CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
Spring 2019 Issue |
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EVMS Update
EVMS Medical Student Presentation
Dr. Stephanie Peglow, our addiction specialist, was featured on 13 News Now providing commentary on a recent study published in JAMA about the increasing number of children and teenagers dying from opioid poisoning.
"The vast increase in the recent years is most alarming," said Stephanie Peglow. "While it still doesn't rival the adult population numbers, it's still really scary that what we're seeing in adults is traveling downstream to children." Peglow said it is frustrating to know the health messaging and warnings haven't slowed the increase in opioid deaths among youth. "It's disheartening to know that we know prevention works and we know treatment works, yet we just haven't quite found the right answer," she said.
Peglow says Virginia's expansion of treatment and prevention programs is needed for adolescents. "As a state, we've spent a lot of money opening up access to treatment and that's been immeasurably helpful and wonderful, but there aren't a lot of options for teenagers," she said. True to her profession, Peglow said more investment in treatment could solve a lot of problems. "If we as a country could think about treatment and prevention as our primary goals, we could potentially end the opioid epidemic," she said.
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PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS EVMS EXPERTISE IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
The EVMS Program on Autism Spectrum Disorders has evaluated and treated over 1,000 persons referred from within and outside of coastal Virginia. And the world is taking notice. Recently EVMS clinicians, scientists and students were major contributors to a special issue of Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry (PNP&BP) that is devoted to autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
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Seated left: Dr. Frank Castora, an expert in mitochondria biology and professor in the department of physiological sciences. Seated right: Jennifer Flaherty, PhD. Back row from left to right: Nicole Kreiser, PhD; Maria Urbano, MD; Stephen Deutsch, MD, PhD; Jessica Burket, PhD and Katrin Hartman, PhD. |
Jessica Burket, a PhD candidate in the EVMS graduate program in biomedical sciences; Maria Urbano, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and Stephen Deutsch, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, contributed to and served as guest editors of the special issue. PNP&BP is a leading “high-impact” peer-reviewed journal devoted to both basic and translational neuroscience.
EVMS contributors covered:
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Critical issues pertaining to diagnostic assessment and design and analysis of clinical trials (Dr. Urbano; Nicole Kreiser, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Jennifer Flaherty, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; and Kathrin Hartmann, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)
- The biological basis for impaired processing of facial expressivity (Dr. Deutsch); mitochondrial abnormalities (Frank Castora, PhD, Professor of Physiological Sciences)
- A specific neurotransmitter abnormality that could serve as a medication target for persons with ASD (Ms. Burket and Dr. Deutsch).
They were among experts from around the world who presented original research and reviewed genetic mechanisms, brain imaging studies, neuroendocrine exposures, animal models and a possible role of the cannabinoid receptor in pathogenesis and treatment.
“We feel strongly that the special issue reflects positively on the commitment of the EVMS Program in Autism Spectrum Disorders to the underserved population of persons with ASD and their families in our Hampton Roads community,” Dr. Deutsch says.
EVMS GIVES BACK
HOPES (Health Outreach Partnership of EVMS Students) Mental Health Clinic celebrated its one year anniversary in March 2019. This clinic provides longstanding healthcare to the uninsured in Norfolk and Portsmouth, with services including primary care, ophthalmology, women's health, dermatology, and now psychiatry. The mental health specialty clinic was implemented by medical student Joshua Ryan Dellinger, with the help of resident Ryan Wade and attending physician Stephanie Peglow. Since its inception, several medical students and residents have become involved to deliver mental health services to this underserved population.
EVMS Psychiatry Interest Group hosted its third annual Holiday Dinner and Community Service Gathering. Psychiatry students, residents, faculty and staff gather to assemble care packages including warm clothing, small blankets, toiletries and snacks, for patients who are discharged from the inpatient psychiatry unit and who are often homeless.
BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ACADEMIC PHYSICIANS
EVMS hosted the 2019 Southeast Regional Academic Medicine Career Development Conference of the National Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BNGAP) initiative on March 23, 2019. The purpose of BNGAP is to inform diverse medical students and residents about academic medicine as a career option and provide resources to further explore and potentially embark on an academic medicine career. Residents Alison McCanon, Zhi Wu and Nithya Cherukuru will be in attendance to represent the EVMS Psychiatry department and will also be presenting posters of their recent academic work (see below).
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
- McCanon AS. Combined rTMS and Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders. Poster. Southeast Regional Academic Medicine Career Development Conference of the National Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians. Norfolk, VA. March 23, 2019.
- Wu Z, Patel SB, Parks-Savage A, Mianowski SR, Johnson C, Allen B, Brammer S. Improving the Management of Acute Behavioral Emergencies: A Pilot Educational Program for SNGH 8N Staff, EVMS Psychiatry Residents and SNGH Security Utilizing Live-Simulation Experiences. Poster. Southeast Regional Academic Medicine Career Development Conference of the National Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians. Norfolk, VA. March 23, 2019 .
- Cherukuru N, Patel SB, Urbano MR. Usine ECT to Manage Self-Injurious Behaviors and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in an Autistic Male. Poster. Southeast Regional Academic Medicine Career Development Conference of the National Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians. Norfolk, VA. March 23, 2019.
- Wade RR, Spiegel DR, Peltz J. Increasing Use (and Misuse) of Gabapentinoids. Poster. American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium. Bonita Springs, FL. December 6-9, 2018.
- Wade RR, Peglow SL. Stigma in Substance Use Disorders: A Historical Perspective of Media Portrayal of Opioid Addiction. Oral. Virginia Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Meeting. Richmond, VA. October 20, 2018.
- Spiegel DR, Glad RA, Smith MR, Raja U, Wade RR, Johnson KM. A Case of Schizophrenia with Catatonia Resistant to Lorazepam and Olanzapine Monotherapy, but Responsive to Combination Treatment: Is It Time to Consider Using Select Second Generation Antipsychotics Earlier in the Treatment Algorithm for this Patient Type? Clinical Neuropharmacology. Accepted. Publication date pending.
- Spiegel DR, Wade RR, Shah DK, et. al. A Case of Psychosis as the Initial Symptom of a Multiple Sclerosis Exacerbation Treated Successfully with Monotherapy Corticosteroids. Psychosomatics. Accepted. Publication date pending.
RECENT RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
- Dr. Kathrin Hartmann, PhD won the EVMS Diversity Award.
- Jessica Burket, a PhD candidate in the EVMS graduate program in biomedical sciences, received a Pre-doctoral Scholar Travel Fellowship Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP).
- Dr. Serina Neumann, PhD was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Council of Clinical Health Psychology Training program.
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