Issue 55 | November 6, 2024 | |
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Dear Faculty, Trainees, and Staff,
In September’s State of the Department presentation, I covered our FY24 achievements and our FY25 goals and challenges. Today I would like to focus on ways we can move forward transforming our Department into a Common Strategic System.
A Common Strategic System is one that will help our Department create and maintain a competitive strategy. Some examples of this include computer systems or resources that analyze data on markets and their competitors to help them plan and succeed, or systems that let organizations build a long-term plan of action and adapt to environmental change.
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Building and executing on a common strategic system is the heart of our goal to transform our Department as a High Reliability Organization (HRO) and a growing leader in the delivery of mental health and addiction care, training of our next generation and scientific ventures to impact the field of Psychiatry.
The University of Maryland Medical System has committed to becoming, within five years, the safest health system in Maryland, and a market leader in cancer, musculoskeletal, cardiac, and neurosciences. I would like to see Psychiatry added to that list.
It’s an ambitious goal and our work is cut out for us! We acknowledged the need for cultural and process reforms, and that when it comes to safety, quality, and the overall patient experience, there is room for improvement. The work extends beyond clinical safety and performance as it enters the realm of education and research. But how?
We can achieve our goals and transform our Department—to take us to the next level—through a combination of cultural, new tools, and procedural changes. In next week's Faculty meeting, we explore the possibilities!
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Sincerely,
Jill A. RachBeisel, MD
Dr. Irving J. Taylor Professor and Chair, Department
of Psychiatry
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Dr. Deanna Kelly, was awarded the Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award by the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP), the prominent organization in the US representing those in the field of psychiatric pharmacy. This is a distinct honor and the highest award in the field.
This award is presented annually to a senior psychiatric pharmacy practitioner who has achieved a level of professional distinction and represents the qualities and ideals of professional enthusiasm, a passion for optimizing patient care, and continuing dedication to the practice of psychiatric pharmacy. The Saklad Memorial Award is named after the late Judith J. Saklad and will be presented at the 2025 AAPP Annual Meeting. Read the full press release.
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Community Psychiatry is preparing to send a member of our family off to a beautiful retirement. Maxine Klane has spent two decades advocating for the mental health of our community and the team members that support them. The legacy Maxine leaves is one of connection. She has spent hours building relationships with our community partners and agencies that have given her the platform to advocate for our programs in a unique and powerful way. Maxine has prioritized connection with the people she works with. She is always willing to teach or help, as no job is too small. Maxine’s connection to purpose stems from her passion to leave Baltimore better than she found it, but at the end of the day, her purpose also includes fiscal responsibility as without money, there is no mission.
Ann Hackman, MD Aislynn Moyer, DNP, RN, CENP
Division Director Community Psychiatry Behavioral Health Nursing Director, Department of Psychiatry Ambulatory Services
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The Department of Psychiatry Diversity Committee | |
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Our first DEI Grand Rounds is on Thurs, Nov 21 at 12noon in person at the SMC campus center. On Our Own Maryland will be featuring the TAY Outreach Project which has been a statewide initiative of On Our Own of Maryland (OOOMD) since 2012. Its mission is to empower youth with mental health/substance use struggles to share their experiences and speak out about the kinds of supports and services they’d like to see within the behavioral health system.
You can learn more about On Our Own Maryland here: https://www.onourownmd.org/s/program/a193i000000C3xoAAC/transitional-age-youth-tay . Please come out in person to support the speakers as they share their lived experiences with mental health treatment.
The last calendar year meeting for the diversity committee will be on Thurs, Dec 5 at 4pm. We will resume regular 4th Thursday meetings in January.
Please see the meeting link here: https://umaryland.zoom.us/j/93683227602?pwd=9XXwX38LBW2MaeGXWFBpr55GBdPQK0.1&from=addon
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The DEI Committee encourages members of the department to support Project Feast this Thanksgiving. Project Feast is a UMSOM student run organization that puts together a free meal on Thanksgiving Day, November 28th from 11am-3pm at Booker T. Washington Elementary School. Direct donations for the cost of a turkey, meal, coat, or any amount are always welcome and appreciated.
Donors can visit this link: https://give.umaryland.edu/campaigns/49092/donations/new?a=8392716
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For Prescribers: Help MACS with this Quick Survey | |
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As part of MACS’ ongoing efforts to understand the landscape of buprenorphine across the state we are again surveying prescribers. This fall we are specifically interested in access to care for adolescent and transitional age youth.
We would appreciate your time to help complete this brief prescriber survey, as well as your efforts to share the survey with your networks. The survey can be accessed via this direct link: https://umaryland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8vODw9tlNQVPVum).
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Don't Miss: Tomorrow's Grand Rounds | |
Highlights from Our First Post-Doctoral Luncheon! | |
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Two weeks ago we held our Department's first post-doctoral luncheon--the first of many more to come!
We learned a lot about the postdoc experience, and it was great to meet so many talented young people. We discovered some important details and big picture challenges (everyone nodded when someone said “the hardest thing about being a postdoc is the uncertainty”).
A big thanks to Dr. Majed Harraz for bringing us together for the event, and to Drs. Renee Cockerham and Jennifer Aumiller for their strong support in the postdoc office in helping us to better support our postdocs.
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Congratulations to Marissa Flaherty, MD, Constance Lacap, DO, and Hinda Dubin, MD, on being named among Baltimore Magazine's Top Doctors for 2024!
The "Top Doctors" results are based on Baltimore Magazine's annual survey of thousands of physicians in the Baltimore region who were asked to name the best doctors; the list covers 130 specialties and subspecialties and more than 638 physicians who received the highest number of recommendations by peers are included.
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From the MPower Professor's Luncheon... | |
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Twenty MPower Professors were honored with a ceremony and an award to recognize their selection as a Professor in the program and to acknowledge their significant collaborations in the fields of arts and humanities, behavioral and social sciences, computer science, dentistry, engineering, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health.
MPower continues to grow and strengthen relationships between the Baltimore and College Park campuses, and these professors were recognized for their collaborations on strategic research with faculty at the opposite campus.
Thank you to Dr. Deanna Kelly, President Jarrell of UMB, and President Daryll Pines of UMD!
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Congratulations on a 3-Year Grant! | |
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Drs. Melanie Bennett and Dan Roche were awarded a 3-year grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study the impact of external facilitation to increase prescribing of medications for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the outpatient psychiatric treatment setting.
Dan and Melanie are leading the project as Multiple Principal Investigators. Design and analysis expertise will be provided by Drs. Julie Kreyenbuhl and Clay Brown. The study team’s Clinician Expert is Max Spaderna, an Assistant Professor and board-certified psychiatrist who treats patients in both Community Psychiatry and UMDATC/DART. Corinne Kacmarek, a VA Advanced Fellow at the VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, contributed to writing the proposal and will join the study team to learn how to run an implementation trial.
All contributed to the development and submission of the project and will be ongoing contributors as it is completed over the next three years. In addition, personnel across the Department’s clinical divisions and programs completed surveys on their knowledge and training needs related to medications for AUD which served as preliminary data for the submission.
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Two Prize-Winning Works of Art | |
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The University of Maryland Medical Center Healing Arts Exhibit is held in partnership with the National Arts Program. Each year UMMC staff and their immediate family members are invited to submit original art in the form of paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture. This year marks the 12th annual exhibit. Work is currently on view at the downtown campus at 22 South Greene Street on the First Floor Atrium hallway thru November 14, 2024.
Dr. Samantha Miller won 2nd Place Award in the Adult Category for her works "Columbine Seedpod" and "Magnolia Leaf" pictured below (center, wooden frames).
Congratulations, Samantha!
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Dr. Yu Dong has accepted an invitation to serve as an affiliate member on the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Research on Aging. The Center for Research on Aging, an Organized Research Center at the University of Maryland, was established in 1998. Membership in the Center consists of faculty at three University of Maryland campuses, Johns Hopkins University, the National Institute on Aging, as well as faculty of academic institutions who have major professional interests in aging research and are involved in collaborative research in gerontology at the University of Maryland.
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On October 9, 2024, Kay Connors, Dr. Leslie Santos from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES); Shanique Rogers-Henry, Patrick Patterson from North Carolina, Dr. Sylvia McCree-Huntley, presented to an audience of over 100 students and professors at UMES.(Professor Tierra Tius is also featured in the photo.)
The presentation, titled “The Power Parenting and Fatherhood Programs,” focused on the family-centered approach in early childhood development and its impact on both adult health and mental health. Key points included the biological factors influencing early childhood development, the importance of building trust and effective communication, and the Surgeon General's recent health advisory on parental stress, emphasizing the need to support parents. Patrick Patterson highlighted the pivotal role fathers play in children's development and the critical need for better communication and support for males and fathers in the field. Shanique and Sylvia shared parenting programs that have proven effective for families.
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Drs. Gloria Reeves and Pamela Walker received the game day ball at UMD's game in September. They were invited to the game by our College Park collaborators, and asked to make an “X” because they were helping with the X-Foundry competition this year.
Way to represent!
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