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Three cheers for Eli Happ, the latest Golisano Children's Hospital Honorary Captain for the Rochester Amerks. Eli was nominated by Katie Rice, PhD, MS of Pediatric Behavioral Health and Wellness to join the Amerks on the ice during the playing of the national anthem before the puck drop!

Welcome to our Incoming Psychiatry Residents!

We are excited to welcome our incoming class to our Psychiatry Residency Program! This year's residents come from medical schools from around the world and bring a wide range of interests, backgrounds, and experiences to our program. Please join us in welcoming them as they enter the next steps of their medical career!

Headshots of Susan Gasparino, MD, Corey Nichols-Hadeed, JD, Tracy Webber, DNP, CNM, MPA, FACNM, Laura Stamm, PhD, , Jahaira Capellan, PhD, MS, RN, FNP-BC

Corey Nichols-Hadeed, JD, assistant professor in Psychiatry and co-director of the URMC Firearm Injury Prevention Program, was featured by the Center for Community Health & Prevention alongside other rising community health and health equity leaders in honor of Women's History Month. READ MORE>>>


URMC Psychiatry Representation at the AAMFT Leadership Symposium

Kristin Koberstein, PhD, LMFT, Carol Podgorski, PhD, MPH, MS, and Jessica Moore, PhD recently attended the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's Leadership Symposium in Phoenix earlier this March! This event focused on the pressing issues faced by Marriage and Family Therapists and those in leadership.


Training sessions available for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treatment Seeking

The UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence will be offering free trainings throughout April focused on training to provide guidance on evidence-based strategies, particularly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treatment-Seeking (CBT-TS), to work through resistance and encourage help-seeking behavior. Single-session and four-session trainings are available depending on familiarity with CBT-TS. Click here to register. READ MORE>>>


Celebrating Patient Access Week

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Patient Access Week takes place from April 1st to April 6th! This week is dedicated to honoring healthcare access professionals and their ongoing achievements, unwavering commitment, and exceptional expertise in the outpatient setting. Please join us in thanking our fellow ambulatory coworkers and patient access professionals!


Stroll for Strong Kids is June 1st

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The 28th Annual Golisano Children's Hospital Stroll for Strong Kids will be held on June 1st at Genesee Valley Park! This family-friendly event features a race/walk fundraiser to support programs that serve our kids and their loved ones as well as entertainment and lunch for youth participants. Our Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness team will be raising funds to support pediatric psychiatry programs. Click here to learn about how you can support the team's walk efforts!

Psychiatry in the News

Understanding Frontotemporal Dementia

Anton Porsteinsson, M.D. on Connections with Evan Dawson

Anton Porsteinsson, MD, director of our Alzheimer's Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE), alongside Katie Ball, Buffalo resident and caregiver, chatted with Connections with Evan Dawson on the latest research around frontotemporal dementia. READ MORE>>>


Overcoming the Digital Divide Through Community-Based Telehealth

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Michael Hasselberg, NP, MS, PhD spoke with mHealthcare Intelligence about the need for community-based telehealth services, particularly in underserved communities.


"Those engaged in telehealth actually required less in-person follow-up care and required less high-cost imaging and lab tests in follow-up," he said. READ MORE>>>


Biomarker Changes in Spinal Fluid Could Help Diagnose Alzheimer's Early Emily Clark, DO, associate director of AD-CARE, spoke with Medical News Today on the latest research finding that changes in spinal fluid could help diagnose Alzheimer's early. READ MORE>>>

DICE Corner

Save the Date for our 2024 Summer Brown Bag Series

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We are excited to announce the dates of our 2024 Summer Brown Bag Series from July 10th to August 28th. Join us on Wednesdays at noon throughout the summer for discussions and educational opportunities to learn about inequities surrounding our communities. Registration and more information will be available in June. For any questions, please email us.


Bridge Art Gallery Call for Art Closes May 3rd!

There’s a little more than a month left to submit artwork for our Bridge Art Gallery's next call for art, Growth in Tough Times. We invite artists of all ages to respond to our call for art exploring resilience and overcoming challenges by completing the attached submission form or filling out our online form here. Please share with all that you think may be interested!


In addition, save the date for the show reception on May 29th from 4:30 PM to 6 PM at the Romano Room. Stay tuned for more details! 

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