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ForwardSC Psychiatric Association 2026 Annual Meeting
This activity is a 2-day meeting to be held on January 23-24th, with an intended audience of psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, and medical students from South Carolina and surrounding areas. Sessions will include evidence-based updates related to psychiatric practice within our state.
To register, go to: https://202scpsychiatricannualco.rsvpify.com/
Early bird rates end 12/31/2025.
Target Audience
Primary Audience
- Practicing Physicians, Fellows, Residents
Secondary Audience
- Medical Students
Specialty
- Psychiatry
Learning Objectives
As a result of participating in this activity, learners will...
- Have up-to-date and evidence-based data related to the selected topics.
- Have information/outcomes that are applicable in attendees' day-to-day practice as psychiatrists in South Carolina.
- Be able to provide patients with the full breadth of choices regarding their healthcare.
Additional Information
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 Ethos User Instructions | 141.07 KB |
| Credit-claiming Instructions and Disclosure Information | 110.06 KB |
| Friday, January 23rd | ||
| Time | Adult Track | Child Track |
| 7:30am-8:30am | Breakfast/Registration | |
| 8:30am-9:00am | Welcome and Opening Address from the SCPA President | |
| 9:00am-10:00am | SC Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Overview, Robin Crawford | Child Track #1 , John Walkup, MD |
| 10:00am-10:30am | Exhibit Hall Opens | |
| 10:30am-11:30pm | Behavioral Issues in the Intellectually Disabled: When Psychiatric Diagnosis is not the Cause, Jesse Raley, MD | Child Track #2, John Walkup, MD |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | Advanced Treatment Options for Severe Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Neha Hudepohl, MD | Child Track #3, John Walkup, MD |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | The Language We Use: Acknowledging the Effects of Language in Undergraduate Medical Education, Andrew Alkis, MD | Child Track #4, John Walkup, MD |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | SC Healthy Connections Medicaid Update, Kevin Wessinger, MD | ASD Updates and Resources, Caroline Nardi, MD |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm | Waiting for Connection: Problematic Parental Phone Use and Attachment, Jacob “Austin” Kaiser, MD | Top 10 Pediatrics Articles of 2025, Duncan Norton, MD & Michael Lever, MD |
| 4:30pm-6:00pm | Resident/Student Poster Presentations and Judging | |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm | President’s Reception & Mixer | |
| 7:30pm-9:00pm | Resident Mind Games Competition | |
| Saturday, January 24th | ||
| Time | Adult Track Only | |
| 7:00am-8:00am | Breakfast/Registration/Exhibits | |
| 8:00am-9:00am | Being with Grief, Jeffrey Black, MD | |
| 9:00am-10:00am | Neuroplasticity On-Demand: What Ketamine and Psychedelics Reveal About the Future of Mental Health Treatment, Jennifer Jones, MD | |
| 10:00am-11:00am | Addressing Stigma in Mental Health: Understanding our Past and Shaping our Future, Thomas Lewis, MD | |
| 11:00am-11:30am | Break and Exhibits | |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | Sex, Drugs, and Mental Health: A Clinician’s Guide to Desire & Dysfunction, Brittany Albright, MD & Veronica Ridpath, DO | |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm | Lunch, Business Meeting and Awards | |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | AI and the Metamorphosis of Dementia Care, Ipsit Vahia, MD | |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Buprenorphine Induction Strategies in the Era of Fentanyl, Jessica Obeysekare, MD & Michelle Strong, NP (Due to the chance of inclement weather on Saturday, Dr. Obeysekare will participate remotely. This session will be recorded for anyone who needs to leave the conference early due to travel concerns.) | |
“The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville has been reviewed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) and awarded Accreditation with Commendation as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Accreditation in the ACCME System seeks to assure the medical community and the public that the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville delivers education that is relevant to clinicians’ needs, evidence-based, evaluated for its effectiveness, and independent of commercial influence.”
Available Credit
- 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. - 12.50 Attendance
To register, go to: https://202scpsychiatricannualco.rsvpify.com/
Early bird rates end 12/31/2025.
After the event, please return to this page and click the Take Course button to access the evaluation. The evaluation will open at 7:30 am on January 23rd.
Please proceed through the course using the buttons at the bottom of the page, or the course progress outline to the left, in order to complete the evaluation, attest to your attendance hours, and claim your credit.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this process, feel free to reach out to the CME Team at [email protected].