Randie Schacter, DO, Mathews, NC

“WOW WOW WOW! The best conference I have ever been to. Practical pearls that I can use in my practice. Excellent speakers that are the best in the field and dynamic. The staff at API are professional, helpful, positive, and go above and beyond to make your experience exceptional.”

Barbara Kissa, MD, Charlotte, NC

“Excellent conference even for primary care providers!! Helpful take-home messages for multiple disorders that I will use. Excellent location!”

Tina Dierolf, MD, Middletown, RI

“The topics and speakers are terrific. The incorporation of learning and fun is highly appreciated!”

Wally Novero, MD, Hermitage, PA

“The Oasis 2019 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference was an amazing conference. The content and speakers were excellent. I came thinking I would get a few ideas to improve my practice… Instead, my mind is reeling with a lot of great ideas I can use. I am happy I attended this conference.”

Mwendalubi Yasa, MD, Newton, KS

“Oasis Psychiatry Conference was excellent. The lectures were excellent, engaging, and enthusiastic. I would come to attend again in the future.”

Susan Kozel, MD, Arlington, VA

“Time goes by fast! Well organized, great content, and good audiovisual content.”

Keyur Parikh, MD, Menomonee Falls, WI

“Awesome conference, great speakers – especially on substance use disorders. Dr. Ximena Sanchez-Samper makes it so much fun and conveys information so effectively. Dr. Grados is an excellent speaker and very knowledgeable. An excellent lecture on Autism and eating disorders. Attending the receptions helped me connect with so many other child psychiatrists from various areas and had great discussions about career development in addition to enjoying the great food and music.”

Afia Hussain, MD, Fairfax, VA

“I am a general adult psychiatrist, but I still found the conference entirety relevant to my practice.”

Vicki Winkel, MD, Salt Lake City, UT

“I look forward to these conferences. Speakers are excellent, information typically state of the art. Speakers are approachable for any questions. Appreciate the care you gave to enhance our learning.”

Judith Axelrod, MD, Prospect, KY

“Very helpful meeting and networking with other attendees.”

Faye Sadberry, MD, Houston, TX

“Hands down the best conference I’ve been to. Not only did I learn useful information, but I’m also leaving feeling refreshed, motivated, and ready to make changes within my practice!”

Stacey Helps, MD, Virginia Beach, VA

“I highly recommend this conference. Excellent speakers & location. Very practical information & wonderful environment.”

Sarah Schaettle, MD, Madison, WI

“Consistently the highest quality live conference I’ve ever attended in terms of educational content – I look forward to going each year!”

Tracey L. Cornella-Carlson, MD, Hartland, WI

“I took my board review course (General Peds) with API. I really enjoyed the ease of the online course. And I passed my recertification, YEAH! I got the email for the [Oasis Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Conference]. The ability to get a lot of information on an area in my practice that I wanted to improve was available in one course! The course was given by many well-known speakers, and it provided practical evaluation & treatment for a variety of diagnoses that show up in my patients.”

Shellie Russel-Skerski, MD, Wooster, OH

“I am not a child psychiatrist but see a lot of children. I now feel like a child psychiatrist without the certification.”

Joseph Poitier, MD, Miami, FL

“It is refreshing to go to a place that caters to your needs, and the instructions were on point.”

Vishal Shah, MD, Keller, TX

“MasterPsych course for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry delivers again! Excellent faculty, knowledgeable in their content, usable recommendations for treatment of persistent and complex child and adolescent cases–this course always delivers what it promises! Beautiful location and great networking!”

Leah Cobb-Snodgrass, MD, Harrogate, TN

“This was a great conference. A good balance between research & practical application. I appreciate the smaller size of the conference. I will look forward to future conferences.”

Joan Davis, MD, Spokane, WA

“A very broad stroke of topics, with an emphasis on pharmacotherapy with practical use in current practice.”

Harvey Hall, NP, Olympia, WA

“If you might not be seeing that many kids in your practice, most of the info in these presentations can be applied to adult psychiatry too.”

Kirk M. Olson, PA-C, Madison, WI

“If you were looking for a high-yield clinically applicable seminar – this conference is the one for you! Not having the time to read all the latest studies, this conference has leaders in the field condense and present findings that will directly affect my practice. Wonderful!”

Leah Cobb, Harrogate, TN

“The conference and speakers were excellent. I am completely satisfied.”

Andre Fernandez, Lexington, KY

“This is the second time attending your conference. On both occasions, I have found the lectures to be relevant, up-to-date, and practical. I appreciate your attention to feedback and engagement with the physicians in attendance.”

Aileen Oandasu, Johnstown, PA

“I enjoyed very much the welcome reception and the raffle. I did both my Boards training with you, and this is the first time I participated in a nice party to meet and interact with colleagues.”

Marilena A. Jennings, Bronx, NY

“I highly appreciate the opportunity to attend the API conferences. I am in private practice, and I often miss a treatment team or a face-to-face discussion about my patients. These conferences have replaced this gap, and they have provided good feedback about my professional trajectory.”

Ioana N. Shirley, Birmingham, AL

“Dr. Krasuski was really helpful and amusing. I learned a lot about treating kids abusing marijuana. It was helpful to have cases on DMDD – so thank you! Dr. Bostic was point-on in his lecture and updated me on some other medications today in autistic kids – thanks!”

Karen Senese, Toms River, NJ

“For those of us who are early risers, the starting and ending time of the lectures is excellent!! Please don’t change it. The ending time (3 p.m.) allows the participant to enjoy the “hosting” city.”

Lourdes J. Delgado, Peoria, IL

“As a foreign medical graduate, I took my Boards in gen. psychiatry and C/A one time each in doing courses with API. Courses provide excellent preparation for board purposes and clinical practices.”

M. Gonzales-Vigilar

“I am an Adult Psychiatrist who took this course so I can provide some coverage for our Pediatric psychiatrist when he is out. I really benefited and felt my time was well spent. It was a great review.”

J. Miglani

“I enjoyed this conference. It was a great balance of empirical data and clinical experience. The speakers were very engaging and responsive to audience questions and opinions.”

Jennifer Harrington

“Excellent presenters, very useful, and pleasant staff. The information was updated, concise, and easy to understand. The location and accommodations were very good. I learned a lot and enjoyed myself!”

Graciela M. Gonzalez

“Great job! The conference was relevant, and speakers were engaging.”

John Riano

“I really enjoyed the conference. I walked away with lots of practical and useful information for myself, my patients, and their families.”

Leslie Abromiot

“It was well-paced and relaxed and yet “so” met the need to deliver cutting edge research with tips to apply research into clinical practice. All the major studies were discussed in a short, focused way. Staff were helpful, and I made some friends!!”

Shobha Chottera

“Excellent conference. One of the best I have attended. This is my first conference with API, but I will be attending again.”

C. Pamela Lowe-Hoyte

“Very practical info! I now have more meds in my awareness.”

Vinay Saranga

“Wonderful speakers!!! I’m glad I attended the conference. I learned quite a bit to help treat my patients.”

Carl T. Radcliff

“This conference is helpful for adult psychiatrists who see adolescents older than 16 years. The atmosphere at the conference is energizing and upbeat.”

Carol Eidsvoog

“It seems that every detail was thought out from food and snacks provided to the welcome receptions. All the speakers were excellent and really appreciate the organization of the notes for future reference.”

Sarah Buxley

“The conference provided a truly up to date review in a format that was well organized and had very comfortable accommodations. I am planning to attend future conferences.”

Marta E. Wild

“Very helpful in reviewing current studies and major points of research results. Both useful in everyday practice and board preparation.”

Susan W. Jones

“Excellent speakers, enough time for question and answer sessions, perfect amount of time for each lecture.”

Nushtar Jameel

“Glad I came and will plan to return.”

Laurie Nadal

“Great speakers! Very informative and provided a lot of clinically useful advice and instruction.”

Rebecca Meinke

“The course is very well organized. The speakers are outstanding. I strongly recommend this conference.”

Sheila Sontag

“The speakers are high caliber-very good presenters. The information is both cutting edge and pragmatic, and the level of the presentations is appropriate to an audience and physician specialists/subspecialists. The option to immediately be able to view the entire presentations online without missing anything is also greatly appreciated, especially if jet lag or tourism options make it hard to attend all of the talks.”

James Sparing

“Excellent AACAP quality level conference and speakers.”

Victoria Denlo

“I found the lectures very helpful as it focuses on practical knowledge in addition to covering the specific key points that are important.”

Vara Morn

“Excellent and well-organized course.”

Danielle Staril

“Your courses are very comprehensive, and up to date, the faculty is excellent, and your staff is very helpful and friendly.”

Nyrma Ortiz

“Extremely thorough and relevant to my clinical practice. Very well done and comprehensive. I enjoyed meeting colleagues from around the country that were child psychiatrists like me.”

Spiro Theoharakis

“My first experience with API! I like the length of the classes usually twice as many in the same time course. Allows for absorption of material, we were able to ask questions. Plus basic excellent websites. Resources suggested were extremely helpful. I will be attending your board course (adult board then child) next year.”

Terry LJamet

“Excellent faculty; new information presented in a useful way.”

Howard A Grick

“The CAMP conference was not only very informative but also very enjoyable. The hotel was comfortable in an interesting location, opportunities to socialize and network and fun! Love the welcome reception with drinks, appetizers, music, and pictures. Really appreciate restaurants and social attraction information as well. This is my second API conference; I look forward to future conferences.”

Cary White

“Excellent. I learn the most from the question and answer time. The questions cover real-life situations that we in the field “trenches” face frequently.”

Stephen Lyrene

“Thank you for the comprehensive master psychopharmacology conference in child and adolescent psychiatry. Great lectures, great staff, great service and would recommend highly for more practitioners.”

Shefali Jhundal

“Had a great time. Very informative conference. I made friends and enjoyed sightseeing/walking.”

Lin Lu

“This is my 4th conference with API, and I have not been disappointed with the quality of content, keep up the good work!”

Israel Sokeye

“Very Relevant, precise, well organized, practical to everyday practice, clear, clinically based, excellent faculty.”

Bal Sharma, MD, Kansas City, KS

“I can depend on quality educational experiences from American Physician Institute.”

Jan Thompson, MD,  Reno, NV

Your courses are always thorough and well organized.”

Jan Thompson, MD, Reno, NV

“This is my second course this year, first was preparation for recertification of geriatric psychiatry – which was an excellent review, short, precise, and the test was a breeze after the review.  This course is an excellent review of psychopharmacology, right to the point, and practical applications.”

Kaplan Milana, MD, Hollywood, FL

“This course was tremendously useful as more and more of our practical life as child psychiatrists revolves around medication management. I plan to make it an annual event.”

George Cresswell, MD, Colorado Springs, CO

“This is my second time attending this course. I am already looking forward to the next! There is no other course where you can really interact with Masters in their field from all over the nation – all grouped together a few days just for me to learn!”

Maribel Rivera, MD, Coraopolis, PA

“This is one of the best psychopharm conferences I have ever attended for basic child psychiatry. Depression and BPD was chock full of very useful information.”

Adele Cox, MD, Wynnewood, PA

“Clinically relevant and up-to-date. Will make an immediate difference in my practice.”

Judith Arnold, MD, Manitowoc, WI

“Well prepared, well presented, good visuals, plenty of opportunity for questions.”

Arnold Samuels, MD, Evanston, IL

“16 years in private practice, having maintained board certification, and regularly attending various educational reviews, I have been greatly impressed with the value in these relevant clinical courses. The vignettes and the evidence-based data were invaluable and well-presented.”

Omar Rieche, MD, Fort Myers, FL

“It is a good place to meet colleagues and discuss cases, get feedback, and increase base resources as I go back to my practice.”

Leah Perez, MD, Dunlap, IL

“Great overview of conditions often encountered in child psychiatry and into evidence-based treatments for them. Opportunity to network with providers from all over the USA and link to shared experiences and triumphs and failures to learn from each other.”

Patricia Kinne, MD, Louisville, KY

“They were extremely knowledgeable, with first-hand, up-to-date information. I’ve taken a few of your courses – some for board review preparation and some just for general knowledge – and I have really appreciated them and learned a lot.”

Tracey Cornella-Carlson, MD, Hartland, WI

“The information they are giving to us is also very practical – it’s the information that we need.”

Jose Hernandez, MD, Tampa, FL

“The speakers were the top in the field, and yet no questions went unanswered, no statement was not addressed/discussed. Being educated by/with these masters was like jamming with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.”

Herbert Cruz, MD, Fresno, CA

“Precise, concise, clinically-based, and practical.”

Sarabjit Tokhie, MD, Okemos, MI

“This course was a nice blend of contemporary knowledge, “real world” cases, and practical advice. The speakers were enthusiastic and engaging. There was ample time for questions and discussion. I highly recommend this course to any clinician who wishes to refresh their practice habits and enhance their professional skills.”

Barry Irons, MD, Las Cruces, NM

“Good evidence-based medicine.”

Peter Warhol, MD, Peeven, SD

“I find the course very informative, and although the name of this is Psychopharmacology, it’s really reassuring that all the speakers emphasized the importance of psychosocial interventions as well.”

Jacqueline Magrolagasca, MD, Union City, CA

“Relevant, organized, and great speakers.”

Linda Lotspeich, MD, Stanford, CA

“This is the third course I have taken from you. I found all of them valuable and effective in improving my practice and making me a better physician. In fact, to me, the quality of your courses is so much superior to those offered by the APA meeting that I no longer spend money on the APA meeting – I just do not like wasting my money!”

Beth Milford, MD, Novato, CA

“A very good review brought me up to date on multiple topics in 3 days. Very well organized at a very gentle pace.”

Harjot Singh, MD, Fresno, CA

“This conference was a very positive, special experience in one of USA’s finest cities. I have added substantially to my knowledge of Psychopharmacology in Children/Adolescents, for which I am thankful. I’m hopeful that my new knowledge can help in this Managed Care dominated system. It could help if I teach or supervise clinicians in the future.”

Larry Rosenthal, MD, Bethesda, MD

“The course was very well organized and kept to stated done-times. Information presented was well-presented in slide format. All slides were included in the course handout, which allowed me to actually pay attention without the burden of having to take note. I found the information very relevant to practice. I appreciate the bonus lecture on arming yourself against medical malpractice and understanding the role of the relationship with patients and medical liability.”

Diane Felder, MD, Houston, TX

“Clear, concise, and practical for everyday practice! Highly recommended!”

Michelle Fontenelle-Gilmer, MD, Trenton, MI

“I really liked Dr. Hardan’s lectures. He’s a very good speaker. He reviewed the subjects in a very practical way.”

Sergio Luna, MD, Bryan, TX

“Great course with lectures from foremost experts in the field. An excellent way to catch up with the latest updates in the field and stay current.”

Auguste Dufano, MD, Ithaca, NY

“It was amazing to learn from “the masters!”

Maribel Rivera, MD, Coradupolis, PA

“I am happy I attended the Child & Adolescent course.”

Pabudini Muthukuda, MD, Gaithersborg, MD

“Gave a rainbow spectrum of practical treatments. Catches your interest throughout the course – lively, never boring.”

Judith Bautista, MD, Eagle River, AK

“Well-organized, important topics were discussed. Excellent lectures of Dr. Radwan and Dr. Chang.”

Ella Komatorsky, MD, Skokie, IL

“My favorite portion had to do with the case discussions where the lecturer & audience shared their clinical ideas on how to treat the case. I could identify with the struggles in choosing the best treatment approach in complicated cases. The smaller group setting (audience) was comfortable. The lecturers appeared to enjoy the Q&A and case discussions and were respectful of the physicians who may have had another point of view. Thank you!”

Cynthia Dulay-Bruce, MD, Tracy, CA

“Excellent review of psychopharmacology in Children & Adolescents. Geared towards the practicing Child Psychiatrist. It was very instructive to also hear about upcoming trials and directions in psychopharmacology.”

Chris Lang, MD, Salt Lake, UT

“I am very glad I came to this conference. A lot of useful and up-to-date information – well organized. Overall, high quality. Great location too! Great chance to meet colleagues.”

Lisa Feierman, MD, Corrales, NM

Current information, clinically relevant to the private practitioner. There were many ‘pearls of wisdom’ that I will be able to incorporate in my practice.”

Renee Mehlinger, MD, Chicago, IL

“Great conference! A very practical review of important topics. I would highly recommend this course to all psychiatrists.”

Geoff Levin, MD, Highland Park, IL

“Dr. Chang expertly reviewed in a fair and balanced manner concepts of overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and medication and nonmedication intervention for PBD. Lively, interesting presentations from very knowledgeable faculty.”

Steven Sonnek, MD, Victoria, MN

“Excellent choice of faculty. Loved case discussions.”

Gerald Chitters, MD, Boulder, CO

“This was a very pleasant, friendly, and professional experience. I like the option to have a “second chance” to look over the lectures online.”

Mariana Martinajevic, MD, Fort Lauderdale, FL

“It was refreshing to take a course that was so free from commercial interest.”

Evelyn Lopez-Brignoni, MD, Miami, FL

“I have recommended your board preparation review courses to my colleagues, because I found them excellent when I took it, and it helped me to pass the adult boards. This course, I will also recommend to everyone because I also found it very informative, useful, up-to-date – “Excellent.” Keep up the good work, Dr. Krasuski, and staff.”

Jose Hernandez, MD, Tampa, FL

“This course provided very up-to-date, useful clinical practice guidelines used by leaders in the field, that spanned from screening tools to use in practice, new research on diagnosis and treatment, medication studies and indications as well as new medication trials in progress. Excellent speakers and all-around excellent conference.  Totally worth the time invested!”

Jennifer Kurth, MD, Chicago, IL