50th ANNUAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
OCTOBER 15-18, 2026
WESTIN COPLEY PLACE
BOSTON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2026 – TICKETED EVENTS
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1:00 – 3:00 PM Clozapine Workshop
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
1:00 – 3:00 PM Pharmacology 101 for Psychopharmacologists
Frank Tazari, MBBS, PhD, MBA
4:00 – 8:00 PM The Role of Cannabis in Medicine
Eden Evins, MD, MPH; Jodi Gilman, PhD; Julia Arnsten, MD; Randi Schuster, PhD
4:00 – 8:00 PM Medical Issues in Psychiatry
Theodore A. Stern, MD; Christopher M. Celano, MD; Amy Newhouse, MD
4:00 – 8:00 PM Obesity and Eating Disorders
Kamryn Eddy, PhD; Laura Holsen, PhD; Ashley Dunford, PhD;
Esther Dechant, MD; Jennifer Thomas, PhD;
Evelyna Kambanis, PhD; Kendra Becker, PhD
4:00 – 8:00 PM Law & Psychiatry
Matthew Lahaie, MD, JD; Ronald Schouten, MD, JD;
Nikhil Mathews, MD, JD; Christine Darsney, PhD
4:00 – 8:00 PM Nutritional, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Psychiatry Program
Uma Naidoo, MD; David Mischoulon, MD;
Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM; Ramaswamy Viswanathan, MD, DrMedSc;
Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD, MBA; Kimberley A. Parks, DO
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026
8:00 – 8:10 AM Welcoming Remarks & Introduction
Maurizio Fava, MD & Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
MODULE TOPIC – MOOD DISORDERS
8:10 – 8:55 AM Bipolar Depression
Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD
8:55 – 9:40 AM Bipolar Long-Term Management
Roy Perlis, MD
9:40 – 9:55 AM Break
9:55 – 10:40 AM Treatment Resistant Depression
Maurizio Fava, MD
10:40 – 11:20 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator: Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
Panelists: Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Roy Perlis, MD, Maurizio Fava, MD
11:20 – 12:20 PM Lunch Break
MODULE TOPIC – ANXIETY/PTSD
12:20 – 1:05 PM PTSD & Insomnia
Amit Chopra, MBBS, DFAPA
1:05 – 1:50 PM Anxiety Disorders and Treatments
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
1:50 – 2:30 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lee Cohen, MD
Panelists: Amit Chopra, MBBS, DFAPA, Jonah Cohen, PhD, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
2:30 – 2:45 PM Break
MODULE TOPIC – WOMEN’S HEALTH
2:45 – 3:30 PM Course and Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy
Lee S. Cohen, MD
3:30 – 4:15 PM Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Marlene P. Freeman, MD
4:15 – 4:55 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lee S. Cohen, MD
Panelist: Marlene P. Freeman, MD, Laura Fagioli Petrillo, EdM, MD
4:55 – 5:15 PM Break
5:15 – 7:15 PM Friday Evening Seminars:
Seminars begin at 5:15 PM and repeat at 6:15 PM.
Pharmacologic Approach to Psychiatric Urgent Care
Meaghan Rudolph, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Psychopharmacology of Sleep Disorders
John Winkelman, MD, PhD
Prodromes, Early Detection and Prevention of Major Psychiatric Illnesses
Daphne Holt, MD, PhD
Mental Health and the Benefits of a Healthy Lifestyle
Maren Nyer, PhD
Stimulation and/or Surgical Approaches to Psychiatric Illness
Cristina Cusin, MD
PMDD and Depression During the Menopausal Transition: New Insights
Laura Fagioli Petrillo, EdM, MD
Suicide
Theodore A. Stern, MD
7:15 PM Adjourn
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2026
8:00 – 8:05 AM Welcoming Remarks & Introduction
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
MODULE TOPIC – PSYCHOSIS
8:05 – 8:50 AM First-Episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
8:50 – 9:35 AM Management of Side-Effects of Antipsychotics
Abigail Donovan, MD
9:35 – 9:50 AM Break
MODULE TOPIC – KETAMINE & ESKETAMINE
9:50 – 10:35 AM Ketamine and Esketamine: From Research to Clinical Practice
Cristina Cusin, MD
10:35 – 11:15 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator: David Mischoulon, MD
Panelists: Cristina Cusin, MD, Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP, Abigail Donovan, MD
11:15 – 12:15 PM Lunch Break
MODULE TOPIC – NEW THERAPIES: WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON?
12:15 – 1:00 PM Neuromodulation and Interventional Psychiatry
Joan Camprodon, MD, MPH
1:00 – 1:45 PM New Treatments for Schizophrenia
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
1:45 – 2:00 PM Break
2:00 – 2:45 PM Psychedelics
Franklin King, MD
2:45-3:30 PM Amplifying and Extending the Effects of Addiction Treatment
John F. Kelly, PhD
3:30 – 4:20 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator: Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
Panelists: Franklin King, MD, Joan Camprodon, MD, MPH, John F. Kelly, PhD
4:20 – 4:30 PM Break
4:30 – 5:30 PM Saturday Evening Seminars:
Seminars begin at 4:30 PM and do not repeat.
Violence Risk Assessment in Clinical Practice**
James Barrett, PhD; Superintendent Frederick Cabral
Geriatrics Psychopharmacology
Jennifer R. Gatchel, MD, PhD
Illuminating the Black Box: Antidepressants, Youth, and Suicide
Khadijah Watkins, MD, MPH
Traumatic Brain Injury: A Neuropsychiatric Perspective
Kaloyan S. Tanev, MD
The Neurobiology of Addiction
Jodi Gilman, PhD
Adult Autism
Gagan Joshi, MD
Psychopharmacology of Autism
Chris McDougle, MD
Natural Medications for Psychiatric Disorders
David Mischoulon, MD, PhD
5:30 PM Adjourn
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2026
7:55- 8:00 AM Welcoming Remarks & Introduction
David Rubin, MD
MODULE TOPIC – ADDICTION
8:00 – 8:40 AM Alcohol and Opioids
Vinod Rao, MD, PhD
8:40 – 9:20 AM Treatment of Tobacco Use Disorders
Anne Eden Evins, MD
9:20 – 9:50 AM Panel Discussion
Moderator: David Rubin, MD
Panelists: Vinod Rao, MD, PhD, Anne Eden Evins, MD
9:50 – 10:05 AM Break
MODULE TOPIC – OCD
10:05 – 10:50 AM Psychopharmacology of OCD
Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD
10:50 – 11:35 AM Psychopharmacology for Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders
Erica Greenberg, MD
11:35 – 12:20 PM Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Digital And AI-Powered Interventions for OCD and Related Disorders
Sabine Wilhelm, PhD
12:20 – 12:50 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator: Sabine Wilhelm, PhD
Panelists: Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD, Erica Greenberg, MD
12:50 – 1:50 PM Lunch Break
MODULE TOPIC – ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
1:50 – 2:35 PM Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and Mood Disorders
Mai Uchida, MD
2:35 – 3:20 PM ADHD
Timothy Wilens, MD
3:20 – 4:05 PM Drug Interactions
Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD
4:05 – 4:45 PM Panel Discussion
Moderator: Timothy Wilens, MD
Panelists: Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, Mai Uchida, MD
4:45 PM Adjourn
Maurizio Fava, MD
Chair, Mass General Brigham Academic Medical Centers (AMC) Department of Psychiatry
Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Research Oversight Committee (ROC)
Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI)
Mass General Brigham (MGB)
Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief Emeritus
Director, Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stanley Cobb, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD
Silverman University Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics
Psychiatrist-in-Chief
Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
James Barrett, PhD
Director of Clinical Support, Cambridge Police
Assistant Professor of Psychology (part-time)
Harvard Medical School
Khadijah Booth Watkins, MD, MPH, DFAACAP
Interim Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training
Associate Director, The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds
Associate Director, Psychiatry Clerkship, Harvard Medical School
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Frederick Cabral
Superintendent Support Services
Cambridge Police
Joan Camprodon, MD, MPH, PhD
Chief, Division of Neuropsychiatry
Director, Laboratory for Neuropsychiatry & Neuromodulation
Director, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) clinical service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Amit Chopra, MBBS, DFAPA
Psychiatrist and Sleep Specialist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Jonah Cohen, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Anxiety
and Traumatic Stress Disorders
Lee S. Cohen, MD
Director, Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health
Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Chief of Psychiatry (Philanthropy and Department Communications)
Edmund and Carroll Carpenter Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Cristina Cusin, MD
Director, Ketamine Clinic and Associate Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Abigail L. Donovan, MD
Medical Director, Acute Psychiatry Service
Director of Clinical Services, Psychosis Clinical and Research Program
Director, First Episode and Early Psychosis Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
A. Eden Evins, MD, MPH
Cox Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Founding Director, Mass General Hospital Center for Addiction Medicine
Director for Faculty Development, Mass General Hospital Department of Psychiatry
Laura Fagioli Petrillo, EdM, MD
Director of Training
The Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Maurizio Fava, MD
Chair, Mass General Brigham Academic Medical Centers (AMC) Department of Psychiatry
Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Research Oversight Committee (ROC)
Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI)
Mass General Brigham (MGB)
Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Marlene P. Freeman, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry
Director of Clinical Services and Associate Director,
Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health, Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry
Abra Prentice Foundation Chair in Women’s Mental Health
Medical Director, MGH Clinical Trials Network and Institute
Editor in Chief, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, MGH Psychosis Clinical and Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jennifer R. Gatchel, MD, PhD
Assistant Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital
Partners Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, MGH Site Director
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Jodi M. Gilman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience, MGH Center for Addiction Medicine
Director, MGH Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Division
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Department of Psychiatry
Erica Greenberg, MD
Director, Pediatric Psychiatry OCD and Tic Disorders Program
MassGeneral Brigham, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Daphne Holt, MD, PhD
Director, Resilience and Prevention Program, MGH Department of Psychiatry
Co-Director, Psychosis Research and Clinical Program, MGH Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Gagan Joshi, MD
Director, The Alan & Lorraine Bressler Clinical and Research Program for Autism Spectrum Disorder
David and Joanne Rovee Chair in Child Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
John F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP
Chief, Division of Addiction Treatment and Prevention, Mass General Brigham AMC, Dept of Psychiatry
Elizabeth R. Spallin, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Founder and Director, MGH Recovery Research Institute
Founder and Director, National Center on Youth Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
President, American Board of Addiction Psychology
Board Certified Addiction Psychologist
Franklin King IV, MD
Franklin King, MD
Director of Training and Education, MGH Center for Neuroscience of Psychedelics
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Christopher J. McDougle, MD
Director, Lurie Center for Autism
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
David Mischoulon, MD, PhD
Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program
Mass General Brigham Academic Medical Center’s Psychiatry Department
Joyce R Tedlow, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD
Thomas P. Hackett, MD, Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at MGH
Director, Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation
Co-Director, Center for Clinical Research Education, Division of Clinical Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Maren Nyer, PhD
Clinical Psychologist & Director of Yoga Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Depression Clinical and Research Program (DCRP); Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc
Associate Chief (Research), Department of Psychiatry
Director, Center for Quantitative Health
Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD Endowed Chair
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Affiliate Faculty
Center for Genomic Medicine, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Vinod Rao, MD, PhD
Medical Director, MGH West End Clinic
Chief, MGB Psychiatry Division of Adult Outpatient Psychiatry
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief Emeritus
Director, Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stanley Cobb, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
David H. Rubin, MD
Director, Division of Professional and Public Education, MGH
Executive Director, MGH Psychiatry Academy and MGH Visiting, MGH
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Meaghan Rudolph, MS, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, MGH Department of Psychiatry
Instructor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Theodore A. Stern, MD
Chief Emeritus, Avery D. Weisman Psychiatric Consultation Service,
Director, Thomas P. Hackett Center for Scholarship in Psychosomatic Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Ned H. Cassem, Professor of Psychiatry in the field of
Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation,
Harvard Medical School
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Psychosomatics/JACLP
Kaloyan Tanev, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, The Home Base Program
Chief Scientific Officer, The Home Base Program
Inaugural Thomas C. Werner Endowed Chair for Military Health
Medical Director, MGH TBI Clinical and Research Program
Director of Clinical Neuropsychiatry Research, MGH
Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Mai Uchida, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director of Pediatric Depression/ Director of Global Advocacy
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Timothy E. Wilens, MD
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School
President-Elect, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Sabine Wilhelm, PhD
Chief of Psychology, Mass General Brigham (MGB), Psychiatry Department
Director, Center for Digital Mental Health, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Director, Center for OCD and Related Disorders, MGH
Donovan-Chien Family Endowed Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School
John W. Winkelman, MD, PhD
Chief, Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program
Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Center for OCD and Related Disorders
Medical Director, Primary Care Psychiatry
Director of Psychopharmacology, Excoriation Clinic and Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
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