Issue 44 | November 1, 2023 | |
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Dear Faculty, Staff and Trainees,
Sadly, we all find ourselves in very stressful and trying times. While I am deeply impacted by the trauma and suffering currently being experienced in the Middle East, I have chosen not to make any public statements. I will leave the decision to comment on political events in our world to Dean Gladwin of the School of Medicine and UMB President Dr. Bruce Jarrell.
I strongly believe that politics can be divisive and undermine our efforts to work together as a caring team of health care providers, educators, and researchers. I appeal to all members of our Department to focus on our mission of building community, understanding, acceptance, and connectedness among ourselves so that we may provide the best service to our community.
I also want to take this opportunity to remind everyone of Dr. Deanna Kelly’s Investiture Ceremony, where she will be awarded the Dr. William and Carol Carpenter Endowed Professorship at 4:30 on Tuesday, November 28.
This is a wonderful celebration and ALL are welcome!! Please plan to attend and show our support of Dr. Kelly and Dr. Carpenter!
Sincerely,
Jill A. RachBeisel, MD
Dr. Irving J. Taylor Associate Professor and Chair, Department
of Psychiatry
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Faculty Spotlight
Please join me in giving a warm welcome to Dr. Gustavo Medeiros, who formally joined our Department last month.
Dr. Medeiros has mostly performed studies on the impact of clinical variables and biomarkers on response and side effects to different types of antidepressants. He conducts research on personalized/precision treatment of mood disorders, particularly treatment-resistant depression (also known as difficult-to-treat depression), which is a heterogeneous group of patients. His research vision is to reduce the gap between research and clinical practice by developing practical and clinician-friendly predictive models that could be easily applied in real clinical settings. He has a particular interest in understanding the moderators/mediators of response to ketamine/esketamine, which will provide insight to mechanism of action of these medications and allow the identification of patients who are likely to benefit from ketamine/esketamine, increasing treatment success.
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Nanci Henningsen (picture unavailable) is our Staff Spotlight for November's Department issue for showing yet again how she is, to quote an email I sent earlier this month, our "#1 for grant management."
Most recently, Nanci was a huge help to Dr. Dan Roche in submitting his R21 proposal earlier this month. Nanci has been invaluable in making sure numerous grant proposals are submitted on time and check every box for submission criteria.
Kudos for all of the highly effective, behind-the-scenes work, Nanci!
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NEW DEPARTMENTAL INCLUSION INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A RESTORATIVE MINDSET
In the spirit of our DEI focus of Belonging and Inclusion, we are embarking on a department-wide introduction and implementation of Restorative Practices which includes a strategy of informal, non-punitive conflict resolution. Prior to attempts at resolving conflict, we will focus on building our community through relationships.
In order to achieve this cultural change related to how we engage interpersonally, we as a department need to begin to establish a sense of community where we come to know and understand each other on a more personal and human level. Building community is essential to the success of implementing Restorative Practices. This will be a voluntary program as we conduct community building circles to connect with one another meaningfully.
The basis of using a restorative mindset to resolve conflicts is the emphasis on repairing harm done by an intentional or unintentional act done by a person or persons.
Steps include:
1) Identifying and taking steps to repair the harm, 2) Involving all stakeholders in the incident, and 3) and transforming the relationships of our faculty and staff in the department.
For more information and a presentation by an RJ Expert, please join us on November 16 at Noon for our DEI grand rounds:
Sincerely,
Dr. Jay Behel, PhD; Associate Dean
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Looking for New Opportunities?
We're Expanding and Hiring:
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For Neuroscience we have...
A clinical research position, 100% full-time. The successful candidate would lead a clinical research program focused on the neurobiology and treatment of depression. Provide leadership and mentorship in the development and integration of clinical depression research with clinical and education programs in the department. Collaborate with clinical and translational research in the department.
Contact: Dr. Gould at tgould@som.umaryland.edu
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For DART we have:
1) A full time psychiatrist position. This clinical position will be 50% CL, 10% MACS, 20% 1001, 10% percent tele, and 10% academic (teaching or research project).
2) A full-time addiction medicine position. This position is a combined clinical/research position that will be 40% CL, 10% MACS, 10 percent tele, and 40% research with Sarah Kattakuzhy's group.
Contact: Dr. Weintraub at eweintra@som.umaryland.edu
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For our Geriatric/Adult/ECT/ADepT division, we have:
1) A full-time position in the Geriatric division to include a mix of adult inpatient (12W), TMS, esketamine, ECT. There is possibility of some time on 12E and geriatric clinic if we hire a geriatric psychiatrist.
2) An opening in clinical with clinical teaching responsibilities on inpatient and ECT.
Contact: Dr. Marano at CMarano@som.umaryland.edu
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For Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, we have:
Two full-time positions with the following options: inpatient work, community work with the child PACT team, training and education (program director), telepsychiatry to DJS youth, consultation work in the Peer to Peer program which monitors antipsychotic prescribing, and ambulatory work and supervision in our clinic.
Contact: Dr. Edwards at Sedwards@som.umaryland.edu
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For Community Psychiatry, we have:
One full-time position in Community to work in Fayette clinic doing medication management and intakes with a multidisciplinary team. There are also opportunities for resident supervision. This is a clinical position with clinical education.
Contact: Dr. Hackman at AHACKMAN@som.umaryland.edu
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For OT, we have:
An opening for a Psychiatric Occupational Therapist to join our team at the University of Maryland Medical Center. working primarily on an Adult Inpatient Psychiatric unit delivering psychiatric occupational therapy services through evaluation of patient needs, goal determination, and development of treatment plans according to the principles and practices of occupational therapy.
Contact: Pamela Walker, pamela.walker@umm.edu, 410-328-6071
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For MTC, we have:
An open 1.0 FTE position for clinical care in the acute setting. Job duties include attending on the inpatient Psychiatry unit(s) with clinical assignments on a rotating basis to provide psychiatric evaluations and consultations in the ED setting, PHP, and C/L for inpatient Med/Surgery services.
Contact: Dr. Knight at sknight@som.umaryland.edu
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For PES, we have:
A 0.5 FTE available for an attending psychiatrist who would oversee residents and nurse practitioners providing emergency consultations and crisis evaluations in the psychiatric emergency room at UMMC DTC. These would be non-traditional work hours as we work in shifts providing staffing from 8am-9pm on weekdays and 8a-4pm on weekends.
Contact: Dr. Van Remmen at SVanRemmen@som.umaryland.edu
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For PACT, we have:
1) One Clinical Social Worker who would provide mobile mental health services in the community of Baltimore City, while treating adults with chronic mental health issues.
For CSP we have:
1) One Nurse (pending hire) to provide mobile mental health services in the community of Baltimore City, while working to treat adults with chronic mental health issues.
And for Harbor City PRP, we have one position for Psych Rehab Counselor (vacant for many months) and another rehab counselor position opening up, pending approval.
Both of these full-time, non-licensed counselor positions will be in the Psychiatric Rehab Program for adults with severe mental illness.
Caseloads are between 12 and 15 clients; counselors are responsible for developing individual treatment plans, and documenting visits and client progress. Services are provided both onsite and in the community; counselors are required to both facilitate rehabilitation groups and provide 1:1 interventions.
Contact: Hilary Robinson – Hiring Manager. Main number: 410 328-2177. Email: hrobinso@som.umaryland.edu
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Now Launching: The University of Maryland Medicine Advanced Depression Treatment Center (ADepT)
ADepT will offer comprehensive evaluations and recommendations for treatment-resistant depression and, when appropriate, provide treatments including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Location: First Floor of the Walter Carter 701 West Pratt Street Building
Medical Director: Dr. Seshagiri Doddi
For referrals or contact information, call: 410-328-8415
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Faculty Members, Mark Your Calendars...
Our in-person faculty meeting will be held Thursday, November 30, at 12:00-1:30 at the Elm Room, or room 208 on the second floor of the Campus Center.
Lunch will be provided!
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Also, Don't Miss: Next Thursday's Kahlert Institute Fall Retreat | |
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As a vital member of the addiction medicine community at UMB, we invite you to the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine Retreat on November 9 from 8:30 am-7:30 pm in Downtown Baltimore.
Your insights, ideas and vision will be invaluable to the discussion as we cultivate a collaborative community of individuals involved and interested in addiction research, care, and education.
The retreat is internal to UMB, and will be an opportunity to learn about the incredible work happening on our campus, break down silos, and learn and engage around specific topics in addiction. Stay tuned for the full agenda.
In the meantime, sign up for our newsletter to join the Kahlert community.
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Dr. Seth Ament's paper co-led with Dr. Peg McCarthy, "A single-cell genomic atlas for maturation of the human cerebellum during early childhood," was published October 12 in Science Translational Medicine as part of a package of 24 papers from the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network. All of the papers used single-cell genomics and related technologies to characterize the diversity and development of cell types in the human brain.Their study focused on the postnatal maturation of the human cerebellum.
Together, they discovered that early-childhood inflammation, an established risk factor for autism and schizophrenia, causes the premature down-regulation of developmental programs specifically in two kinds of cerebellar neurons.
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Drs. Sarah Edwards, Gloria Reeves, and Mutiat Onigbanjo wrote a guest essay for The Baltimore Sun on the dangers of social media, its impact on the national epidemic of loneliness, and how we can combat its deleterious effects on America's youth. You can access their guest article here. | |
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