Making Career Choices
Rajvee Vora, MD, MS

President Viswanathan: High Honor and Big Challenges
Mantosh J. Dewan, MD,
President, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Clinical Psychopharmacology at Downstate: Research, Teaching, and Practice
Nina Schooler, PhD

NextGeneration Treatments for OCD and Autism Spectrum Disorders
Eric Hollander, MD

Neurosteroid Therapies for Postpartum Depression
Josephine Mokonogho , MD

It is a historic moment for Downstate's Department of Psychiatry and
behavioral sciences, as one of its members has been elected president
of the American Psychiatric Association, the world's largest psychiatric
organization. It is a first in Brooklyn and the entire SUNY system. We use
this occasion is to celebrate our department's long history of nationally
the renowned educational system, clinical services, and cuttingedge
scientific research. This not only creates an outstanding intellectual
environment in which to train, but also offers unique opportunities for
medical students, residents, and fellows to advance their career goals.
This meeting will look back at Downstate Psychiatry's past contributions
and the lessons to be learned from that by the attendees to improve
their clinical care and research skills. These include pioneering
psychopharmacology, neurophysiologic and genetic research, and
psychotherapy education. Attendees will also learn of the current avant
garde research and clinical services done by our department and our
alumni in the areas of serving the indigent, the elderly, psychological
trauma, depression, substance use, OCD, autism spectrum disorder,
geneenvironment interactions, and pharmacologic treatment.
Attendees will also learn of the importance of professional organizations
to advance the health of communities and one's career development.