HOT NEWS

DESSERT RECEPTION
Wednesday,
Ocotber 29, 2008
8-10 pm
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Chicago, Illinois

2009 ANNUAL MEETING
May 7-9, 2009 Washington Court Hotel (Capitol Hill)
Washington, DC
Joint Advocacy Day with the AACAP Assembly and coincides with National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day (May 8)

43rd Annual Meeting
"Ethics and Professionalism"
April 3-5, 2008
The Westin Washington, DC City Center
PHOTO GALLERY

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Thursday, April 3

12:00-1:00 pm Pre-Meeting Primer Roundtable for New Division Directors
Allan Josephson, M.D. and Martin Drell, M.D.

1:00-4:00 pm Registration

1:00-1:15 pm Welcoming Remarks
Paramjit Joshi, M.D., President
Sandra Sexson, M.D., Program Chair

1:15-2:30 pm RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: Ethics and Professionalism: The Research and Training Perspective
James J. Hudziak, M.D. and Richard Todd, M.D., Ph.D., M.D.
Research Committee Co-Chairs

2:45-4:00 pm CLINICAL SERVICES SYMPOSIUM: MCO's/ litigation & Other Monsters of Health Care: Setting Expectations for Professional & Ethical Clinical Practice
Bela Sood, M.D. and Douglas Robbins, M.D.
Clinical Services Committee Co-Chairs

4:00-5:00 pm Committee Meetings: Administration, Clinical Services, Education, and Research

5:30-7:00 pm Advocacy Day Welcome Reception: Capitol Hill

7:30-9:30 pm DINNER
Professional Challenges in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Where the Rubber Meets the Road A panel discussion with AACAP Past President Thomas Anders, M.D., AACAP President Robert L. Hendren, D.O., and Matthew Biel, M.D. addressing the challenges that child and adolescent psychiatrists face when idealistic professional values and actual behaviors collide! Please read: (Professionalism in Medicine: Results of a National Survey of Physicians, Eric G. Campbell, Ph.D. et al, Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:795-802.) and view Frontline's The Medicated Child (www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild).

9:30-10:00 pm Discussion

Friday, April 4
7:30-10:00 am AACAP/SPCAP Advocacy Day (joint with AACAP Assembly)
Kristin Kroeger Ptakowski, AACAP Sr. Deputy Executive Director/Dept. of Government Affairs Director
Beth Rorick, Assistant Director, Dept. of Government Affairs

10:00 am-12:00 pm Meetings with Legislators on Capitol Hill

12:00-1:30 pm Joint Luncheon on Capitol Hill (tentative)

2:00-3:15 pm EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM: Presenting the topic of Conflict of Interest for Child Psychiatry Fellows: Special Attention to Child Psychopharmacology
Carl Feinstein, M.D. and David DeMaso, M.D.
Education Committee Co-Chairs

3:30-4:45 pm ADMINISTRATIVE SYMPOSIUM: Professionalism and Ethics: Common Dilemmas for the Child Division Chief
Jack Naftel, M.D. and Victor Fornari, M.D.
Administrative Committee Co-Chairs

5:00-6:00 pm Reception

Saturday, April 5
7:00-8:00 am Business Meetings: Bylaws Discussion and Vote, Reports from: AADPRT, AACAP, JAACAP, SPCAP Committees, SPCAP Secretary-Treasurer, and Emeritus Members Committee

10:00 am Adjourn

42nd Annual Meeting: "Embracing Change" April 26-28, 2007

41st Annual Meeting: "Innovations in Medical Education" May 4-6, 2006