May 2023 Puerto Rico Psychiatry Conference | AGENDA

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May 2023 Puerto Rico Psychiatry Conference | FACULTY

Jack Krasuski, MD

• Executive Director, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, Westmont, IL

Dr. Krasuski spent three years as a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, where he did research in the neuroimaging of dementing disorders. Currently, he spends most of his time lecturing to thousands of physicians yearly on psychiatric topics. He is known for his ability to clearly explain complex and little understood topics.

Alan Peterson, MD

Dr. Alan Peterson is Aaron and Bobbie Elliott Krus Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and Professor and Chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is Director of the STRONG STAR Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD. Dr. Peterson served previously as Chair of the Department of Psychology and Clinical Health Psychology Fellowship Program Director at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. His research and publications focus on posttraumatic stress disorder, tobacco cessation, pain management, weight management, insomnia, temporomandibular disorders, tic disorders, aerophagia, and blepharospasm.

Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD

• Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• Co-director, Project Echo Opioid Use Disorder, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Dr. Ximena Sanchez-Samper is a board-certified addiction psychiatrist. Dr. Sanchez-Samper trained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and completed her addictions fellowship through Massachusetts General Hospital in 2004. After working with adolescents and young adults (and their families) with substance use disorders at Children’s Hospital Boston for many years, she transferred to McLean Hospital where she was the Medical Director at one of one of their residential programs.

Dr. Sanchez-Samper is an advocate of incorporating Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) into the comprehensive care of patients struggling with alcohol and opioid use disorders and has been prescribing Buprenorphine (Suboxone) since obtaining her waiver in 2003. She co-authored both a book chapter (“Opioid Use by Adolescents,” Handbook of Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Dependence, 2011) and published an article in a peer review journal (“Adolescent Substance Abuse”, General Considerations, Pediatrics in Review, 2009) addressing the needs of patients struggling with addiction and its aftermath. Dr. Sanchez-Samper is an instructor at Harvard Medical School and enjoys lecturing nationwide on substance use disorder identification, diagnosis, and treatment.

Kristopher Kaliebe, MD

• Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Kristopher Kaliebe, MD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at University of South Florida (USF). He is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He is a Distinguished Fellow and serves as co-chair of the Media Committee at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). Dr. Kaliebe is the (AACAP) Liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media. His primary clinical work has been in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Juvenile Corrections. Since 2016, Dr. Kaliebe has helped start and maintain yoga programs within the correctional centers where he works. Dr. Kaliebe has extensive training in psychotherapy, including trauma focused therapies. He has been named a Best Doctor annually since 2008.

At USF, he instructs medical students, psychiatry residents and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and forensic psychiatry fellows. He has created a medical student colloquium (elective) called Mind Body Medicine. Dr Kaliebe has helped USF Psychiatry start a special training track in Integrative Psychiatry in Association with the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

Dr Kaliebe’s publications and presentations include on the effect of digital technologies on mental health, Mind Body Medicine, working in Primary Care settings and preventing over diagnosis and over-treatment. Dr Kaliebe tries to stay consistent with his yoga practice. He resides in Tampa.

Joseph McEvoy, MD

Dr. Joseph McEvoy is Director of Public Psychiatry and the I. Clark Case Chair in Psychotic Disorders at Augusta University. He is also Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.

Dr. McEvoy obtained his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City and in psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Dr. McEvoy is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He has served as principal investigator in several key clinical trials and authored more than 200 publications. His research interests include movement disorders and abnormal involuntary movements.

Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD

Dr. Karen G. Martinez-Gonzalez is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Puerto Rico where she directs the Center for the Study and Treatment of Fear and Anxiety and is the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. She also completed a Post-Doctoral Master’s in Clinical and Translational Research in 2006 and is now the Principal Investigator and Director of this program. She is also the Principal Investigator of a grant studying the epigenetic and microbial profile of prenatal stress related to Hurricane María and the site principal investigator of the Latin American Trans-Ancestry Initiative for OCD Genomics study. She is an active member of several professional organizations, such as the Anxiety and Depression Association of America where she recently received the Member Recognition Award for her work on the Multicultural and the Women’s Mental Health Special Interest Groups. She is also part of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Trauma and Disaster Committee and president of the Puerto Rico Chapter; member of the board of directors and past president of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS).

Lillian Segarra Roig, MD

Dr. Lillian Y. Segarra Roig is an assistant professor and chair of the Psychiatry Department at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. She specializes in psychosomatic medicine, which she practices at the Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System.

Lelis Nazario, MD

Dr. Lelis L. Nazario Rodriguez is a psychiatry specialist in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She graduated with honors from University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina in 1993. She is Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.

May 2023 Puerto Rico Psychiatry Conference | HOTEL

Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico

200 Coco Beach Blvd, Highway 955-I
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico  00745

Monday, May 1 – Thursday, May 4, 2023

To Book a Room Online: CLICK HERE
Reservation Number: 787-657-1234 Extension 4340
Use Room Block Code:  G-API3

Please review this important information concerning the American Physician Institute (API) Room Block. You must reserve your hotel room by March 30, 2023, to receive the discounted API rate. Book Early! Rooms and rate availability is limited. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and will sell out March 30, 2023!

API Group Room Rate:
Single/Double Occupancy – Run of house rooms
Upgraded rooms are available for additional cost based on availability
$289 + applicable taxes and resort, porterage, & cleaning fee

WHAT’S INCLUDED

If you book using the API Block Code, the room rate includes:

• Two Welcome Drinks
• Use of tennis and pickleball courts
• 15% Discount on Green Fees
• 20% Discount on Spa Services
• 10% Discount on Select Tours
• 2 Bottles of Water Daily
• Complimentary Wi-Fi in Guestrooms
• Cart transportation service around the hotel common areas

Included in the Conference Fee, all participants will receive:

• Coffee/Tea Breaks
• Welcome Reception
• Breakfast and Lunch
• Access to all lectures and activities planned for the meeting
• Complimentary Wi-Fi in the meeting space

If you have any special physical needs or dietary restrictions that our on-site staff needs to be aware of, please contact Customer Care at 877-225-8384 or email us at support@americanphysician.com.

TAXI AND RIDE-SHARING SERVICES

From Luiz Munoz International Airport/San Juan Airport (SJU)
UberX: $65-80, one-way
Taxi: $80, one-way

Shuttle Service: We are currently sourcing transportation companies to assist with transportation to and from the airport to the hotel. More information will be provided when available.