Marc Agronin, MD

• Affiliate Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
• Medical Director for Mental Health and Clinical Research, Miami Jewish Health Systems, Miami, FL

Dr. Agronin is an expert in adult and geriatric psychiatry, Alzheimer’s disease, and other dementia types. His research includes Alzheimer's disease, and agitation and psychosis associated with dementia. Dr. Agronin has given more than 100 lectures nationally on topics in geriatric psychiatry, which include several presentations to the U.S. Psychiatric Congress. He has also been named Clinician of the Year by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.

Dr. Agronin has authored articles for the New York Times and Scientific American Mind, nearly 100 scholarly journal articles, and several books including Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition and Therapy with Older Clients: Key Strategies for Success. He has also written chapters in most major psychiatry textbooks.

Leslie Citrome, MD

• Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Dr. Citrome has published over 400 research reports, review, chapters, and abstracts in scientific literature. He is also on the editorial board of 6 different medical journals, reviews for over 50 other journals. Honored with such awards as Distinguished Fellow and Public Affair Network Award, by the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Citrome had also received the Newsletter of the Year Award for The Bulletin.

DEIRDRE CONROY, PhD

• Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Clinical Director, Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Dr. Conroy is a sleep disorder expert, currently a clinical professor at the University of Michigan. She has written several publications along with presenting at numerous seminars. Dr. Conroy sits on several editorial boards and professional societies. She has been honored with several awards, including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s Young Investigator Award along with the Sleep Research Society’s Travel Award- Determinants of Vigilance.

CRISTINA CUSIN, MD

• Instructor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA
• Staff Psychiatrist, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Cusin is involved in research trials on pharmacologic treatment for TRD and is on the ECT team. She is part of the pivotal trial investigating Deep Brain Stimulation for MDD for patients affected by extremely treatment-refractory depression. At the Depression Clinical & Research Program, she is involved in numerous clinical trials investigating new pharmacologic treatments for Major Depression and TRD, including intravenous administration of medications.

Dr. Cusin is currently developing augmentation strategies and randomized controlled maintenance trials for patients undergoing ECT; one of those studies is sponsored by Harvard University through the Dupont-Warren Fellowship aims at using ketamine to accelerate response to ECT and decrease its cognitive side effects.

DARIN DOUGHERTY, MD

• Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA
• Director, Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Associate Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Director, Vagus Nerve Stimulation Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Dougherty currently serves as the Director of the Vagus Nerve Simulation Service and Mood Disorder Section for the Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. He sits on several Editorial Boards and serves as a Peer Reviewer for numerous journals. Invited as a lecturer for over a 100 academic lectures, Dr. Doughty has also written over 65 articles published thought out Psychiatry Journals. He has received such honors Outstanding Psychiatry Presentation at the Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting, the Career Development Travel Award from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and the Young Investigator Award from NARSAD.

Robert Doyle, MD, DDS

• Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Staff Psychiatrist, Harvard University Health Services, Boston, MA
• Staff Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Doyle is focusing his research career on the treatment of autism and pervasive developmental disorders. He is on the editorial board of The International Journal of Immunology and Pharmacology, which was recently cited as one of the top 10 scientific journals in Italy. In his first 2 years of practice at MGH and McLean Hospital, Dr. Doyle was honored with 3 Partners in Excellence Awards.

DAMION GRASSO, PhD

• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
• Clinical Therapist, National Crime Victims Center, Charleston , SC

Dr. Grasso is currently a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Connecticut Health Center, focusing on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. He serves on two editorial boards as a reviewer along with publishing book chapters, journal publications and two books. Dr. Grasso has spoken at several workshops and conferences as he continues to publish his research.

VICTORIA HENDRICK, MD

• Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Director, Inpatient Psychiatric Services, Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, CA
• Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Hendrick currently serves as a Member-at-large for the Medical Executive Committee at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center along with serving as the site coordinator for UCLA medical Students’ Psychiatry rotations. With a strong research focus on women’s mental health, Dr. Hendrick has published 6 books, over 10 book chapters and several research papers on the topic. She has been invited for numerous lectures and presentations. Dr. Hendrick has won the Award for Outstanding Service from the Southern California Psychiatric Society along with the Distinguished Fellow from the American Psychiatric Association.

NIRANJAN KARNIK, MD, PhD

• Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Director, Pediatric Psychosomatic Medicine Program, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• Pediatric Comfort Team, Comer Children’s Hospital, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Dr. Karnik has been listed in the Guide to America’s Top Psychiatrists from Consumers’ Research Council of America, Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, and has received the Outstanding Mentor Award from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Karnik is the associate editor of Child Psychiatry and Human Development and has recently been certified in 2011 in child and adolescent psychiatry.

Jack Krasuski, MD

• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
• Executive Director, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, Oak Brook, IL

Dr. Krasuski spent three years as a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, where he did research in the neuroimaging of dementing disorders. Currently, he spends most of his time lecturing to thousands of physicians yearly on psychiatric topics. He is known for his ability to clearly explain complex and little understood topics.

Douglas Noordsy, MD

• Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH
• Consulting Staff, New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, NH
• Director of Psychosis Services, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH

Dr. Noordsy currently sits on several Schizophrenia Research Committees along with acting on 3 editorial boards. He has given over 100 presentations along with publishing numerous articles and chapters on his areas of interest. For his dedication to research, Dr. Noordsy has been awarded the American Psychiatric Association Research Award and Exemplary Psychiatrist Award by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

LUCAS RESTREPO, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
• Neurology Faculty, Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ

Dr. Restrepo had been honored with the “Golden Hammer Award” (Clinical Neurology Attending of the Year) Presented by Neurology Residents, University of California as well as the “Stroke in Emergency Medicine Award,” by the American Heart Association / International Stroke Conference. He is the author of numerous reviews, book chapters, and abstracts.

Wolfgang Vogel, PHD

• Retired Professor Emeritus of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
• Retired Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Vogel - previously Professor Emeritus at Thomas Jefferson University -- is now retired. He continues to publish work on pharmacology, adding to his already extensive list of written work. During his time at Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Vogel has received the Best Teacher of the Year award several times.

ROGER WEISS, MD

• Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Chief, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA

Dr. Weiss has received numerous awards in recognition of his work, including the 14th Annual H. David Archibald Award for Outstanding Research and/or Practice in the Addictions, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto and Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Weiss serves as the Vice President of Greater Boston Council of Alcoholism and has served as a member of the Treatment Research Committee on the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Weiss serves on the editorial board of numerous journals including the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse and is a reviewer for more than 15 scholarly medical journals. He has published more than 300 journal articles and book chapters, as well as researching in the field of alcohol and drug abuse for more than 25 years.

Timothy Wilens, MD

• Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• Director of Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Director of Adolescent Substance Abuse Services, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Wilens has published more than 300 original articles, reviews, chapters, and editorials to his credit. He is a regular presenter at national and international meetings, and is sought as a speaker outside his academic responsibilities. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and is a reviewer for many other journals. He is a distinguished fellow in the American Psychiatric Association, a fellow in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a member of the College of Problems on Drug Dependence and the World Psychiatric Association, and also serves on several committees within these organizations.

DOUGLAS M. ZIEDONIS, MD, MPH

• Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA
• Director of the UMass Center of Excellence in Addictions, Worcester, MA

Dr. Ziedonis is addiction psychiatrist who is internationally recognized for his research and leadership in addressing co-occurring mental illness and addiction, in particular tobacco dependence. He served as an advisor to President Bush’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, as a Senior Fellow for SAMHSA’s Co-Occurring Disorders Center for Excellence, and on the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Committee on Gulf War and Health: Smoking Cessation in Military and Veteran Populations. He is the recipient of numerous awards and research grants from the National Institute of Health, SAMHSA, and other agencies. He has written over 150 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and co-edited 3 books and 5 behavioral therapy manuals for co-occurring disorders. He has been an Addiction Psychiatry Residency Director and received numerous faculty mentoring awards.

Jack Krasuski, MD

Position:

• Executive Director, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, Oak Brook, IL

Board Certifications:

• Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

• MD, University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Residency, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Medical Center and Clinics at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Fellowship, Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MA

Dr. Krasuski spent three years as a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, where he did research in the neuroimaging of dementing disorders. Currently, he spends most of his time lecturing to thousands of physicians, annually, on psychiatric topics. He is known for his ability to clearly explain complex and little-understood topics.

Mark H. Pollack, MD

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Grainger Professor, Department of Psychiatry Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• Chairman, Department of Psychiatry Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

• MD, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
• Residency in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Fellowship in Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Pollack is the chairman of the Department of Psychiatry Department for Rush University Medical Center where his team of psychiatrists and mental health professionals are known throughout Chicago and across the nation for their efforts to treat and study depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders and many other forms of psychiatric illness. Dr. Pollack has authored more than 300 articles, reviews, and chapters. He is editor-in-chief of the journal CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics and is a co-editor of several books including Challenges in Clinical Practice: Pharmacologic and Psychosocial Strategies, Panic Disorder and Its Treatment, and Social Phobia: Research and Practice.