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
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
Neuromodulatory and Psychopharmacologic Care for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Conditions
Jessica Ouyang, 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
Topic: Suicide and Climate Distress
Topic: Benzodiazepines