Dr. Evan Fox
has accepted the position of Director, Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry. A
graduate of The Institute of Living’s psychiatry residency program, Dr. Fox
completed a one-year fellowship in Consultation Psychiatry in the Hartford
Hospital/University of Connecticut program prior to joining the active staff
in July 1993. Since that time, he has worked in Consultation/Liaison
Psychiatry as well as providing services in the Palliative Medicine Consult
Service. He has also been an integral part of the psychiatry residency
program, providing teaching and supervision.
Dr. Carl Washburn, Jr.
has been appointed Director of the Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship
program. Following completion of his psychiatry residency training in The
Institute of Living/University of Connecticut program, he also completed a
one-year consultation/liaison psychiatry fellowship at Hartford Hospital.
He has been a member of the active staff since October 2001, working on a
variety of services including the Adult Partial Hospital Program, Addiction
Recovery Services, the inpatient service and, in recent years, in
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry.
Dr. David Pepper,
appointed Acting Medical Director of the Psychiatry Emergency Service in May
2008, has now accepted the position of Medical Director. Dr. Pepper joined
the active staff in July 2004, following completion of his psychiatry
residency in the University of Connecticut’s training program. Initially
employed on the IOL’s inpatient service, he has been working in
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry for some time.
For the second consecutive year,
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Hartford Hospital's Institute of
Living among the nation’s top 25 psychiatric facilities. In its annual “Best
Hospitals” issue, due on newsstands Monday, July 14, the Institute is listed
among an elite group of the country’s most prestigious mental health
treatment centers. A total of 170 hospitals are listed as “Best Hospitals”
in 16 different categories, representing only about 3% of the nation’s
medical facilities, so this is a remarkable achievement indeed. The IOL’s
powerful combination of excellent patient care, world-class research
efforts, and a nationally recognized residency training program contributed
to this success.
(more)
Click here to view the U.S. News & World Report List.
The Institute of Living held its
annual Awards and Recognition Day ceremony on June 17, 2008, recognizing the accomplishments
and dedication of many care givers at the IOL. Below is a list of the
awards presented to members of the IOL staff.
Arne Welhaven
Memorial Award Recipients:
Catherine Chance, RN
David Lacoss, LCSW
Linda J. Stacey Service
Excellence Award Recipients:
Carol Freedman, LCSW
Nancy Janus, LCSW
Adelle Lewis, RN
Wayne Levandoski,
Engineering Electrical Department
David Pepper, M.D.
appointed Acting Director of the Emergency Psychiatric Service
Effective May 1, 2008, Dr. David Pepper
has accepted the position of Acting Director of the Psychiatric Emergency
Service. Dr. Pepper has been a member of the Active Medical Staff here
since July 2004, working both on the IOL’s inpatient service and in
consultation/liaison psychiatry. A
graduate of Saba University School of
Medicine in the Netherlands Antilles, he completed his psychiatric residency
training in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine program in June
2004. He is Board-certified in General Psychiatry.
2008 BrainDance Award Winners
- Seeking to Stamp out the Stigma of Mental Illness
On April 30, 2008, The Institute of
Living will celebrate
the 5th annual BrainDance Awards. The BrainDance
Awards are an academic and art competition hosted by the Family Resource
Center and the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at The Institute of
Living. The goal of BrainDance is to reduce the stigma of mental illness by
encouraging students to learn more about psychiatric disorders and to be
more sensitive to the concerns of people with psychiatric illnesses and
their families. Students were invited to submit art and/or academic projects on
the topic of schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses.
Click here to view a photo slideshow of the 2008 BrainDance Awards.
This year's winners are:
Overall Winner/Best Academic - $1000
Bristol Eastern High School
Class: Individual and Family Development
Teacher: Creighton Paquette-Claman
Art Project - 1st Place (tie) - $500
Oil Panting: “Depression Hurts” - John Galin - Joseph Foran High School
Mixed Media: “Pallets of Life” - Olivia Benjamin - Weston High School
Academic Project - Runners Up - $100
"The Possibilities of Autism" - Georgia Curley – New Canaan High School
"A Day in the Life: Parkinson’s Disease" - Mary Rose Peterson – New Canaan
High School
“On the Wrong Planet: My Experiences with Aspbergers Syndrome” – Jessica
Watsky - Branford High School
Art Project - Runners Up - $100 Poster: “Think Before You Speak” - Megan
Barrows – Avon High School
Poster: “Captivation” - Michale Papa – Amity Regional High School
Poem: “Odds and Evens” – Molly Horan – Bristol Eastern High School
Children’s Book: “We Are All Different” – Abigail Market – New Canaan High
School
Pottery: “Portrait of a Loved One” – Nicole Poitras – Bristol Eastern High
School
Short Story: “Life with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder” – Maxwell Rein –
Fairfield College Preparatory School
Collage: “A Project on Mental Illness: Multiple Personalities” – Brendan
Gavin – Bristol Eastern High School
During a ceremony on April 30th, Theodore F. Mucha, M.D. was presented with the Medical Staff's
Distinguished Service Award. As medical director at The Institute of Living,
Dr. Mucha has served “43 continuous years
at the IOL and Hartford Hospital. Beginning as a resident in 1965, he
advanced from staff psychiatrist to Section Chief, to the Division Director
of General Adult Services, to Assistant Medical Director and, in 1999, to
Medical Director. Dr. Mucha provides the day-to-day medical
leadership at the clinical front lines of the IOL. He is highly regarded by
all as a supervisor, teacher, mentor, and clinical leader.” The award
is presented annually to honor distinguished individuals on the Medical
Staff who have made important contributions (above and beyond the call of
duty) to the hospital and staff.
Godfrey D. Pearlson, M.D., director of
the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at The Institute of Living, has
been awarded the Jefferson Medical College, Department of Psychiatry’s 30th
annual Albert M. Biele Memorial Lectureship for “Distinguished and
Internationally Recognized Contributions to the Field of Psychiatry.”
The lectureship honors the memory of Dr. Biele, an outstanding physician,
scholar, and psychiatric professor who joined the academic faculty at
Jefferson Medical College in 1947. Dr. Pearlson’s lecture was
entitled, “What Might Schizophrenia Risk Genes Be Doing In The Brain?
Evidence From Neuroimaging.”
Dr. Meaghan Connors will join the active staff in Psychiatry
effective April 7th. Dr. Connors received her M.D. from the
University of Massachusetts School of Medicine and completed her psychiatry
residency here at The Institute from July 2003 to June 2007. Following
completion of her residency, she joined the staff of Connecticut Valley
Hospital in Middletown, but is now returning to the Institute where she will
be employed as a staff psychiatrist in the Adult Day Treatment Program.
The IOL/HH received an Outstanding
Achievement Award from the State of Connecticut's Department of Mental
Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D.,
Commissioner of DMHAS, presented the "2007 Consumer Survey - Top Ten Best
Performance Three Years in a Row (2005-2007)" Award to IOL behavioral health
personnel in February.
(left to right) Thomas A. Kirk, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner, DMHAS;
Arthur Guerra, APRN, Program Manager, Institute Health Care; Sergio Mejia,
M.D., Psychiatrist, Adult Outpatient Clinic, IOL; Susan D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.,
Manager, Adult Outpatient Clinic, IOL; and Nancy Muniz, Administrative
Assistant, Adult Outpatient Clinic, IOL
IOL researchers will be making six
presentations at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association. The meeting will take place in Washington, DC from May
3-8, 2008. The titles and dates of these presentations are listed below.
Scientific and Clinical
Report Sessions
Combinatorial Cyp450 Genotyping For Depressed Inpatients Gualberto Ruaño, M.D., Ph.D.,
Genomas, Inc., John W. Goethe, M.D., Institute of Living,
Andreas Windemuth, Ph.D., Genomas, Inc.,
Bonnie L. Szarek, R.N.,
Institute of Living
5/5/08
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Evidence-Based Medicine and Outcome: Three Month Follow-Up
of Inpatients with MDD Bonnie L. Szarek, R.N.,
Institute of Living, John W. Goethe, M.D.,
Institute of Living, Stephen B. Woolley, D.Sc.,
Institute of Living
5/7/08
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Long-Term Follow-up of Patients with Major Depressive
Disorder: Changes in Symptoms, Treatment and Side Effects John W. Goethe, M.D.,
Institute of Living, Stephen Woolley, D.Sc.,
Institute of Living, Alex A. Cardoni, M.S. Pharm.,
Institute of Living, Brenda A. Woznicki, B.S.,
Institute of Living, Deborah A. Piez, M.S.,
Institute of Living
5/7/08
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Patients’ Involvement in Treatment Decisions and
Antidepressant Discontinuation Stephen B. Woolley, D.Sc.,
Institute of Living, John W. Goethe, M.D.,
Institute of Living, Lisa Fredman, Ph.D., Boston
University, Alisa Lincoln, Ph.D., Boston
University, Timothy Heeren, Ph.D., Boston University
5/8/08
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Racial Differences in Prescribing Practices in the
Treatment of Schizophrenia Karen Bullock, Ph.D., Institute of Living, Bonnie
L. Szarek, R.N., Institute of Living, John W.
Goethe, M.D., Institute of Living
5/8/08
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Uses of Genetic Testing Symposium: Stuck in the
Black Box: A Patient Safety Approach to Prescribing Antidepressants John W. Goethe, M.D., Institute of Living
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