psychiatric Association Meeting. New York, NY. May 6, 2018

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide: Incorporating the Insights of Those They Leave Behind. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University. Detroit. MI. May 24, 2018.

Stress, Burnout, and Depression in Training: Tips for Recognition and Coping. Seminar with residents. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting. Toronto. ON. May 31, 2018.

The Physician As Patient: Strategies That Work in Our Hour of Need. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting. Toronto. ON. June 1, 2018.

But It Ain't Going Away: The Difficult Subject of Physician Suicide. Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting. Toronto. ON. June 1, 2018.

Burnout, Depression, and Suicide in Physicians: Restoring Mental Health Resilience in Today's Medical World. Grand Rounds. Summa Health. Psychiatry. Akron, OH. June 14, 2018

Toward preventing physician suicide: It takes a village. Psychiatry grand rounds with Matthew Goldman, MD and David Muller, MD. SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY. September 13, 2017.

Preventing physician suicide: What you can do to save a life. Psychiatry grand rounds. Montefiore Medical Center. September 14, 2017.

Physician Wellness. Atlantic Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Keynote address. Charlottetown, PEI. Canada. September 16, 2017

Preventing suicide in medical students. PsychSign. Yale University Medical School. September 23, 2017.

Wellness in dental students. Webinar. American Student Dental Association. September 26, 2017.

Keeping well: Facilitating and deterring factors. Keynote Address. ISMMS GME Conference. New York, NY. October 25, 2017

Bereavement after suicide: recognition, therapeutic strategies and self-care. Keynote address. Metrohealth Bereavement Conference. Cleveland, OH. October 27, 2017.

Physician burnout and depression. Grand rounds. Bayonne Medical Center. Bayonne, NJ November 17, 2017.

Stigma: its pernicious effects on health professionals. Canadian Dental Society of Anesthesiology Meeting. Toronto, ON Canada. March 25, 2017

We're human too: psychological and psychiatric vulnerabilities in dentists. Canadian Dental Society of Anesthesiology Meeting. Toronto, ON Canada. March 25, 2017

Talking about our own mental health. Workshop. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. May 20, 2017

Critical issues in the treatment of suicidal physicians. Workshop Chair and presenter. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. May 20, 2017

When a resident dies: impact on the family and what we can do to assist. Symposium presenter. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. May 22, 2017

Toward preventing physician suicide: what you can do to save a life. Grand rounds Department of Family Medicine. SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY. May 31, 2017

Stress, burnout, depression and suicide in physicians: strategies for prevention and psychological growth. Grand rounds. Department of Hematology/Oncology. SUNY Downstate Medical Center. August 11, 2017

Creative Writing After Suicide Loss. Workshop with Carla Fine. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Bereavement Conference. Chicago IL. September 10, 2016

Physician Health 101: Watching Out for Burnout, Depression and Suicidal Behavior in Ourselves and Each Other. 2016 Postgraduate Assembly Providence St Joseph Medical Center Santa Monica CA September 17, 2016

Doctors' Intimate Relationships: Optimizing Healthy Work-Life Balance. 2016 Postgraduate Assembly Providence St Joseph Medical Center Santa Monica CA September 17, 2016

Toward Preventing Physician Suicide. Paper presented International Conference on Physician Health. Boston MA. September 19, 2016

When You Lose a Loved One to Suicide. Address with Carla Fine. University of Manchester National Annual Suicide Bereavement Conference. Manchester England. September 28, 2016

Clinician Suicide: What You Can Do To Save a Life. Panel presentation with Dr Mort Silverman and Carla Fine. US Psych Congress. San Antonio TX. October 23, 2016

Physician Suicide: What You Can Do to Save a Life. Nevada Psychiatric Association. Las Vegas, NV. February 17, 2017

Physician Suicide: An Update. Grand Rounds.Cooper University Hospital.
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Department of Psychiatry. Camden NJ. January 19, 2016

Physician Suicide: What You Can Do To Save a Life. Brian Buss Lecture. Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association Annual Meeting. Portland OR. February 13, 2016

Coping with the death of our patients: how we can grow through loss. Lecture. Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association Annual Meeting. Portland OR. February 13, 2016

When a clinician dies by suicide. Pre-Conference Panel. American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting. Chicago IL. March 30, 2016

Creative Paths to Healing. Writing workshop with Carla Fine. American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting. Chicago IL March 31, 2016

When Physicians Die by Suicide: Insights of Those They Leave Behind. Workshop with Carla Fine and Judith Feldman. American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting. Chicago IL March 31, 2016

Physician Stress, Burnout and More: Restoring Mental Health Resilience in Today's Medical World. Reading Health System. Reading PA. April 25, 2016

Physician Burnout. Grand Rounds. Huntington Hospital. Huntington NY. May 5, 2016

PTSD in Psychiatrists. A Hidden Epidemic. Workshop. Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association. Atlanta GA. May 16, 2016

Psychiatrists Who Have Survived the Suicide Death of a Loved One: Their Insights. Workshop. Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association. Atlanta GA. May 17, 2016

Physician Suicide: Toward Prevention. Symposium. Annual Meeting American Psychiatric Association. Atlanta GA. May 17, 2016

Stigma: Its Pernicious Effects on Health Care Professionals. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Coney Island Hospital. Brooklyn NY May 25, 2016

Promoting Mental Health Resilience & Success in Medical Trainees & Faculty . Trinitas Regional Medical Center. Elizabeth NJ. December 17, 2015

Stigma: a call to arms. Address at HAVEN health professionals meeting. Connecticut. November 6, 2015

Stigma: its pernicious effects on ailing health professionals. Address at HAVEN health professionals meeting. Connecticut. November 6, 2015

Promoting good health and function in residents and fellows: what you can do? Lecture at Flushing Hospital Medical Center. July 24, 2015

Creative Paths to Healing. Writing Workshop with Carla Fine. American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting Scientific Sessions. Atlanta GA. April 16, 2015

Creative Paths to Healing. Writing Workshop with Carla Fine. American Association of Suicidology Annual Meeting. Healing After Suicide Day. Atlanta GA. April 18, 2015

Physician Suicide. Grand Rounds. Psychiatry. SUNY Downstate Medical Center. April 22, 2015

Physician suicide: what you can do to save a life. Presentation to House of Delegates Medical Society of the State of New York. Saratoga, NY. May 1, 2015

Variables in How Suicide Impacts Treating Professionals. Level of Training, Type of Suicide, Notoriety of the Victim, and Threat of Malpractice Suit. Symposium. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Toronto ON. May 17, 2015

PTSD in Psychiatrists. A Hidden Epidemic. Workshop. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Toronto ON. May 18, 2015

Psychiatrists Who Have Survived the Suicide Death of a Loved One. Their Insights. Workshop. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Toronto ON. May 19, 2015

Patient Suicide in Residency Training. Symposium. Discussant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Toronto ON. May 20, 2015

Writing a Path to Healing: A Creative Expressions to Loss Workshop. With Carla Fine. The Samaritans. New York, NY. April 17, 2014. Admission Free. Registration details: http://samaritansnyc.org/writing-a-path-to-healing/

Promoting Mental Health Resilience and Success in Medical Trainees and Faculty. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Harlem Hospital Center. New York, NY. April 25, 2014

Physician Heal Thyself. Workshop participant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 3, 2014

Patient suicide in residency training. Symposium participant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 3, 2014

Suicide by a patient. Case conference. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 4, 2014

Creative ways of healing from suicide loss. Chair and moderator. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 5, 2014

Last glimmer of day. A film about the death of a physician by suicide and its lasting legacy. Chair and moderator. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY. May 6, 2014

Facilitating a group for doctors after a physician colleague has died by suicide. Workshop. 2014 AMA CMA BMA International Conference on Physician Health. BMA House. London, England. September 16, 2014

Advances in Suicidology: What We Know and Don't Know. Keynote Address. Second Annual Suicide Prevention Conference. Milwaukee WI. November 14, 2014

 



Physician Suicide and Resilience: Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Moral Imperatives. Keynote Lecture at Conference "Physician Suicide. Past and Present". Keele University. North Staffordshire, England. April 1, 2014

Remembering our past: a beacon for today and tomorrow. Opening keynote address. Canadian Conference on Physician Health. Calgary, AB. November 15, 2013

Promoting mental health resilience and success in medical trainees and faculty: an overview. Psychiatry Grand Rounds. New York Presbyterian Hospital/​Columbia University Medical Center. New York, NY. July 19, 2013.

Physician Suicide. Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. New York Medical College. October 22, 2013

When residents behave badly. Workshop participant. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training. Fort Lauderdale, FL. March 9, 2013

Psychiatrists who have survived the suicide death of a loved one. Workshop moderator. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 18, 2013

Coping with the suicide death of a patient. Case conference. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 19, 2013

Patient suicide during residency training. Paper presentation for symposium Losing a Patient to Suicide: the Ripple Effect. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 20, 2013

Psychiatric residents and the creative process. Workshop presenter and moderator. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 21, 2013

Treating medical students and physicians. Workshop participant. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 22, 2013
Preparing for retirement. Invited lecturer. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. New York, NY. December 16, 2012

Physician suicide: an update. Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry. Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA. November 16, 2012

Medical marriages and other intimate relationships. Plenary presentation and breakout sessions. Second Osler Symposium. San Diego, CA. October 22, 2012

Losing a patient to suicide and the issues for survivors. Presentations with Carla Fine. Iowa City Crisis Center and University of Iowa. October 9-10, 2012

Physician mental health. Workshop participant. Institute on Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting. New York, NY. October 6, 2012

Suicide and its aftermath. Keynote address. SPAN Idaho's 12th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference. September 13, 2012

Losing a patient to suicide. Seminar with Carla Fine and Dr Frank Campbell. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. May 6, 2012

When physicians die by suicide: what can we learn from their loved ones? Workshop Chair. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. May 6, 2012

"Here One day". A film about bipolar disorder and suicide. Chair. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. May 6, 2012

Treating medical students and physicians. Seminar with Drs Leah Dickstein, Penny Zigler and William Lawson. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. May 7, 2012

Ethics and medical leadership. Symposium presenter. Ethical leadership issues for program directors in psychiatry. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia. May 7, 2012

Creative paths to healing. Workshop with Carla Fine. American Association of Suicidology Meeting. Baltimore. Md. April 20, 2012

The Doctor is in. Session with survivors. American Association of Suicidology Meeting. Baltimore. Md. April 21, 2012