Grand Rounds Calendar
The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry and New York State Psychiatric Institute host Psychiatry Grand Rounds Wednesdays at 11:00 AM ET. All events are accessible via Zoom, with some hybrid events.
For Grand Rounds inquiries, including nominations or to meet with a speaker, please email us at: grandrounds@nyspi.columbia.edu.
For a list of past Grand Rounds events and links to video recordings, please visit the Grand Rounds Archive.
October 14
TMS Explained: Core Concepts for Clinicians and Investigators
Diana Martinez, MD
Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Special Lecturer
Columbia University
Learning Objectives
- Know the FDA cleared indications for TMS in psychiatry
- Understand the terminology used with TMS treatment
- Recognize the parameters used when delivering TMS
Reading Recommendations
- Hutton, T. M., Aaronson, S. T., Carpenter, L. L., Pages, K., Krantz, D., Lucas, L., Chen, B., & Sackeim, H. A. (2023). Dosing transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive disorder: Relations between number of treatment sessions and effectiveness in a large patient registry. Brain stimulation, 16(5), 1510–1521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.10.001
- Zangen, A., Moshe, H., Martinez, D., Barnea-Ygael, N., Vapnik, T., Bystritsky, A., Duffy, W., Toder, D., Casuto, L., Grosz, M. L., Nunes, E. V., Ward, H., Tendler, A., Feifel, D., Morales, O., Roth, Y., Iosifescu, D. V., Winston, J., Wirecki, T., Stein, A., … George, M. S. (2021). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for smoking cessation: a pivotal multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), 20(3), 397–404. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20905
- Gonzalez, D. A., Osama, T., Vandekar, S., Hur, K.-H., Brown, J. C., & Ward, H. B. (2026). Substance use and antidepressant response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 413, Article 122233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.122233.
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
October 21
Public Mental Health in NYS: Past, Present, and Future
Miriam Tepper, MD
Chief Medical Officer, NYS Office of Mental Health
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute
Learning Objectives:
- Describe historical forces and recent investments that have shaped the state's public mental health system
- Describe an intervention to increase treatment for opioid use disorder in community mental health
- Highlight the ways in which OMH and NYSPI are essential partners in this work
Reading Recommendations
- George P, Jones N, Goldman H, Rosenblatt A. Cycles of reform in the history of psychosis treatment in the United States. SSM Ment Health. 2023 Dec;3:100205. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100205. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PMID: 37388405; PMCID: PMC10302760.
- Harris MTH, Weinstein ZM, Walley AY. Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Withdrawal, and Opioid Overdose: A Review. JAMA. 2026 Mar 17;335(11):986-998. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.26348. PMID: 41671014.
- Kang-Yi CD, Kuriyan A, Kinkier G, Pisciella AE, Williams T, Wolk CB. Generating Actionable Evidence for School-Based Mental Health Service Delivery: Public-Academic Partnership Based Evaluations. Community Men! Health J. 2023 Nov;59(8):1588-1600. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01147-5. Epub 2023 Jun 8. PMID: 37289384; PMCID: PMC12242779.
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
October 28
Brickell Lecture
Holly Wilcox, PhD
Professor, Department of Mental Health
Johns Hopkins University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
November 4
Susan Dymecki, MD, PhD
George Fabyan Professor of Genetics in the Field of Comparative Pathology
Harvard University
*This Grand Rounds is IN PERSON.
(Also live-streamed via Zoom webinar)
Location
Hellman Auditorium
1st floor of NYSPI-Pardes Building
1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY
November 11
NO GRAND ROUNDS
Veterans Day
November 18
Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD
Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry)
Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute
November 25
NO GRAND ROUNDS
Thanksgiving Holiday