American Psychiatric Association 165th Annual Meeting

May 5, 2012

NEW YORK

American Psychiatric Association
165th Annual Meeting
May 5-9, 2012 - Pennsylvania Convention Center - Philadelphia, PA

NewYork-Presbyterian Faculty Presentations

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting is the largest annual psychiatric meeting with over 16,000 psychiatric professionals from around the world in attendance. The meeting features hundreds of educational sessions and presentations on the latest research, and serves as a symbol of the Association's commitment to improved patient care through professional education. NewYork-Presbyterian has over 100 faculty members presenting at the annual meeting, click here to see the schedule:

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, Elected President-elect of the American Psychiatric Association

Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons has been elected by the membership of the American Psychiatric Association to be the next president-elect. His term as president-elect and then president will begin May, 2012 and extend through April 2014. (Click here for the full press release)

NewYork-Presbyterian Breaks Ground for New Center for Autism and the Developing Brain

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, along with its affiliated medical schools Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, today celebrated the start of construction on the new Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at the Hospital's Westchester campus in White Plains. Developed in collaboration with the New York Center for Autism, the 11,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is slated to open in early 2013. The Center's mission is to provide cutting-edge research, education, and comprehensive services to people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) at every stage of life, from infancy through adulthood. (Click here for the full press release)

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