May 28, 2008

Debra E. Koss, MD

graduated from U of Virginia Medical School, Fellowship U Massachusetts for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Board Certified Child&Adolescent psychiatry subspecialty. Was Ass’t Professor in the Dept of Psychiatry at U Massachusetts Medical Ctr. She has a private practice in Sparta

June 25, 2008

Laurence M. Westreich, MD

Clinical Assoc. Professor, Supervising Psychiatrist for Residents and Fellows in Addiction Psychiatry at NYU Medical Ctr, Teacher of the year Award on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Board certified in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, added qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry, consultant on drug problems for major league baseball, affiliated with Beth Israel Medical Ctr (NYC), Bellevue(NYC) and Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, NJ, author of "Helping the Addict You Love". Private practices in NYC and Upper Montclair.

July 30, 2008

Harish K. Malhotra, MD

Harish K. Malhotra, MD, will conduct his third “real life” diagnostic interview on one of our predesignated members, using it as an educational tool for the audience. He won’t know the person beforehand and it will be unrehearsed. Dr. Malhotra is a board certified psychiatrist, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UMDNJ where he teaches psychiatry to medical students, past chairman of the Dept. of Psychiatry at Overlook Hospital and of the Council of Psychiatrists of the Atlantic Health System. He has published many papers in scientific journals. His special interest is patient education. He has a private practice in Psychiatry in Summit, NJ and is on staff at Overlook Hospital.

August 27, 2008

Riveting video of Former Chief Judge Sol Wachtler speaking at the NY Mood Disorders Group

Extremely articulate, wonderful sense of humor and serious as well. Undiagnosed he lost his position, his bright future. Now treated properly for Bipolar Disorder. Author of "After the Madness". Facilitated discussion follows 1 hour video. Donations in memory of Peter Kalustian, Jr. enable us to show this.

September 24, 2008

Ivan Goldberg, MD

"Ask the Doctor on all aspects of mood disorders." Dr. Goldberg is a psycho-pharmacologist in active private practice, retired from the faculty of the Dept. of Psychiatry of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia U. after 30+ yrs., formerly on the staff of NIMH, helps train facilitators at the NY chapter. He was the winner of the DBSA Award for advisor. Author of Questions & Answers About Depression and its Treatment, being revised. “Our yearly speaker”.

October 29, 2008

Jean Endicott, PhD

"Mood Disorders: Periodic changes in mood and behavior( by time of year, time of month, time of day) -- including SADS, Diurnal Variation and PMS. Dr. Endicott is a clinical psychologist and an investigator at the NYSPI (Research part of Columbia) and on the faculty of the Dept. of Psychiatry at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.

November 12, 2008

Maryellen McHale, RN,

Psychiatric Nurse and Associate Professor. Before teaching she worked in many inpatient units as a psychiatric nurse. For the last 18 years she has been teaching psychiatric/mental health nursing at Rutgers University, Felician College and for the last 13 years at Bergen Community College.

December 10, 2008

Hayley M. Cohen, MD

Child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. Dr. Cohen graduated from SUNY Buffalo Medical School, did her psychiatry residence at Beth Israel Medical Ctr in NYC, and a Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at UMDNJ. Private practice in Springfield and Warren.

March 25, 2009

Howard Rudominer, MD

Second annual: Chance to “Ask the Doctor” all the difficult questions that often do not get the in-depth answers that satisfy you -- Dr. Rudominer enjoys really taking time with complex, difficult questions about adults, children or adolescents. Dr. Rudominer is Board Certified in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Ass’t clinical professor of psychiatry at NYU Medical Center. He has had a full-time practice for over 35 years, the last 14 of them in Livingston. Unlike most psychiatrists in NJ, he prefers to do the psychotherapy or counseling with his patients in addition to the the medication piece of the treatment --feeling that, if possible, one mental health practitioner treating the entire patient is preferable

April 29, 2020

Suzanne Datto, MD & Louis Littman, MD, PhD

Suzanne and Louis will return and also share excerpts from their book of their experiences dealing with Suzanne's bipolar illness and hospitalization during her psychiatric residency. Dr. Littman is a clinical assistant professor at the U of Pennsylvania. Dr. Datto graduated from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and has done research on bipolar disorder