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Grand Rounds

The UNMC Psychiatry Grand Rounds series provides high-quality professional education for clinical staff, house officers, medical students, and other trainees within the department and for other interested parties on campus. We invite leading local and national experts to speak on relevant subjects, and we are committed to purposefully omitting commercial bias from our grand rounds presentations, ensuring the highest quality and integrity of our education.

Grand rounds aim to disseminate knowledge, enhance skills, promote collaboration and discussion, and expose participants to novel perspectives and approaches.

Grand rounds are held bi-monthly at noon, usually on the second and fourth Wednesdays.

Most grand rounds are presented live from the fourth floor of Poynter Hall and are viewable on Zoom, beginning 10 minutes before their scheduled start.

The ACCME grants accreditation to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for Continuing Education for its provision of continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Nebraska Medical Center approves this live activity for Continuing Education for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit reflecting their actual participation.

2025-26 Grand Rounds

Andrew Francis, MD, PhD, Penn State Medical School

Topic: Varieties of Catatonia.

Steven C. Schlozman, MD, University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine

Topic: Grab a Large Popcorn and Call Me in The Morning: The Utility of On-Screen Story Telling for Health Maintenance and the Reduction of Mental Health Stigma

Susan Reay, Ed.D., LICSW, Nebraska-Omaha

Topic: A Review of Standards for Nebraska Licensed Behavioral Health Providers

Shinnyi Chou, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Topic: Cell type-specific cannabinoid receptor alterations in schizophrenia

Heide Rollings, MD, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services  

Topic: Problematic Media Use and Online Victimization

Leslie Hulvershorn, MD, Indiana University

Topic: Building a Care Continuum to Treat Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders

 

Abigail Kay, MD, Thomas Jefferson University

Topic: PrEP and how to prescribe it in the psychiatry setting

Elizabeth Ryznar, MD

Topic: Shrinkwrapped: How Plastics Harm Brain Health

Randon S. Welton, MD, Northeast Ohio Medical University 

Topic: Psychotherapy

Tahir Rahman, MD, Washington University

Topic: Extreme Overvalued Beliefs of Assassins, Bombers and Mass Shooters


Melanie Gentry, MD, Mayo

Topic: Geriatrics

 

Rebecca Klisz-Hulbert, Wayne State University

Topic: School Threat Assessment

Joshua Smith, MD, Vanderbilt

Neuromodulatory and Psychopharmacologic Care for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Conditions

Jessica Ouyankg, MD, National Institute for Health

Topic: TBD

E. Thomas Lewis III, MD, Medical University of South Carolina

Topic: Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in a Murder with Cannibalism: Implications for Mental Health Professionals

Mark Servis, MD, University of California-Davis

Topic: TBD

 

Josh Wortzel, MD, Hartford Healthcare

Topic: Suicide and Climate Distress

Richard Balon, MD, Wayne State University

Topic: Benzodiazepines