Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds

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The Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds are held weekly, featuring local faculty, as well as regional and national speakers. The presentations cover a wide range of mental health topics germane to our faculty, residents, fellows, and other mental health clinicians.

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2025 - 2026
DateTitleSpeaker(s)
Jan. 28Mentalizing the Adolescent Mind (Virtual Grand Rounds)Kerry Horrell, Ph.D. & Benjamin Berry, Ph.D.
Jan. 21No Grand RoundsFaculty Meeting
Jan. 14ACEs and Substance Misuse in Youth

Edore Onigu-Otite, M.D. - In person

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Jan. 7Building Mood State Classifiers to Inform DBS of Treatment Resistant Bipolar DepressionWayne Goodman, M.D. & Nidal Moukaddam, M.D.
Dec. 17Iron Deficiency and Mental Health: Is it time for action? Chadi Calarge, M.D.
Dec. 10Methamphetamine: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again Alena Balasanova, M.D.
Dec. 3Beyond Abstinence: Rethinking Recovery Through Harm Reduction and Therapeutic Engagement in Comorbid Opioid Use Disorder and Methamphetamine Use Disorder Ben Li, M.D. and Kelly Truong, M.D.
Nov. 26No Grand RoundsThanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 19Approach to Mental Health Conditions in Adults with Congenital Heart Diseases 1.0 Ethics and Professional ResponsibilityHazem Shahin, M.D. & Katherine Cutitta, Ph.D. - In Person
Nov. 12Understanding and Treating Functional Neurological Disorders in Children through a Mind-Body ClinicMaldonado-Duran, M.D., Mariam Hull, M.D. & Chase Teagarden, DPT - In person
Nov. 5 Understanding and Treating Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in the Black Community: A Sociocultural Perspective 1.0 Ethics and Professional ResponsibilityOgechi “Cynthia” Onyeka, Ph.D. - In person
Oct. 29From Satiety to Sobriety: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists in Addiction TreatmentMichael Weaver, M.D., Luba Yammine, Ph.D., Nancy Shenoi, M.D. - In person
Oct. 22Corruption in Clinical Research: What Is It? - And Why It Matters (Virtual Grand Rounds) 1.0 Ethics and Professional ResponsibilityJohn Sadler, M.D. - Virtual
Oct. 15First, Do No Harm: Navigating Fitness for Duty Evaluations in Medical TrainingJeffrey Khan, M.D., Andrea Stolar, M.D., & Laura Kenyon, M.D. - In person
Oct. 8Faculty Meeting 
Oct. 1Biological and Psychological Considerations in the Treatment of Eating DisordersCarrie McAdams, M.D. - In person
Sept. 24New Faculty Orientation 
Sept. 17Doris Kung, D.O., Atul Maheshwari, M.D., & Penny Holland-Barkis, M.D.    School of Medicine Curriculum and Faculty Development
Sept. 10Kratom 101: Pharmacology, Behavioral Effects, and Clinical ManagementChris Verrico, M.D. & Ynhi Thomas, M.D. - In person
Sept. 3Conversations about Death: What Suicidality Asks of the ClinicianTaylor Neff, Ph.D. - In person