Conference Information
Join the Alabama Psychiatric Physicians Association on October 17-18 for a weekend of education, connection, and professional growth. Held in Prattville, the APPA Fall Conference offers an excellent opportunity to earn CME credits, hear from leading voices in psychiatry, and network with colleagues from across the state.
Whether you're a practicing psychiatrist, resident, or allied mental health professional, this conference is designed to support your continuing education and strengthen Alabama’s psychiatric community.
Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel & Conference Center
2500 Legends Circle
Prattville, AL 36066
In conjunction with the Fall Conference, APPA will host a Resident/Medical Student Poster Contest. View this conference's abstracts here.
Spring 2025 Conference – April 25-27
CME TRANSCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Transcripts will be available for download from the Medical Association of the State of Alabama website six (6) weeks after the date of the educational event. Go to www.alamedical.org/CMEtranscript and follow the instructions to print or download your CME transcript. For assistance, please call Lee Payne at (334) 954-2519.
| Congratulations to the 2025 Fall Conference Poster Winners! First Place: Caleb Thomas MS-3, University of South Alabama “A Child in Pause: Recognizing and Managing Pediatric Catatonia” Second Place: Emma Cao PGY-1, University of Alabama at Birmingham “Polydipsia with Hyponatremia as a Presenting Symptom for a Patient Experiencing Her First Psychotic Episode” Third Place: Rohit Chaparala, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham “Description of an Emergency Department-Based Peer Model for Patients with a Substance Abuse Disorder” |
Fall 2024 Conference
October 11-12, 2024
Congratulations to the 2024 Fall Conference Poster Winners
First Place: Timothy Blackwell, PGY-2, UAB, Abstract 24-2-04
(Accepting the award is Badari Birur, MD)
Second Place: Bethany Brock MS-3, UAB, Abstract 24-2-10
(Accepting the award is Senthil Rajaram Manoharan, MBBS, MD)
Third Place: Mohammad Waqas, MS-3, USA,
Abstract 24-2-15
Conference Handouts
Click on the session title to download a handout of the presentation.
Saturday, October 12
8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Evidence-Based Approaches to Integrating Emerging Schizophrenia Treatments Into Clinical Practice
Peter J. Weiden, MD, Principal Investigator; Emerging Treatments for CNS Clinical Trials, Richmond Behavioral Associates
This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from Bristol Myers Squibb. Jointly provided by Global Learning Collaborative (GLC) and Total CME, LLC.
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Essential Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Concepts for Clinicians: A Review
Badari Birur, MD, Associate Professor, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Bibliotherapy: Practice Applications with a Simple Intervention
Mark Haygood, DO, MS, FAPA, Psychiatrist, New South Psychiatry
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
E-Consults in Psychiatry Panel
Andrew M. Land, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Soumya Sivaraman, MD, MSHQS, Associate Professor, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Electroconvulsive Therapy Panel: Use of ECT in Children, Adolescents and Geriatric Populations
Senthil Vel Rajan Rajaram Monoharan, MD, Chair of Psychiatry, Huntsville Hospital
Abishek Wadwha, MD, Assistant Professor, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Movement Disorders Induced by Dopamine Blocking Agents
Daniel Dees, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, USA Whiddon College of Medicine
CME TRANSCRIPTS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Transcripts will be available for download from the Medical Association of the State of Alabama website six (6) weeks after the date of the educational event. Go to www.alamedical.org/CMEtranscript and follow the instructions to print or download your CME transcript. For assistance, please call Lee Payne at (334) 954-2519.