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PAST EVENTS
March 14-15, 2025
Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
Roanoke, VA
Congratulations to the Resident Mind Games Champions: Team VCU
Drs. Lydia Bedford, Caroline Greer and Conrad Mascarenhas
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October 4-5, 2024
Hilton Richmond Downtown
Richmond, VA
Congratulations to the Poster Winners!
Medical Students
1st Place – $500
Sheyna Nathwani – University of Virginia
26 – Keflex-Associated Psychosis in ESRD
Nathwani S, Neuwirth A, Choi S, Rosen J
2nd Place – $300
Romy Chu – Virginia Commonwealth University
8 – The Pediatric Mental Health Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?
Chu R, Smith L, Sood B, Sabo R, Alsaadawi R
3rd Place – $200
Navin Jayaswal – Virginia Tech Carilion SOM
18 – Implementation of a Skills-Based Psychotherapy Within the Department of Corrections: Predictive Factors of START NOW in Illinois
Jayaswal N, Kablinger A
Residents/Fellows
1st Place – $500
Anand Saripalli, MD – University of Virginia
34 – Assessing Thiamine Administration and Its Impact on Preventing Korsakoff Syndrome in Patients with Acute Intoxication and Chronic Alcohol Use: A Retrospective Review
Saripalli A, Saripalli A, Wu W
2nd Place – $300
Christina de Fontnouvelle, MD – University of Virginia
10 – Review: Clozapine Remains Underutilized in Major Health System Overall, With Redemonstrated Role of Race and Previously Undescribed Role of Gender
Zelig M, de Fontnouvelle C, Chung D, Costa D, Clayton A, Ait-Daoud N
3rd place – $200
Meredith Nackley-Henry, MD – LewisGale Medical Center
24 – Scrolling for a Diagnosis
Nackley-Henry M, Taheri F
March 1-2, 2024
Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Virginia Beach, VA
October 20-21, 2023
Hilton Richmond Downtown
Richmond, VA
Congratulations to our Poster Winners!
Medical Students
1st Place – $500
Jean Wu – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
34 – Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) during 3rd Year Psychiatry Clerkships: Annual Findings from a Pilot Program at VCU School of Medicine
Jean D Wu MS4, Angela Liu PGY-2, Kathryn L. Jones MD
Honorable Mention – $300
Elyse Nguyen – Virginia Commonwealth University
32 – Perinatal Depression: Identifying Factors Associated with Higher Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Scores
Elyse Nguyen, Jong Hyung Lee, Alex Ambrose
Residents/Fellows
1st Place – $500
Hena Yakoob, MD – Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
31 – An Updated Assessment of Suicidality and Burnout Among VCU Health Resident Physicians
Hena Yakoob, MD, Rasha Alsaadawi, MS, Roy Sabo, PhD, Bela Sood, MD, MSHA, FAACAP
2nd Place – $300
Elli Novatcheva, MD – University of Virginia School of Medicine
20 – Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Benzodiazepine and Opioid Overdose
Elli Novatcheva MD, Gabrielle Levey BA, Sarah Marion BA, Dan Thompson MD, Alaa Abouelnasr MD, Anne-Louise Stewart MD, Quincy Zhong MD
Honorable Mention/3rd place – $200
Emily Carbaugh, MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School
38 – Reviewing Commonly Used Sleep Supplements
Emily Carbaugh DO, Gregory Briscoe, MD
March 17-18, 2023
The Westin Richmond
Richmond, VA
September 30 – October 1, 2022
The Wintergreen Resort
Nellysford, VA
Poster Award Winners
Residents/Fellows
1st Place – $500
Ching-Fang Sun, MD – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
14 – Adolescents with ADHD Prescribed Mixed Amphetamine and Alprazolam Are at A Higher Risk of Substance Use Disorder
Ching-Fang Sun, MD, Archana Adikey, MD, Virginia C. O’Brien, MD, Anita S. Kablinger, MD, CPI
2nd Place – $300
Shefali Hegde, MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School
1 – A Case of NMDA Receptor Antibody Encephalitis Responsive to Zolpidem and Lorazepam: A Proposed Diagnostic and Treatment Algorithm Management of Depression in a Patient with Brugada Syndrome: A Case Report
Shefali Hegde, MD, Vivian Tran, DO, Emily Carbaugh, DO, Abbey McLean, MD, David Spiegel, MD
Honorable Mention – $200
L. Alex Ambrose DO – Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
20 – Assessing Psychiatry Residents’ Confidence in Their Knowledge of Reproductive Psychiatry
L. Alex Ambrose DO, Deborah DiazGranados PhD, Sherin Moideen MD, Bushra Shah MD
Medical Students
1st Place – $300
Marie Yrastorza-Daghman – Eastern Virginia Medical School
22 – A Case and Differential Diagnosis of Anterograde Amnesia from Bilateral Hippocampal Ischemia due to Opiate Intoxication
Marie Yrastorza-Daghman BA, Shaan Sharma MS, David Spiegel MD
Honorable Mention – $150
Jean Wu – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
5 – Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) during 3rd Year Psychiatry Clerkships: Development of a Pilot Program at VCU School of Medicine
Jean Wu MS3, Angela Liu PGY-1, Kathryn L. Jones
February 25-26, 2022
The Westin Richmond
Richmond, VA
September 24 – 25, 2021
Hilton Norfolk the Main
Norfolk, VA
Poster Award Winners
Residents/Fellows
1st Place – Michael Ferguson, MD – Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
32 – Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder in a 17-year-old Male Following Use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
Michael Ferguson, MD; Tejaswini Doifode, MBBS; Ryan White, DO; Kiran Khalid, MD
2nd Place – Courtney Brooks, MD – Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems
9 – Management of Depression in a Patient with Brugada Syndrome: A Case Report
Courtney Brooks, MD; Sherin Moideen, MD
Honorable Mention – Stephanie Barber, MD – University of Virginia
30 – Management of treatment-resistant catatonia presenting within a first psychotic episode in an adolescent patient
Stephanie Barber, MD, MPH; Vishal Madaan, MD, MBBS; Bruce Cohen, MD
Medical Students
1st Place – Jamie Parkerson – Eastern Virginia Medical School
13 – A Case of Depression with Suicidal Ideation in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Jamie Parkerson; Casandra Dao, MA; David Spiegel, MD
Honorable Mention – Sophia Gumas – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
2 – Low levels of Urinary Taurine Possibly Associated with Psychosis, Childhood Trauma and Suicidal Risk: A Case Report
Sophia Gumas; Dorit Ben-Ami, MD
Hilton Richmond Downtown
Richmond, VA
Brought to you with the option of virtual or in person attendance.
Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
Roanoke, VA
The Fall Meeting will be presented both in-person and virtually.
Please join us at the Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center in-person, or virtually from the comfort of your own home.
The PSV Foundation was established to support mental health awareness and educational programs throughout the year. A primary focus has been to encourage original clinical and research poster presentations by psychiatry residents, fellows, and medical students. Over the years, our funding grew slowly, supported by individual member contributions. In 2019, we received a very generous two-part grant from the Schaberg Foundation, in honor of PSV’s financial advisor, Tom Phillips.
Residents/Fellows
2nd Place – $750 – Joseph Knoble, MD – LewisGale Medical Center
Honorable Mention – $500 – Kim Alecia Curtis, MD and Ihuoma Njoku, MD – University of Virginia
Medical Students
Spring Meeting and COVID-19 Update:
After careful deliberation, the PSV Board has made the decision to cancel the Spring meeting at the Hilton Downtown on March 20-21, 2020.
There is no need to contact our office. All Meeting registration fees will be refunded in the next 45 days. If you made a hotel reservation, please call the hotel directly to cancel at 804-727-2104 or 804-344-4300.
As we monitor the evolving situation, it is our hope that we can move forward some of this week’s planned events into our Fall Meeting this September. We wish all our members, our families, and our patients good health and coping during this crisis.
PSV 2020 Spring Meeting
Promoting Resilience While Reducing Risk
March 20-21, 2020
PSV 2019 Fall Meeting
Personalized Psychiatry: Science and Stratified Care
October 4-5, 2019
Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel
Virginia Beach, VA
Poster Winners:
1st – Development of an Undergraduate Course in Clinical Neuroscience in Psychiatry
Ilan Kerman, MD, PhD – Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic
2nd – Morgellons Dilemma: Delusional Disorder or Dermatologic Disruption? A Review of Literature and Case Report of Successful Treatment
Andrea Bennett, MD – University of Virginia
3rd – A Case Series on the Use of Clevidipine for Intraprocedural Hypertension During Electroconvulsive Therapy|
Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS – Carilion Clinic
People’s Choice Winner:
The Utility Of Random Drug Screens In Pediatric ADHD Patients to Assess Compliance Adarsha Shivakumar, Medical Student – Eastern Virginia Medical School
PSV 2019 Spring Meeting
The Doctor is In: Psychiatry in Medicine
March 29-30, 2019
UVA Inn at Darden
Charlottesville, VA
PSV 2018 Fall Meeting
Fighting Stigma in Mental Healthcare
September 28-29 2018
Stonewall Jackson
Staunton, VA
Poster Winners:
1st – Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: Challenges in Management and the Role of Psychiatry
Divya Gongireddy MD – Virginia Commonwealth University
2nd – Corticosteroid-Induced Catatonia
Ryan Wade MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School
3rd – Two Cases of Apparent Valproate-Induced Parkinsonism
Andrea Bennett MD – University of Virginia
People’s Choice Winner:
Vaginal Dystonia: A Non-Classical Presentation of Neuroleptic-Induced Dystonia
Wayles Haynes – Eastern Virginia Medical School
PSV 2018 Spring Meeting
March 9-10, 2018
Hilton Richmond Downtown
Richmond, VA
PSV 2017 Fall Meeting
October 27-28, 2017
Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and
Conference Center
Virginia Beach, VA
Poster Winners:
1st – “Will This Drug Make Me Fat?” – New Hope for Antipsychotic Induced Weight Gain
Rida Malick, Eastern Virginia Medical School
3rd – Psychosis in a 22 Year-Old Woman with Narcolepsy: A Complication of Sodium Oxybate
People’s Choice Award:
Preserved Experience-Dependent Neuroplasticity Potential After ECT: A Case Study Demonstrating the Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation for Electroconvulsive Therapy Induced Memory Deficits
PSV 2017 Spring Meeting
March 17-18, 2017
Hilton Short Pump
Richmond, VA
PSV 2016 Fall Meeting
October 7-8, 2016
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
Roanoke, VA
Poster Winners:
1st – The Effect of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital Admission – Jun Yin, MD, PhD (presented by Felicity Vanke, MD)
2nd – No Hit Zone: Corporal Punishment Prohibition in an Urban Academic Pediatric Practice – Lance Irons
3rd – The Importance of Recognizing the Abuse Potential of Prescription Medications such as Baclofen – Oday Alsarraf, MD
People’s Choice Award – A Neuropsychiatric Presentation of Multiple Sclerosis – Joshua Smith, MD
PSV 2016 Spring Meeting
February 26 – 27, 2016
Hilton Downtown
Richmond, VA
PSV 2015 Fall Meeting
October 23 – 24, 2015
Marriott Westfields
Chantilly, VA
PSV 2015 Spring Meeting
March 13 – 14, 2015
Hilton Short Pump
Richmond, VA
PSV 2014 Fall Meeting
September 19 – 20, 2014
Marriott Westfield’s
Chantilly, VA
PSV 2014 Spring Meeting
March 21 – 22, 2014
Sheraton Park South
Richmond, VA
PSV 2013 Fall Meeting
September 20 – 21, 2013
Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Conference Center
Portsmouth, VA
PSV 2013 Spring Meeting
March 22 – 23, 2013
Sheraton Park South
Richmond, VA
PSV 2012 Fall Meeting
September 21 – 22, 2012
Hotel Roanoke
Roanoke, VA
PSV 2012 Spring Meeting
March 23 – 24, 2012
Sheraton Park South
Richmond, VA
4.75hrs of CME Category 1 Credits
PSV 2011 Fall Meeting
September 23 – 24, 2011
Wintergreen Resort
Wintergreen, VA
PSV 2011 Spring Meeting
March 25 – 26, 2011
Sheraton Park South
Richmond, VA
PSV 2010 Fall Meeting
September 10 – 11, 2010
Colonial Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel & Suites
Williamsburg, VA