Agenda

Wednesday May 28, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 8:25 AM

  Orientation and Tips to Maximize Your Elevate Experience

  • Speaker
    • Craig ChepkeMD, DFAPA
    • Desiree MatthewsPMHNP-BC
    • Kevin WilliamsMS, MPAS, PA-C
• 8:30 AM – 9:40 AM

  Breakfast Innovation Theater (Non-Accredited)

• 9:40 AM – 9:50 AM

  DJ & Karaoke

• 9:50 AM – 9:55 AM

  Co-Chair Karaoke

• 9:55 AM – 10:55 AM

  Opening Session and Keynote: Resilience and Rapport: Tools for Thriving in Mental Health Practice

  • Speaker
    • Rob Anderson
• 11:05 AM – 12:05 PM

  Essential Lab Monitoring in Psychiatry: What to Order & Why

  • Speaker
    • Rebecca BarbeeMSPAS, PA-C, CAQ-Psych
• 11:05 AM – 12:05 PM

  Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry: Tools, Trends, and What’s Next

  • Speaker
    • Declan GrabbMD
    • Steven ChanMD MBA FAPA FAMIA
• 11:05 AM – 12:05 PM

  Chasing Highs: Navigating Novel Drugs of Abuse in Modern Psychiatry

  • Speaker
    • Kristian DambrinoMSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
    • Veronica RidpathDO
• 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

  Modern Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease: Integrating Novel Treatments into Psychiatric Practice

• 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

  Masterclass

• 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

  Whole-Person Psychiatry: Lifestyle Interventions for Better Mental Health

  • Speaker
    • Arwen PodestaMD
    • Michael AsbachDMSc, PA-C, Psych-CAQ
• 1:25 PM – 2:35 PM

  Lunch Innovation Theater (Non-Accredited)

• 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

  Masterclass

• 3:55 PM – 4:55 PM

  Misunderstandings & Misconceptions of Autism

  • Speaker
    • Jo HughesDMSc, PA-C, CAQ-PSY
• 3:55 PM – 4:55 PM

  PILL-ow Talk: Sex on and in the Brain

  • Speaker
    • Brittany AlbrightMD, MPH
    • Veronica RidpathDO
• 3:55 PM – 4:55 PM

  Building Your Psychiatry Practice: What We Wish We Knew

  • Moderator
    • Kevin WilliamsMS, MPAS, PA-C
  • Panelist
    • Chelsie MonroeAPN, PMHNP-BC
    • Don DuBoseMD, MS
    • Erin CrownMHS, PA-C, CAQ-Psychiatry
• 5:05 PM – 6:05 PM

  Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall

• 6:35 PM – 9:35 PM

  Elevate Takes Las Vegas

Thursday May 29, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 9:10 AM

  Breakfast Innovation Theater (Non-Accredited)

• 9:10 AM – 9:25 AM

  DJ & Karaoke

• 9:25 AM – 10:25 AM

  Meet the Mentors

  • Moderator
    • Charles RaisonMD
  • Panelist
    • Erin CrownMHS, PA-C, CAQ-Psychiatry
    • Kristian DambrinoMSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
    • Steven ChanMD MBA FAPA FAMIA
  • Speaker
    • Brittany AlbrightMD, MPH
• 10:35 AM – 11:35 AM

  Exhibit Hall

• 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

  Masterclass

• 12:55 PM – 2:05 PM

  Lunch Innovation Theater (Non-Accredited)

• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Masterclass

• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Updating Your Practice for Suicide Prevention: Considerations for Assessment and Interventions

  • Speaker
    • Jill Harkavy-FriedmanPhD
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  First Steps, Lasting Impact: Managing Schizophrenia From the Start

  • Speaker
    • Desiree MatthewsPMHNP-BC
    • Roger RiveraDNP, FNP, PMHNP-BC
• 3:25 PM – 4:25 PM

  Innovations in Interventional Psychiatry: Empowering Early Career Clinicians

  • Speaker
    • Brittany AlbrightMD, MPH
    • Don DuBoseMD, MS
• 3:25 PM – 4:25 PM

  Looking Through the Smoke: Practical Guidance on Cannabis and Patients for Mental Health Clinicians

  • Speaker
    • Ilan MelnickMD
• 3:25 PM – 4:25 PM

  Managing the Pregnant (or Soon to Be) Patient with Bipolar Disorder

  • Speaker
    • Jonathan MeyerMD
    • Melanie BarrettMD
• 4:35 PM – 5:35 PM

  Exhibit Hall

• 5:35 PM – 7:05 PM

  Poster Reception (non-accredited)

Friday May 30, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 9:10 AM

  Breakfast Innovation Theater (Non-Accredited)

• 9:10 AM – 9:25 AM

  DJ & Karaoke

• 9:25 AM – 10:25 AM

  Featured Session: Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) as Knowledge Force Multipliers for Clinicians (Non-Accredited)

• 10:35 AM – 11:35 AM

  Exhibit Hall

• 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

  Masterclass

• 12:55 PM – 2:05 PM

  Lunch Innovation Theater (Non-Accredited)

• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Ethical Dilemmas in Psychiatry: Navigating Gray Areas in Practice

  • Speaker
    • Chelsie MonroeAPN, PMHNP-BC
    • Kevin WilliamsMS, MPAS, PA-C
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Masterclass

• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Unraveling the Knots: Family Centered Strategies for Attention Deficit Disorder

  • Speaker
    • Julie CarbrayPhD, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, APRN
    • Sarah SlabaughDO
• 3:25 PM – 4:25 PM

  Back to Basics: A Review of Depression and Current Treatment Recommendations

  • Speaker
    • Zachary HerrmannDO
• 3:25 PM – 4:25 PM

  Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case Based Approach Towards Diagnosis and Management

  • Speaker
    • Aryandokht FotrosMD
    • Mark ZimmermanMD
• 3:25 PM – 4:25 PM

  Billing & Coding Made Simple: Navigating Psychiatry's Financial Landscape

  • Speaker
    • Desiree MatthewsPMHNP-BC
    • Kevin WilliamsMS, MPAS, PA-C
• 4:35 PM – 5:35 PM

  Exhibit Hall

• 5:35 PM – 7:05 PM

  Poster Reception (non-accredited)

Saturday May 31, 2025

• 8:00 AM – 9:10 AM

  Breakfast Innovation Theater (Non-Accredited)

• 9:20 AM – 10:20 AM

  Navigating Telepsychiatry Policy: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Future of Virtual Mental Health Care

  • Speaker
    • Edward KaftarianMD
    • Fernado MendezMD
• 9:20 AM – 10:20 AM

  Mastering the Mic: 7 Practical Tips for Effective Medical Presentations

  • Speaker
    • Rakesh JainMD, MPH
    • Zachary HerrmannDO
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  Masterclass

• 11:40 AM – 12:50 PM

  Poster Lunch & Learn (Non-Accredited)

• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

  Beyond the Basics: Advances in Anxiety Treatment and Management

  • Speaker
    • Latoya FrolovMD
    • Manish JhaMBBS
• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

  #MentalHealth: Understanding Social Media's Impact on Adolescents

  • Speaker
    • Avani PatelMD, MHA
    • Steven ChanMD MBA FAPA FAMIA
• 2:10 PM – 3:25 PM

  Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion: Caregiving Documentary