Special Lectures

We are pleased to welcome John Rubenstein, MD, PhD to the University of Pittsburgh as our special guest to present the Irene Jakab Lecture this year. 

Mark your calendars for October 16, 2020 and join us for a special Clinical Grand Rounds focusing on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy featuring Dr. Stephanie Stepp, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Join us for our next Clinical Grand Rounds featuring Dr. Jack Rozel, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Law, and Director of resolve Crisis Services. In July, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the Maas v. UPMC case.  In this case, a patient murdered a woman who lived five doors down a hallway from him after making a series of vague threats – including, at one point, “a neighbor” – but never identifying a target in any way.

Join us for a special Clinical Grand Rounds featuring experts from our Community Psychiatry program. This rounds will focus on the effective system-wide management of chronic ingester and suicidal patients.

Date & Time. December 4, 2020, 12:00 to 1:30pm

Location. UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) Auditorium. This grand rounds will be offered via a streaming service if COVID-19 safety regulations do not allow for in person attendance.

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to welcome Katherine Burdick, PhD as the speaker for the next Special Guest Lecture in our series. Dr. Burdick is Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University. 

Our next Clinical Grand Rounds will address how clinicians from Pitt Psychiatry and the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System are working together to address the mental health needs of our men and women in uniform.