Meet the Speakers
FPS 2023 Spring CME Meeting & Expo: Required Relicensure
| Rachel Rohaidy, MD, specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental, addictive and emotional disorders and provides confidential and compassionate care to people seeking help during crises. She is highly trained in the biological, psychological and social components of illness. Dr. Rohaidy’s areas of specialty include general adult psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and TMS. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
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Donna Vanderpool is responsible for the development and implementation of risk management services for PRMS, manager of a psychiatric malpractice insurance program. Ms. Vanderpool has developed expertise in the areas of telepsychiatry, HIPAA, and forensic practice, and has consulted, published, and spoken nationally on these and other healthcare law and risk management topics.
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| Dr. Suryadevara is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida and serves as the Program Director
for the geriatric psychiatry fellowship program. Subsequent to completing psychiatry residency at Michigan State University (currently Western Michigan University) and a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at Stanford University, California,
Dr. Suryadevara joined University of Florida in August 2011. Since then, she has been actively involved in the education and training of residents, fellows, medical students and various other learners. Her special interest and expertise
in Alzheimer’s patients led her to being a member of the Ed and Ethel Moore’s research advisory board at the Florida department of Health. Dr. Suryadevara currently works part time with the UF Neurology clinic taking care of patients with
Parkinson’s and other movement disorders. She is a strong advocate for her profession and is involved in various organizations nationally and regionally. She is appointed as a member on the Florida Commission for Mental Health and substance
Use, and is the President - Elect for the Florida Psychiatric Society. Nationally Dr. Suryadevara achieved Distinguished Fellow status with the American Psychiatric Association for her work in the field and is a board member of the American
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
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David A. Gross, MD, DLFAPA, has almost 40 years of clinical practice experience. Dr. Gross’ career has been devoted to demystifying and destigmatizing the field of psychiatry, identifying has approach to patients as Medical Psychiatry. Taking a holistic approach, Dr. Gross begins with a comprehensive evaluation that focuses on the biological, psychological, and social factors responsible for the individuals’ current difficulties. Dr. Gross received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Rochester and went on to the University of Florida, College of Medicine, where he received his MD degree with honors. Dr. Gross has lectured both nationally and internationally on such topics as post traumatic stress disorder, drug abuse treatment and prevention, mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Gross is currently the medical director of the Delray Beach Center for the Treatment of Anxiety and Mood Disorders and the founder of the Delray Beach Children's Center for Psychology, Psychiatry and Related Services.
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| Michael Shapiro, MD, is an associate professor in the University of Florida department of psychiatry. Board certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry, Dr. Shapiro is the Medical Director of UF Child Psychiatry and Psychology at Springhill.
Dr. Shapiro received his bachelor’s degree from UF in 2005 and finished medical school there in 2008. He continued at UF and completed a residency in psychiatry in 2011 and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry in 2013. Dr. Shapiro is a distinguished fellow with both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Dr. Appelbaum (he/him) is an internist, geriatrician, and an HIV specialist. He is the Laurie L. Dozier, Jr., MD, Education Director and Professor of Internal Medicine at Florida State University College of Medicine, where he also serves as the Chair of the Department of Clinical Sciences. He recently completed his term as Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of HIV Medicine. He serves on the Board of Directors of HealthHIV, a national organization supporting advocacy, education, capacity building and research for individuals, organizations and communities for persons living with HIV. He served as the co-director for the HIV and Aging Treatment Consensus Project of the American Academy of HIV Medicine and was the founding co-medical editor for www.HIV-Age.org. Dr. Appelbaum is the medical director at Care Point Health and Wellness, serving the diverse and underserved population of south Tallahassee. Dr. Appelbaum earned his MD at the University of Miami School of
Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Prior to relocating to Florida, he held positions at Fenway Community Health and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,
MA. He has spoken on or been member of panels on topics such as health issues in the older LGBTQ+ patient, HIV and Aging, and LGBTQ+ curricula in undergraduate medical education. His interests focus on LGBTQ+ health disparities
and aging and HIV.
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Joshua D. Lenchus, DO, RPh, FACP, SFHM,
holds a pharmacy degree from the University of Florida, and graduated from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Subsequently, he worked as a hospitalist for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he held the rank of associate professor of medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology. From 2007-16, he also served as an associate program director for the internal medicine residency. Currently, he is the regional chief medical officer for Broward Health Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale. He is an accomplished speaker on many topics, notably, opioids and controlled substances, point-of-care ultrasound and bedside procedures, and most recently, COVID-19, for which he has dozens of media appearances in print, on radio and television. Outside the hospital, Dr. Lenchus is incredibly involved, serving as a leader in organized medicine at multiple levels, including as Past President of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, President of the Florida Medical Association, past Regent and current Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
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Dr. Jerald Kay, MD received his B.A. from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, where he majored in religious studies and classics. Kay graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his general and child and adolescent psychiatry residencies at the University of Cincinnati. Kay is a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). He is the founding editor of the Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and research and associate editor of the American Journal of Psychotherapy. He has published extensively on the topics of medical and psychiatric education, medical ethics, child psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, the neurobiology of psychotherapy, mental health care in the college community, and psychosocial aspects of AIDS and of cardiac transplantation. He has published nearly 200 papers, book chapters and abstracts and 20 books on diverse topics. |
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