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2023 CHILD & ADOLESCENT
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May 8-11, 2023 | Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve, Río Grande, PR
Can’t Make it to Puerto Rico? Live Remote Streaming Option Available!
Only $2197 |
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Special 2023 Child Psychiatry CME Conference Tuition
2 Participation Options: Register for Live Attendance or Live Streaming Conference Now!
60 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™ • 24 ABPN®-Approved Self-Assessment Credits

May 8-11, 2023
$2197
2023 Live Attendance
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$2694
With Added 2022 Recordings

May 8-11, 2023
$1897
2023 Live Streaming
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2023 Live Child PSYCHIATRY Conference Details
The total credits earned with the Oasis 2023 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference plus the included Oasis 2023 Mini-Conference Recordings are:
60 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™
24 ABPN®-Approved Self-Assessment Credits
The May 2023 Live Conference includes welcome reception as well as breakfast, lunch, and coffee/tea breaks throughout the conference.
2023 Puerto Rico Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference | AGENDA
Monday, May 8, 2023 | ||
Lecture/Event | Speaker/Location | Time |
Breakfast & Registration | TBA | 7:00am-8:00am |
Welcome & Introduction | API Staff | 8:00am-8:20am |
Eating Disorders: Update on Binge-eating Disorders | Jennifer Derenne, MD | 8:20-9:50am |
Eating Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa | Jennifer Derenne, MD | 10:00am-11:30am |
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Assessment and Psychosocial Treatments | Gagan Joshi, MD | 11:40am-12:40pm |
Lunch | TBA | 12:40pm-1:40pm |
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Psychopharmacological Treatment Update | Gagan Joshi, MD | 1:40pm-2:40pm |
Substance Use: Update on Designer Drugs | Ximena Sanchez-Samper, MD | 2:50pm-3:50pm |
Social Media and Cyberbullying: Prevention and Support | Kristopher Kaliebe, MD | 4:00pm-5:30pm |
Guided Imagery: Living Your Future | Jack Krasuski, MD | 5:40pm-6:45pm |
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 | ||
Lecture/Event | Speaker/Location | Time |
Breakfast | TBA | 7:00am-8:00am |
Opening Remarks | API Staff | 8:00am-8:10am |
Gender Dysphoria and It's Treatment: What Does the Evidence Tell Us? | Kristopher Kaliebe, MD | 8:10am-9:40am |
Cannabinoids: New Forms and New Problems | Kristopher Kaliebe, MD | 9:50am-11:20pm |
ADHD: Diagnosis and Treatment Update | Jefferson Prince, MD | 11:30am-12:30pm |
Lunch | TBA | 12:30pm-1:30pm |
Complex ADHD: The Wide World of ADHD Comorbidities | Jefferson Prince, MD | 1:30pm-2:30pm |
Anxiety Disorders: Treatment Update | Jefferson Prince, MD | 2:40pm-4:10pm |
Career Focus: Nonclinical Careers | Jefferson Prince, MD | 4:20pm-5:20pm |
Ice-breaker Reception | TBA | 5:30pm-7:30pm |
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | ||
Lecture/Event | Speaker/Location | Time |
Breakfast | TBA | 7:00am-8:00am |
Opening Remarks | API Staff | 8:00am-8:10am |
Separation and Social Anxiety: More Than Just Shyness | Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD | 8:10am-9:40am |
Obsessive-compulsive Disorders: Update on Diagnosis and Treatment | Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD | 9:50am-11:20am |
Schizoaffective Disorders | Lelis Nazario, MD | 11:30am-1:00pm |
Lunch | TBA | 1:00pm-2:00pm |
Schizophrenia: At Risk Individual and First Break Psychosis | Lelis Nazario, MD | 2:00pm-3:30pm |
Career Focus: Managing a Flourishing Clinic or Practice | Jack Krasuski, MD | 3:40pm-4:40pm |
Chair Yoga - For Practitioners and Patients | TBA | 4:50pm-5:50pm |
Family Fun Event | TBA | 4:50pm-6:30pm |
Thursday, May 11, 2023 | ||
Lecture/Event | Speaker/Location | Time |
Breakfast | Regency Ballroom Foyer | 7:00am-8:00am |
CME Info and Opening Remarks | API Staff | 8:00am-8:20am |
Depression: Update on Diagnosis | Ingrid Casas, MD | 8:20am-9:50am |
Depression: New Treatments | Ingrid Casas, MD | 10:00am-11:30pm |
Lunch | TBA | 11:30pm-12:30pm |
PTSD and Trauma: Update on Diagnostic Issues, Psychotherapies, and Emerging Treatments | Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD | 12:30pm-2:00pm |
Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder: Managing Treatment | Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD | 2:10pm-3:45pm |
Agenda content subject to change.
2023 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference | FACULTY
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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.
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Jefferson Prince, MD |
Dr. Jefferson Prince is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, the Director of Child Psychiatry for North Shore Medical Center in Salem, Massachusetts, and a Staff Member at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in the Child Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinics.
Dr. Prince is involved in research into the characterization and treatment of ADHD across the lifespan as well as pediatric mood, anxiety substance disorders. Dr. Prince is interested in collaborations between Pediatrics and Psychiatry and serves as the Medical Director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project at North Shore Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Prince serves as a member of the Board of the Children’s Trust Fund. He earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and completed his residencies in Psychiatry and Acute Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Subsequently, he completed his Clinical Fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospitals in Boston.
Dr Prince is board certified in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr Prince is also the recipient of many awards and honors including the distinction of Laughlin Fellow for the American College of Psychiatrists. In 2005, Dr. Prince was selected as one of the Best Doctors in America.
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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.
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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.
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Gagan Joshi, MD |
Dr. Gagan Joshi is a clinical investigator in the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinical and Research Programs at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Joshi trained in General Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently completed his Fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the combined program of Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He received training in cognitive-behavioral therapy at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute & Society.
Dr. Joshi’s clinical and research interest is in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorders with particular focus on the often-neglected comorbid conditions associated with these disorders. Besides coordinating research projects in pediatric bipolar disorder, Dr. Joshi is facilitating the expansion of research in Pervasive Developmental Disorders and related comorbidities in the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program at MGH. He has developed specific research projects examining the overlap of bipolar disorder with obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents.
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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).
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Jennifer Derenne, MD |
Dr. Jennifer Derenne is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is currently on a leave of absence from Stanford. She is currently the Vice President of Medical Care at Equip Health, a telehealth company focused on increasing access to evidence based treatment for eating disorders. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and completed an internal medicine internship at Salem Hospital. She went on to pursue general psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital Program. She has expertise in treating anxiety, depression, ADHD, and eating disorders across the lifespan, with particular interest in treating college age students. In addition to her clinical practice, she is active in medical education and serves as a Councilor at Large for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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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.
2023 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference | HOTEL
Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico
200 Coco Beach Blvd, Highway 955-I
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 00745
Monday, May 8 – Thursday, May 11, 2023
To Book a Room Online: CLICK HERE
Reservation Number: 787-657-1234
Use Room Block Code: G-OA23
Please review this important information concerning the American Physician Institute (API) Room Block. You must reserve your hotel room by April 14, 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 April 14, 2023!
API’s room block has been reserved for checking in on May 7, 2023 and checking out on May 11, 2023. We have secured rooms for these days only. If you are planning on extending your stay you must call to make reservations for extended stays and rooms are only available based on availability. You cannot book rooms outside of the dates online as we have not reserved any rooms outside of the above check-in/check-out dates.
API Group Room Rate:
Single/Double Occupancy – Garden View Rooms
Upgraded rooms are available for additional cost based on availability
$289 + applicable taxes and 18% resort fee, and other applicable fees
FIRST DAY INFORMATION
- Registration from 7:00am-8:00am on Monday, May 8, 2023
- Lectures begin at 8:00am and will conclude approximately at 5:30pm, each day
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
Taxi: $80 one-way
2023 Oasis Mini-Conference Recordings | AGENDA
2023 Oasis Mini-Conference Recordings | FACULTY
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Jack Krasuski, MD |
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Karen Martinez-Gonzalez, MD |
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Rajkumar Dasgupta, MD |
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Antonio Hardan, MD |
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Steven Pliszka, MD |
2023 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference | ACCREDITATION
Intended Audience:
Psychiatrists
Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute and The American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, LLC. PeerPoint Medical Education Institute is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
2023 Child & Adolescent Designation Statement:
Live Course, May 8-10, 2023:
The PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 52 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of these 52 credits: 24 also qualify as ABPN Self Assessment credits.
This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials. The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has reviewed the 2023 Child & Adolescent Conference and has approved this program as a part of a comprehensive Self-Assessment Program, which is mandated by the ABMS as a necessary component of Maintenance of Certification.
Oasis 2023 Mini-Conference Designation Statement:
Online Course, Release Date January 28, 2023 Termination Date, January 28, 2026:
The PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC designates the live and enduring formats for this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses & Nurse Practitioners:
For all your CE requirements for recertification, the ANCC will accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants:
The NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Licensed Psychologists:
Most state boards will accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ toward professional development hours. Please confirm with your state board before using this product for professional development hours.
2022 PSYCHIATRY Conference Recording Details
Yours for a Small Tuition Upgrade
Every year we rotate through different topics and present updates. Thus, you can get these recent recordings to expand the list of topics you can take advantage of.
Get These Additional Credits with the 2022 Recordings
53+ AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits™
24 ABPN®-Approved Self-Assessment Credits
Get just the 2022 Online Conference Recordings for only $1197. GET DETAILS.
2022 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference Recordings | AGENDA
CORE CONFERENCE LECTURES
2022 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference Recordings | FACULTY
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Jack Krasuski, MD |
- Executive Director, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, Westmont, IL
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Milena Armani, MD |
- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Karen Hartwell, 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
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Kristopher Kaliebe, MD |
- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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Alvin Lee Lewis, MD |
- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- Division Director, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- Training Director, Child and Adolescent Fellowship Program, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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Christopher Pelic, MD |
- Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- Associate Dean, GME Outreach, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
- Director, Telehealth, GME, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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Mai Uchida, MD |
- Director of Pediatric Depression, Child Psychiatry Division, Harvard University, Boston, MA
- Director of Clinical Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Harvard University, Boston, MA
- Director of Adult ADHD, Mass General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA
- Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2022 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference Recordings | ACCREDITATION
Intended Audience:
Psychiatrists
Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute and The American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies, LLC. PeerPoint Medical Education Institute is accredited by the ACCME to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
2022 Child & Adolescent Designation Statement:
Online Course, Release Date May 4, 2022, Termination Date, May 4, 2025:
The PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 53.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of these 53.25 credits: 24 also qualify as ABPN Self Assessment credits.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has reviewed the 2022 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference and has approved this program as a part of a comprehensive Self-Assessment Program, which is mandated by the ABMS as a necessary component of Maintenance of Certification.
Nurses & Nurse Practitioners:
For all your CE requirements for recertification, the ANCC will accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants:
The NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Licensed Psychologists:
Most state boards will accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ toward professional development hours. Please confirm with your state board before using this product for professional development hours.