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Melinda Fawcett

Dr. Kar wins IAPA Poster Session

The Indo-American Psychiatric Association (IAPA) held their Annual Meeting and Banquet Dinner during the American Psychiatric Association Meeting in San Francisco at the Marines’ Memorial Club. PGY-3 Jeena Kar, DO participated in the IAPA poster session and was awarded first place in the poster session with her…

AACAP Advocacy Day at the Capitol

University of Florida, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Ashraf Muzwagi, MD participated in the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry‘s (AACAP) Advocacy Day and Legislative Conference this year at the Nation’s Capitol. The AACAP’s annual Legislative Conference, allows members to partner with family advocates to…

National Organization of Alternative Programs Education Conference

The National Organization of Alternative Programs held their Annual Education Conference May 16th through the 19th in Orlando. Members of the UF Health Florida Recovery Center team presented at the conference. Rachel Waters, Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, Ashley McReynolds Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse, Ashley McReynolds and Licensed Mental…

Dr. Morris on Finding Genius Podcast

Marcia Morris, MD, Department of Psychiatry Associate Professor talks with the Finding Genius Podcast about why anxiety and depression is on the rise in college age students and what to do about it. Listen to the podcast.

2023 FPS Spring CME Meeting Recap

The Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS) held it’s Annual Spring CME Meeting April 21-23 in Orlando. The meeting was well attended by our department and we had quite a productive meeting. Check out some of the highlights and photos from the meeting below. Uma Suryadevara, MD with outgoing President…

UF team places first in Psyched Out competition at FPS

The University of Florida Psychiatry team placed first in the Psyched Out! competition at the Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS) Spring CME Meeting. The team consisted of child and adolescent psychiatry fellow, Ashraf Muzwagi, MD; PGY-4 Chloe Schneider, DO and PGY-2 Ana Reyes, MD.

8th Annual Richard C. Christensen Memorial Lecture & Advocacy Day

April 17th the University of Florida department of psychiatry held the 8th Annual Richard C. Christensen Memorial Lecture with Emma Lo, MD, Assistant Professor and Director of the Street Psychiatry Team at Yale University and a special presentation Richard C. Christensen MD Drs. Dawn Bruijnzeel,…