Grand Rounds Calendar
The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute host Psychiatry Grand Rounds Wednesdays at 11:00 AM ET. All events are accessible via Zoom, with some hybrid events.
For Grand Rounds inquiries, including nominations or to meet with a speaker, please email us at: grandrounds@nyspi.columbia.edu.
For a list of past Grand Rounds events and links to video recordings, please visit the Grand Rounds Archive.
October 15
New Initiative: Bridging Clinical Services with Research Training
Growing Together: A Pilot Program to Advance Clinical-Education-Research Collaboration Through Quality Improvement
Elizabeth Ford, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University
George H. Denfield IV, MD, PhD
Assistant in Clinical Psychiatry
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Columbia University
Rohit K. Mukherjee, MD
Addiction Psychiatry Fellow
Columbia University
Crystal C. Wang, MD
PGY2 Psychiatry Resident
Columbia University
Learning Objectives
- Describe at least two barriers to improving the quality of care in a psychiatric hospital system and how a data-driven QI approach can overcome those barriers
- Understand the meaning of S.M.A.R.T. goals and describe at least two SMART goals to improve NYSPI's clinical services
- Identify two advantages and one challenge to incorporating psychiatric trainees into clinical QI
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
Reading Recommendations
- Ogbu-Nwobodo L, Fang A, Gill H, Saenz SR, Wallace P, Mangurian C, Folk JB. (2025). Implementing Quality Improvement Initiatives Within Community Psychiatry: Challenges and Strategies. Community Mental Health Journal, 61(4):674-681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01375-3
- Ridout, S. J., Ridout, K. K., Theyel, B., Shea, L. M., Weinstock, L., Uebelacker, L. A., & Epstein-Lubow, G. (2020). A novel experiential quality improvement training program during residency improves quality improvement confidence and knowledge: A prospective cohort study. Academic Psychiatry, 44(3), 267-271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01184-2
- Mitchell, T. O., & Li, L. (2021). Overcoming the barriers to resident engagement in quality improvement initiatives in psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry, 45(4), 481-486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01363-1
- Endalamaw A, Khatri RB, Mengistu TS, Erku D, Wolka E, Zewdie A, Assefa Y. (2024). A scoping review of continuous quality improvement in healthcare system: conceptualization, models and tools, barriers and facilitators, and impact. BMC Health Services Research,24(1):487. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10828-0
October 22
Novel Prefrontal Mechanisms for Suppressing Fear: From Glia to Circuits
Ekaterina Likhtik, PhD
Associate Professor
Biology Department
Hunter College & The Graduate Center
City University of New York
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10032
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link
October 29
Marc Potenza, PhD, MD
Steven M. Southwick Professor of Psychiatry and Professor, Child Study Center and of Neuroscience
Yale School of Medicine
*This a VIRTUAL Grand Rounds.
Zoom Details
Meeting ID: 810 0337 6121
Passcode: 598948
Dial in: +1 646 558 8656
Zoom Link