Gambling: Show Me the Money! A Public Health Crisis - Diagnosis, Treatment and Challenges

Antoine Douiahy, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kavita Fischer, MD, DFAPA

Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine & Regional Medical Director for the Community Care Behavioral Health Organization

Our next Clinical Grand Rounds will take place on October 16, 2026. Our speakers will be Drs. Antoine Douiahy and Kavita Fischer.

Antoine Douiahy, MD is Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is an outstanding clinical leader, teacher, and researcher with broad expertise in addiction medicine and dual diagnosis, as well as substance use and co-morbid HIV. He is senior academic director of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH)’s Addiction Medicine Services, and medical director of Tobacco Treatment Service of UPMC.

Kavita Fischer, MD, DFAPA is Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Regional Medical Director for the Community Care Behavioral Health Organization. She is board-certified in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Join us in the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium or via Zoom for this hybrid event:

Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99787102400
Passcode: 487027

For More Information, please contact Shardai Key-Ward at keysj4@upmc.edu.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. The entirety of this program will be a lecture by the speaker(s). All individuals able to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. Registration is not required for this event. This event is free and there will be no refunds. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours. In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference. WPH is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. WPH maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist. These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.