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2008 Annual Meeting in Miami
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The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine cordially invites members and non-members, students, residents, and fellows to its 55th Annual Meeting at the InterContinental Miami, in the heart of downtown Miami overlooking Florida's Biscayne Bay. The theme of the meeting is Integrating Clinical Neuroscience in Psychosomatic Medicine Across the Lifespan.
Up-to-date information about the meeting will be posted on this site as it becomes available. You may register for the meeting now using the 2008 Registration Form [PDF]. The online registration system will be available in early July. Early-bird discounted registration ends October 15, 2008.
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Program Schedule Overview
This year, the annual meeting will formally
begin on Thursday at 10:00am and conclude on Saturday at 7:00pm, allowing attendees to enjoy the many entertainment options in Miami or Miami Beach on Saturday evening. There will be no educational sessions on Sunday.
Please see the Preliminary Program for the complete schedule. Highlights include:
- Pre-conference educational courses will again be given on the Wednesday immediately before the conference formally begins.
- Based on abstracts submitted through April 15, a series of concurrent paper sessions, workshops, and symposia will be presented on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
- The poster session, followed by a welcoming reception, will be held on Thursday evening.
- Meetings of APM committees and special interest groups within psychosomatic medicine will be held on Thursday and Friday mornings.
- The traditional programs for Awards and Fellowship Convocation will be presented at the Friday luncheon, and the Research Lecture will be presented at the Thursday luncheon.
Invited Speakers
The experts listed below have agreed to participate as plenary speakers. For more information about these professionals, please see 2008 Invited Speakers or click a speaker's name.
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Professor Sir Michael Rutter will give the Keynote Lecture at the opening session on Thursday titled Gene-Environment Interdependence. He is professor of developmental psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London. A child psychiatrist, Professor Rutter's research has included the genetics of autism and antisocial behavior, and the study of both school and family influences on children's behavior.
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Linda Fried, MD, MPH will speak on Frailty. She is Dean of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Freid's core research interests are prevention and health promotion for older adults, with emphasis on the causes and prevention of frailty and disability.
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James C. Harris, MD will give a presentation on Developmental Neuropsychiatry. He is the director of the Developmental Neuropsychiatry Clinic, and a professor, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the author of the textbook that helped establish Developmental Neuropsychiatry as a subspecialty in psychiatry. His research focus is on behavioral phenotypes in neurogenetic disorders.
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David A. Mrazek, MD, FRCPsych will present Applications of Psychiatric Genomics in Psychosomatic Medicine. He is professor of psychiatry, psychology, and pediatrics, and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota. His research has included the impact of severe, life-threatening asthma on the development of affected children and families, and now focuses on psychiatric pharmacogenomics and genomics of affective disorders, addiction, and other psychiatric diseases.
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Richard D. Lane, MD, PhD will speak on Applications of Neuroimaging in Psychosomatic Medicine. He is professor of psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience and associate director of the General Clinical Research Center at Arizona Health Science Center. His research interests include the functional neuroanatomy of emotion, emotional experience, and emotion regulation and how emotions can trigger cardiac arrhythmias.
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Philip S. Wang, MD, DrPH will speak on Evidence-Based Treatment and Methodologies Relevant for Psychosomatic Medicine. He is director of the Division of Services and Intervention Research, at the National Institute of Mental Health, and on leave from his faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School . His research has focused on psychopharmacoepidemiology, psychopharmacoeconomics, and mental health services research. He is chair of the WHO World Mental Health Study Services Research Work Group, and a member of APA's DSM-V Task Force.
Pre-Conference Courses
A full-day Update in Psychosomatic Medicine course will be presented by top APM experts on Wednesday, November 19. This course will be a valuable "refresher" of the most current information in a number of key areas in psychosomatic medicine. Also on Wednesday, three half-day "skills" courses will be available for those arriving early to the conference.
For topics and presenter biographies of the update and skills courses, see the separate page Pre-Conference Courses.
Subspecialty exam note: The final opportunity to take advantage of the "grandfathering period" for taking the PM subspecialty Board exam will be in 2009, which requires application no later than December 1, 2008. While the Update course is not aimed directly at the examination outline, it will provide a useful learning experience and a scientific update in major areas of PM. (For more information about the exam and the grandfathering period, see Subspecialty Information.)
Accommodations
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A block of rooms at the highly discounted rate of $169 per night (double/single), plus tax (13%), has been reserved at the InterContinental Miami, our host hotel for the annual meeting. Visit the hotel's website for more about this exciting venue in the heart of Miami, Florida, overlooking Biscayne Bay. Make your reservations online here.
Trainee Travel Awards
To encourage residents and PM fellows to join APM, attend the
annual meeting, and eventually become new leaders of the
Academy, the APM Council has budgeted for 13 Trainee Travel Awards of $750 each to help offset the cost of attending the meeting. Preference will be given to those trainees who submitted
accepted abstracts. Application may also be made by
submitting the Trainee Travel Award Application [PDF] by July 31.
| 2008 Program Subcommittee |
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Maryland Pao,, MD, FAPM, Chair
Lewis M. Cohen, MD, FAPM, Vice Chair
Susan E. Abbey, MD, FAPM
Michael Blumenfield, MD, FAPM
John M. Bostwick, MD, FAPM
M. Beatriz Currier, MD, FAPM
Paul H. Desan, MD, PhD
Joel E. Dimsdale, MD, FAPM
Stephen A. Epstein, MD, FAPM
Jesse R. Fann, MD, MPH
Steven V. Fischel, MD, PhD, FAPM
Linda K. Ganzini, MD, FAPM
Donna B. Greenberg, MD, FAPM
Yasuhiro Kishi, MD, FAPM
Hochang B. Lee, MD
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Jose R. Maldonado, MD, FAPM
Ulrik F. Malt, MD, PhD, FAPM
Adam Mirot, MD
William F. Pirl, MD, FAPM
Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, FAPM
Sanjeev Sockalingam, MD
Christopher L. Sola, DO
Joseph S. Weiner, MD, PhD, FAPM
Linda L.M. Worley, MD, FAPM
Laura W. Roberts, MD (CME Liaison)
Glendon Tait, MD (Webb Fellow)
Joel Wallack, MD, FAPM (Ex-Officio)
Theodore A. Stern, MD, FAPM (Ex-Officio) |
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