CME Speakers

 

  • Shania Seibles, DO, JD, FACOOG

    Shania Seibles, DO, JD, FACOOG

    Shania Seibles, DO, JD, FACOOG

    Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician

    Shania J. Seibles, DO, JD is currently an active practicing Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist in Columbus, GA. She has special interests in medico-legal aspects of obstetric practice including contracts, medical malpractice, and ethical dilemmas. Dr. Seibles completed combined DO and JD degrees at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rutgers School of Law - Camden, respectively, in 2010. She then went on to complete residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology through Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at Beaumont Healthcare – Osteopathic Division, and fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine through Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine - St Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital in 2018.
  • Kristina Deligiannidis, MD

    Kristina Deligiannidis, MD

    Kristina Deligiannidis, MD

    Director, Women’s Behavioral Health

    Kristina Deligiannidis, MD is the Director of Women’s Behavioral Health at Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health and a Professor of Psychiatry, Molecular Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (New York, NY). As Director, she leads a clinical/translational research program and advises on policies and services promoting women’s behavioral health at Northwell Health. Dr. Deligiannidis is a nationally recognized leader in the field of perinatal depression and in therapeutics research. She has published over 60 manuscripts and has given over 200 oral presentations/research posters. Dr. Deligiannidis contributes to national scientific committees and gives scientific presentations nationally and internationally.
  • Amy Gamble

    Amy Gamble

  • René Kahn, MD, PhD

    René Kahn, MD, PhD

    René Kahn, MD, PhD

    Esther and Joseph Klingenstein Professor & Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health System

    René Kahn, MD, is currently the Chair of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In 1993, Dr. Kahn was Chair of Psychiatry at the University Hospital in Utrecht, Netherlands and went on to lead the Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, which combines research in basic neuroscience, psychiatry, and neurology. In 2018, Dr. Kahn was knighted in the Netherlands. He has published over 1000 research papers with a Web of Science H index of 126, and has been continuously funded for over 25 years by NIMH, the EU, the Stanley Foundation, and other organizations. Dr. Kahn has served on neuroscience grant review boards in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Germany. Furthermore, he received several honors, one being the lifetime achievement award of the Netherlands Psychiatric Association.
  • Christoph Correll, MD

    Christoph Correll, MD

    Christoph Correll, MD

    Professor and Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

    Christoph Correll, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York as well as Professor and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Charité University Medicine in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Correll’s interests focus on the identification and treatment of youth and adults with severe mental illness, clinical trials, epidemiology, psychopharmacology, meta-analyses, and the interface between physical health and mental health. He has authored or co-authored over 800 journal articles and received over 40 research awards for his work. Since 2014, the start of this metric, he has been listed every year by Clarivate/Web of Science as one of the “most influential scientific minds” and “top 1% cited scientists in the area of psychiatry”.
  • Davy Yue

    Davy Yue

  • Monica Parsons, RN, BSN

    Monica Parsons, RN, BSN

    Monica Parsons, RN, BSN

    Director of Clinical Education

    Monica Parsons, RN, BSN is the director of clinical education for the National Infusion Center Association (NICA), where she is focused on developing resources and training material to support infusions and stakeholders. Prior to this, she spent over a decade in infusion therapy roles, starting as an infusion therapy nurse before serving as a clinical resource manager for Ol Infusion Services. She then served as director of quality and compliance at the Ambulatory Infusion Center. Monica has successfully led multiple ambulatory infusion clinics through accreditation, where she learned the value of an accreditation program designed by and for the ambulatory infusion industry.
  • Sarah Harlock, MBA

    Sarah Harlock, MBA

    Sarah Harlock, MBA

    Program Director

    Sarah Harlock, MBA has been working in the field of dementia care for more than 25 years. Her dedication began with her experience in skilled nursing facilities. She then transitioned to the Alzheimer's Association, Western New York Chapter, where she provided community education and implemented an innovative in-home care consultation program addressing dementia behavior management. After receiving her MBA, she became development director, coordinating the fundraising efforts of the local chapter. In her current role as program director of the Center for Cognitive Disorders and Brain Health at Dent Neurologic Institute in Amherst, NY, she oversees the day-to-day operations of a multi-faceted memory disorders program supporting medical providers, patients, and families.
  • Bela Ajtai, MD, PhD

    Bela Ajtai, MD, PhD

    Bela Ajtai, MD, PhD

    Attending Neurologist

    Bela Ajtai, MD, PhD is an attending neurologist at the Dent Neurologic Institute in Buffalo, NY, specializing in memory disorders, dementia, and neuroimaging diagnostics. He is board certified in these specialties by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and by the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties. Within neurology, his main field is cognitive disorders and dementia, with a special focus on Alzheimer's disease. He is the medical director of the Dent Center for Cognitive Disorders and Brain Health. He has also published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored and co-authored several book chapters. He serves as principal investigator in several multicenter dementia research studies.