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Navigating Forks in the Road: Divergent Career Paths of Women Leaders in C-L Psychiatry
Please join us for the live review of this session at 4:00 EST on Thu Nov 11:
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Consultation-Liaison psychiatry (CLP) offers a multitude of career pathways to those in the field. As one progresses from training into a career, the pathway from trainee to early-career to mid-career and then to senior psychiatrist is punctuated with developmental phases. These phases can be distinct for women who navigate these tasks while also attending to a variety of competing forces such as gender disparities in work environments as well as child care and caring for aging parents which often fall disproportionately on women. As women move through their careers, new challenges emerge such as finding like-minded mentors, and negotiating clinical and administrative leadership roles while aspiring to achieve pay equity. These challenges are often answered by pursuing creative career paths both within and outside of academia. This presentation includes women leaders in CLP, who will present their individual and diverse career paths and how their training and background in CLP has served them. The session will begin with an introduction by Drs Becker and Mittal. Dr Becker will describe the value of mentorship and how it influences the trajectory of a career in medicine, serving as support, a means of building valuable relationships, opening up professional opportunities and support in navigating challenges. Dr Mittal will discuss mid-career challenges and opportunities as well as how C-L psychiatry training and experience can serve as a springboard into subspecialty leadership and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Dr Cremens will discuss sustaining a career in academic C-L Psychiatry, mentors, mentees, and planning for the future Dr. Worley will dispel the myth that highly successful careers are carefully planned from start to finish. She will share insights into how an early career in C-L can be a launching platform for continued career growth and exciting opportunities. Dr. Shah will discuss how CL psychiatry can help lead to involvement in hospital leadership efforts and activities where a psychiatric lens proves crucial. She will also discuss the importance of career stage-specific mentorship within this trajectory.
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Consultation-Liaison psychiatry (CLP) offers a multitude of career pathways to those in the field. As one progresses from training into a career, the pathway from trainee to early-career to mid-career and then to senior psychiatrist is punctuated with developmental phases. These phases can be distinct for women who navigate these tasks while also attending to a variety of competing forces such as gender disparities in work environments as well as child care and caring for aging parents which often fall disproportionately on women. As women move through their careers, new challenges emerge such as finding like-minded mentors, and negotiating clinical and administrative leadership roles while aspiring to achieve pay equity. These challenges are often answered by pursuing creative career paths both within and outside of academia. This presentation includes women leaders in CLP, who will present their individual and diverse career paths and how their training and background in CLP has served them. The session will begin with an introduction by Drs Becker and Mittal. Dr Becker will describe the value of mentorship and how it influences the trajectory of a career in medicine, serving as support, a means of building valuable relationships, opening up professional opportunities and support in navigating challenges. Dr Mittal will discuss mid-career challenges and opportunities as well as how C-L psychiatry training and experience can serve as a springboard into subspecialty leadership and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Dr Cremens will discuss sustaining a career in academic C-L Psychiatry, mentors, mentees, and planning for the future Dr. Worley will dispel the myth that highly successful careers are carefully planned from start to finish. She will share insights into how an early career in C-L can be a launching platform for continued career growth and exciting opportunities. Dr. Shah will discuss how CL psychiatry can help lead to involvement in hospital leadership efforts and activities where a psychiatric lens proves crucial. She will also discuss the importance of career stage-specific mentorship within this trajectory.
Speakers
Leena Mittal
Chief, Division of Women's Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital | Brigham and Women's Hospital
Leena Mittal is the Chief of the Division of Women's Mental Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and serves as the Program Director for the Women's Mental Health Fellowship at the Brigham. Additionally, Dr Mittal is the Associate Medical Director for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms), an innovative statewide consultation service for providers seeing pregnant and postpartum women with mental health and substance use conditions. Dr Mittal has numerous publications and speaks nationally on the treatment of mental health and substance use conditions throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period. Dr. Mittal is board certified in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and addiction medicine.
Cornelia Cremens
Geriatric Psychiatrist | Massachusetts General Hospital
Throughout my career I have been an educator of others and fortunate to guide the education of Harvard Medical School (HMS) students on both psychiatric and medical services at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) were I served as Director of Medical Student Education in the Department of Psychiatry, Director of Resident Teaching in Geriatric Psychopharmacology, and Director of Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Consultations in the Division of Psychiatry and Medicine at MGH. On the clinical front, since the completion of a Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine, I managed a panel of complicated older individuals with psychiatric (e.g., depression, anxiety, psychosis, and substance abuse), neuropsychiatric (e.g., dementia), and medical conditions (e.g., delirium, chronic pain, and the complications of medical problems and their treatment). The patients referred to me come from near and far (throughout this country, and from abroad); many are family members of staff at the MGH and HMS.
As co-chair of the Massachusetts General Hospital Ethics Committee (Optimum Care Committee) my role includes managing, directing and participating in the very busy service that includes over 250 consults yearly with bioethical concerns often regarding end of life decisions. Our committee and service has welcomed resident, fellows, post graduate trainees and numerous international students and trainees.
On the research front I have participated in studies of bioethics, apathy in dementia, functional decline in dementia, and the cognitive decline in older individuals. Moreover, I have collaborated on numerous published reports at the interface of medicine, neurology, psychiatry and ethics.
As co-chair of the Massachusetts General Hospital Ethics Committee (Optimum Care Committee) my role includes managing, directing and participating in the very busy service that includes over 250 consults yearly with bioethical concerns often regarding end of life decisions. Our committee and service has welcomed resident, fellows, post graduate trainees and numerous international students and trainees.
On the research front I have participated in studies of bioethics, apathy in dementia, functional decline in dementia, and the cognitive decline in older individuals. Moreover, I have collaborated on numerous published reports at the interface of medicine, neurology, psychiatry and ethics.
Linda Worley
Associate Regional Dean, College of Medicine | UAMS Northwest
Linda L.M. Worley, MD is the Associate Dean for Northwest Arkansas in the UAMS College of Medicine. She is a Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology at UAMS and an Adjunct Professor of Medicine in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
She is Past President of both the Association for Academic Psychiatry and of the Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Chaired the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Scientific Program Committee in 2018.
Dr. Worley’s career has been fueled by her determination to prevent and relieve suffering. She is known for creating innovative and impactful programs and is a sought out mentor. She founded the now campus wide UAMS Student Wellness Program and the UAMS Faculty Wellness Program and was instrumental in the modification of Arkansas medical licensure questions to promote physician self-care. In addition, she founded the ANGELS Women’s Mental Health Consultation Service and authored the ANGELS Women’s Mental Health Evidence Based Guidelines for the state for many years. She received the APA Gold Award for leading a model treatment program for dually diagnosed pregnant and parenting women with their children (Arkansas CARES: Center for Addiction Research, Education and Services). She also received the UAMS Outstanding Women’ Faculty Member Award for Excellence in Leadership, Mentoring, Scholarship and Professional Achievement and was honored with an Association for Academic Psychiatry Lifetime Achievement Award.
She is Past President of both the Association for Academic Psychiatry and of the Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Chaired the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Scientific Program Committee in 2018.
Dr. Worley’s career has been fueled by her determination to prevent and relieve suffering. She is known for creating innovative and impactful programs and is a sought out mentor. She founded the now campus wide UAMS Student Wellness Program and the UAMS Faculty Wellness Program and was instrumental in the modification of Arkansas medical licensure questions to promote physician self-care. In addition, she founded the ANGELS Women’s Mental Health Consultation Service and authored the ANGELS Women’s Mental Health Evidence Based Guidelines for the state for many years. She received the APA Gold Award for leading a model treatment program for dually diagnosed pregnant and parenting women with their children (Arkansas CARES: Center for Addiction Research, Education and Services). She also received the UAMS Outstanding Women’ Faculty Member Award for Excellence in Leadership, Mentoring, Scholarship and Professional Achievement and was honored with an Association for Academic Psychiatry Lifetime Achievement Award.
Sejal Shah
Chief, Division of Medical Psychiatry | Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sejal Shah, MD is the Division Chief of Medical Psychiatry as well as the Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Consultation Services at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is the Co-Program Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship (and former Program Director since 2012), a combined program between Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Shah completed medical school in Philadelphia at Jefferson Medical College and completed her psychiatry training at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Program (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital). She went on to complete a fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Chair of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Council on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brigham and Women’s Physicians Organization and co-leads a hospital system-wide committee that addresses the care of complex patients. Her interests include emergency psychiatry, complex hospital systems issues, and medical education.
Madeleine Becker
Director, Graduate Medical Education | Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Madeleine Becker is a Professor of Psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University, and has a dual appointment in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences and in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior.
In the Department of Integrative Medicine, she is the Director of Medical Education and also as the Associate Director for Fellowship program in Integrative Medicine, which she has developed and was approved in 2019. She directs a yearlong Wellness curriculum for the residents and fellows in both the Departments of Psych and Integrative medicine. Dr. Becker has also designed and is piloting an Integrative Medicine Consultation Service for inpatients in the General Hospital.
Dr. Becker has a Master degree in Psychiatry from New York University and has a Master degree in Clinical Health Psychiatry from Yeshiva University. She obtained her MD from Jefferson Medical College and afterwards did her residency training in Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania. She has worked at Jefferson for 14 yrs, where she developed and served as the Program Director for the fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and has served as the director of the Psychiatric Consultation Services.
Dr. Becker serves in leadership roles in multiple national organizations including the ABPN, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Becker's clinical and scholarly work focuses on medical education, integrative psychiatric care of the medically ill, and in women’s mental health. She also is currently completing a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine.
In the Department of Integrative Medicine, she is the Director of Medical Education and also as the Associate Director for Fellowship program in Integrative Medicine, which she has developed and was approved in 2019. She directs a yearlong Wellness curriculum for the residents and fellows in both the Departments of Psych and Integrative medicine. Dr. Becker has also designed and is piloting an Integrative Medicine Consultation Service for inpatients in the General Hospital.
Dr. Becker has a Master degree in Psychiatry from New York University and has a Master degree in Clinical Health Psychiatry from Yeshiva University. She obtained her MD from Jefferson Medical College and afterwards did her residency training in Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania. She has worked at Jefferson for 14 yrs, where she developed and served as the Program Director for the fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and has served as the director of the Psychiatric Consultation Services.
Dr. Becker serves in leadership roles in multiple national organizations including the ABPN, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Becker's clinical and scholarly work focuses on medical education, integrative psychiatric care of the medically ill, and in women’s mental health. She also is currently completing a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine.
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