The Student
Interest Group
in Psychiatry





Events


Opportunities for Students


Residency Information


Research and Education


Other Topics of Interest


Past Events




Contact:  lhnguyen @ stanford.edu



The Student Interest Group in Psychiatry (SIG-Psych) is:

Ryan Williams
Peter Simon
Dona Tversky
Jenya Kaufman
Sarah Juul
John Nguyen






Past Events


2006-7

to be updated soon!



2005-6
Oct 7 Discovering the Cause of Narcolepsy Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director of the Sleep Center for Narcolepsy

Oct 14 Therapeutic Empathy:  Does it REALLY make a difference? David Burns, MD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Author of the bestseller, Feeling Good

Oct 21 Art Therapy:  Children with Complex & Chronic Illnesses Jo Wallace, MA, MFTI
Art Therapist, Children's Health Council

Nov 11 Are Eating Disorders Avoidable? Regina Casper, MD
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry

Nov 18 Restoring Iraq's Mental Health System Keith Humphreys, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Center for Health Care Evaluation, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs

Mar 7 Discussion with Medical Students Irvin Yalom, MD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Author of several critically acclaimed books, including:  Love's Executioner, When Nietszche Wept, and The Gift of Therapy.
Mar 14 Behavioral Reactivity:  A Transdisciplinary Model of an Important Process in Addiction Recovery Jodie Trafton, PhD
Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto HCS
Adjunct Clinical Instructor,
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Apr 4 Child Psychiatry
Barbara Sourkes, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Pediatric Intensive Care
Michelle Brown, PhDAssociate
Clinical Assistant Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Apr 11 Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Kiki Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Director, Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program
Apr 18 Discussion with Medical Students James F. Leckman, MD
Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry & Pediatrics
Child Study Center
Yale University School of Medicine
Apr 20
Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery Panel:  Discussing residency with faculty and graduating students


Co-sponsored by the Stanford Medical Student Association (SMSA)

Pamela Mosher
MS5, Psychiatry/ChildPsych/Pediatrics at Brown
Suzanne Caadium
MS6, Psychiatry at UC Davis
Rich Reimer, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Karen Hirsch
MS4, Neurology at Johns Hopkins
John Adler, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Apr 25 Surviving, thriving and adolescent depression:  What is the measure of successful mental health
intervention?
Francis Wren, MD
Assistant Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Director, Child and Adolescent Depression Clinic
May 2 Electroconvulsive Therapy Brent Solvason, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
May 9 Mental Health (or Lack thereof) at Puberty Chris Hayward, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
May 10 Discussion with Medical Students Eric Kandel, MD
Nobel Laureate in Medicine - 2000
University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor
Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Sciences
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons


2004-5
Oct  4
The Art of Psychotherapy



Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Author of several critically acclaimed books, including:  Love's Executioner, When Nietszche Wept, and The Gift of Therapy.


Oct 22 Art as Medicine:  An Introduction to Stanford Hospital's Art for Health Program


Sylvia Dolce, M.A., A.T.
Art for Health Coordinator, Stanford Medical Center

Oct 29 Maladaptive Aggression in Children and Adolescents


Hans Steiner, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
at the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Nov 5 Synaptic Plasticity:  The Brain's Response to Experience


Robert C. Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Nov 19 Current State of Psychiatry


Alan Schatzberg, M.D.
Kenneth T. Norris, Jr., Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
Jan 21 Gender Issues in Psychiatry:  Psychiatric Symptoms/Disorders in Women


Natalie Rasgon, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Women’s Wellness Clinic, Stanford University
Feb 4 Autism and Asperger’s Disorder


Carl Feinstein, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Child Psychiatry
Feb 18 Cognitive and Biological Aspects of Depression:  Towards an Integration


Ian Gotlib, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Mar 4 Psychiatric Issues Facing Physicians


Joyce Hoffspiegel, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Apr 8 Brain Imaging in Mood Disorders


Terence Ketter, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director of the Stanford Bipolar Clinic
Apr 22 Principles of Hypnosis


José Maldonado, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Chief, Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Service

May 10 Can hypnosis and group therapy really affect clinical outcomes?

Co-hosted with the Integrative Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)


David Spiegel, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director, Center for Integrative Medicine

May 26 Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the treatment of Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa


Debra Safer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry


2003-4
Apr 8 Creativity in Bipolar Disorders


Terence Ketter, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director of the Stanford Bipolar Clinic
Apr 15 Principles of Hypnosis


José Maldonado, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Chief, Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Service

Apr 20 Dinner with graudating students entering in psychiatry residency


Chaya Bhuvaneswar, M.D.
Apr 22 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Communication Skills


Matthew May, M.D.
Resident in Psychiatry
Apr 29 Therapeutic Alliance in Psychotropic Medication Management with Children and Teens


Shashank Joshi, M.D.
Clinical Instructor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
May 13 Taming Terror: Lessons from 9/11 on Trauma, Memory and Dissociation


David Spiegel, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director, Center for Integrative Medicine
May 20 Applying to Psychiatry Residency Programs: Preliminary Thoughts and Potential Decision-Points


Debra Safer, M.D.
Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry
Assistant Director, Psychiatry Residency Program

Comments or Suggestions?  Contact:  lhnguyen @ stanford.edu
last updated January 26, 2007