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psychiatry1 (from left) Drs. Ellen Sholevar, William Dubin and David Baron psychiatry3

department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Special Recognitions and Awards

 

Honors and Distinctions

Rose Julius, DO, MPH

Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Fellowship, 2009-2011


Temple Wise Owl Award, Academic Achievement in Residency, 2008 and 2009


Kenneth Draper Award for Achievement in Emergency Psychiatry in Residency, 2009

Barbara Sparacino, MD

Chair of Residents Committee Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, 2009-2010


Member in Training Deputee Representative to Area III Council of APA, 2009-2011


Resident Representative to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Psychiatric Societies, 2008-2010


Government Relations Resident Representative for Philadelphia/Pennsylvania Psychiatric Committee, 2008-2010
Elizabeth Tien, MD APA Minority Fellow, 2009-2011
Karen Valdez, DO

Kenneth Draper Award for Achievement in Emergency Psychiatry in Residency, 2007


American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow, Stepping Stones Program, 2006-2007

 

 

 

Publications

Olga Achildi, MD

Jensen AR, Milner R, Achildi O, Gaughan J, Wilhite DB, Grewal H. Effective instruction of vascular anastomosis in the surgical skills laboratory. Am J Surg 2008; 195 (2): 189-94.

 

Achildi O, Betz RR, Grewal H. Lapbelt injuries and the seatbelt syndrome in pediatric spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2007;30 Suppl 1:S21-4.

 

Achildi O, Grewal H. Congenital anamolies of the esphagus. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2007; 40(1):219-44, viii. Review.

Rose Julius, DO MPH

Julius, RJ, Novitsky Jr, MA, Dubin, WR.  Medication Adherence: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Clinical Practice.  Journal of Psychiatric Practice. Vol 15(1) Jan 2009: 34-44.

 

Committee on Psychiatry and the Community, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.  Jailing is Failing People with Mental Illness.  Psychiatric Services 2009 60:723.

 

Novitsky Jr, Julius RJ, Dubin WR.  Non-Pharmacologic Management of Violence in the Emergency Setting.  Primary Psychiatry. Aug 2009 (in press).

 

Joy, J, Julius, RJ, Akter, R, Baron, D.  Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Documentation from Candidates Requesting Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners COMLEX Exam.  Journal of Attention Deficit Disorders.  (accepted for publication, 2009). 

 

Baron, D and Julius, RJ.  Psychoneuroimmunology.  Chapter in Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine, 3rd edition.  Lipincott and Williams, 2009 (in press).
Maryam Namdari, DO Baron, D. Paglia, C. Thorkelson, G. Namdari, M, "Suicide in Teens and Young Adults in the United States," Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatrica, 2009 (in press)
Camille Paglia, MD

Baron, D. Paglia, C. Thorkelson, G. Namdari, M, "Suicide in Teens and Young Adults in the United States," Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatrica, 2009 (in press)
Gregory Thorkelson, MD Baron, D. Paglia, C. Thorkelson, G. Namdari, M, "Suicide in Teens and Young Adults in the United States," Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatrica, 2009 (in press)

 

 

 

Poster Presentations

Melissa Crookshank, MD

Mao and PTSD: One Aging Woman’s Experience.
Women’s Health Research, Leadership, and Advocacy Annual Meeting, March 2009, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Psychiatric Society: Colloquium of Scholars Meeting, April 2009, Second Place for Case Report Poster

Teaching and Learning Transcultural Psychiatry on the Consultation-Liaison Service: A Residency Training Perspective, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Meeting, November 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada

Kathleen Diller, MD

The Elderly in the Psychiatric Emergency Service: Is a Different Assessment Needed?  Philadelphia Psychiatric Society Colloquium of Scholars, April 2009
Second Place for Original Research Poster


American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting, May 2009, Chicago, Illinois


National American Psychiatric Association Meeting, May 2009, San Francisco, California

 

Metabolic Screening of Patients on Antipsychotic Medications: Implementation of a Quality Improvement Program in an Urban Training Clinic

 


National American Psychiatric Association Meeting, May 2007, San Diego, California
Workshop Presenter and Panelist
Rose Julius, DO MPH

Assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Documentation from Candidates Requesting Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners COMLEX Exam


National American Psychiatric Association Meeting, May 2009, San Francisco, California

 

Medication Adherence
Philadelphia Psychiatric Society: Colloquium of Scholars Meeting, April 2008
Camille Paglia, MD

A Comparison of Low vs. High Utilizers of Services in a Urban Psychiatric Emergency Service


National American Psychiatric Association Meeting, May 2009, San Francisco, California
Guillermo Portillo, MD Baron, D. Paglia, C. Thorkelson, G. Namdari, M, "Suicide in Teens and Young Adults in the United States," Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatrica, 2009 (in press)
Samee Shahzada, MD

Teaching and Learning Transcultural Psychiatry on the Consultation-Liaison Service: A Residency Training Perspective


Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Meeting, November 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada
Barbara Sparacino, MD

A Comparison of Low vs. High Utilizers of Services in a Urban Psychiatric Emergency Service

 

National American Psychiatric Association Meeting, May 2009, San Francisco, California
Elizabeth Tien, MD

Development of a Resident Managed Quality Improvement Program on Metabolic Screening of Patients on Antipsychotic Medications in an Urban Training Clinic

Philadelphia Psychiatric Society: Colloquium of Scholars Meeting, April 2008

 

Teaching and Learning Transcultural Psychiatry on the Consultation-Liaison Service: A Residency Training Perspective

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Meeting, November 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada
Karen Valdez, DO

Use of an Objective Structured Clinical Exam to Assess Undergraduate Geriatric Medical Education

American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, May 2008, Washington D.C.

Abstract published in JAGS Volume 56 Issue s1, April 2008

 

Association of Directors of Psychiatric Medical Student Education, June 2008, Galveston, Texas

Abstract published in Journal of Teaching and Learning in Medicine 21 (2), 2009

 

Association for Academic Psychiatry, September 2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Honorable Mention