David Gross, MD, DLFAPA

Resilience & The Power of Hope (1.0 CME)

Friday, April 24th - 6:15pm - 7:15pm

David A. Gross, MD, DLFAPA is a board-certified adult and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in Delray Beach. He is a past president of the Florida Psychiatric Society and was instrumental in the development of the Life After Residency Committee, the Psychiatric Practice Committee and the addition of leadership development to the Nominating Committee.

Dr. Gross is Medical Director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety and Mood Disorders in Delray, a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals and Cofounder of The Children’s Center for Psychiatry, Psychology and Related Services. Dr. Gross has been a proponent of a team approach and finds that in addition to providing excellent care it also serves as a source of continued learning and treatment support.

Dr. Gross has devoted his career to helping his patients understand the nature of their difficulties along with the rationale for treatment provided. Being a mental health educator for his patients has been a primary focus. Since finishing psychiatric training, he has maintained an identity as a mental health primary care provider to his patients since they are often in need of support and direction in their pursuit of general medical care as well as mental health treatment.

Colleen Bell, MD, FACHE, DFAPA

Integrating SUD Screening & Diagnosis into Your Practice (1.5 CME)

Presented jointly by the Florida Psychiatric Society, E-FORCSE®, and the Florida PDMP Foundation

Friday, April 24th - 7:30PM- 8:30PM

Colleen Bell, MD, FACHE, DFAPA is a board-certified psychiatrist in Jacksonville, FL. She is the President at Duval Family Health Center, a federally qualified healthcare center in Jacksonville, FL, and is responsible for a staff of over 90 employees.  Dr. Bell enjoys teaching and has faculty roles with two psychiatry residencies and precepts medical students.  She serves as Vice President of the Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS) and will be the incoming President-Elect for FPS.  She is the Secretary for the American Association for Community Psychiatry.  She serves on the Brooks College of Health Dean's Council at the University of North Florida. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the American Psychiatric Association – Distinguished Fellow, the Florida Psychiatric Society, the American Association of Community Psychiatry, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the Duval County Medical Society, and a fellow and member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).  Dr. Bell has published and presented locally, statewide and nationally. 

Jackie Hobbs, MD, DLFAPA

Being Brave and Taking Your Turn: Career Development With Your Wellness in Mind (1.5 CME) 

Saturday, April 25th - 8:00am- 9:30am

Dr. Jacqueline Hobbs graduated from the MD/PhD program at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed internship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and residency training at the Indiana University School of Medicine and University of Florida. She joined the faculty at the University of Florida in 2005, then served as the residency program director for 14 years. She was recruited to the University of Washington in Seattle, the largest psychiatry residency training program in the country, to be their program director in 2023. Dr. Hobbs is a past president of the Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS). For over a decade, she served as chair/co-chair of the FPS CME Committee. Her areas of clinical interest are inpatient psychiatry, reproductive mental health, quality improvement and patient safety. Graduate Medical Education and training the next generation of psychiatrists are major passions.

Michael S. Jaffee, MD, FAAN, FANA

The Role of Sleep and the Glymphatic System in Neurologic and Psychiatric Disease (1.5 CME)

Saturday, April 25th - 10:15am - 11:45am

Dr. Michael Jaffee is Chair of the Department of Neurology and the Bob Paul Family Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida (UF). He is board-certified in Neurology, Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine, Brain Injury Medicine, Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry, and Neural Repair and Rehabilitation. A nationally recognized clinician and educator, Dr. Jaffee developed UF’s multidisciplinary brain injury clinic, integrating neurology, psychiatry, rehabilitation, and neuropsychology to deliver patient-centered care. He also directs the Trauma, Concussion, & Sports Neuromedicine Program (TRACS), which focuses on neurologic trauma, concussion, and sports-related injuries.

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Justin A. Pope, JD

An Ounce of Prevention: A Risk Manager's Perspective on Physician Wellness  (1.5 CME)

Saturday, April 25th - 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Mr. Pope is responsible for the development and implementation of risk management services for PRMS, a professional liability insurance program for psychiatrists.  Mr. Pope received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his law degree from the Howard University School of Law.  Since joining PRMS in 2014, Mr. Pope has assisted PRMS insureds with over 14,000 risk management questions.  He has also presented nationally on a variety of risk management topics, including telepsychiatry and forensics.

Joseph M. Kaczmarczyk, DO, MS, MPH, MBA, FACOOG (Dist.)

Wellness Beyond Practice: Preventing the Triad of Loss in Physician Retirement (1.5 CME)

Sunday, April 26th - 9:30am - 11:00am

Since Dr. Joseph M. Kaczmarczyk retired as the Vice Dean of the Osteopathic Medicine program on the Philadelphia campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) in July 2022, he received two lifetime achievement awards.  Dr. Kaczmarczyk was the very first osteopathic physician ever to receive the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Lifetime Achievement Award to honor APGO leaders who have demonstrated consistency of work in furthering the goals of ob-gyn academic medicine, commitment to an academic career, and the importance of the awardee’s work to ob-gyn medical education.  Additionally, Dr. Kaczmarczyk was awarded the Angela R. Kyte Outstanding Alumnus Award, given in honor of a lifetime of service to humanity and whose life exemplifies those qualities encouraged and fostered at Lycoming College.  Culminating his academic career, he received Professor Emeritus from PCOM on May 23, 2024.

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