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WEDNESDAYS, 1-2:30 P.M. LECTURE HALL 1 (unless otherwise noted)
OBJECTIVE: TO KEEP PRACTITIONERS ABREAST OF THE ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER
Mar 5	Endophenotypes & Susceptibility Genes For Alcohol Dependence
	BERNICE PORJESZ, Ph.D Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry SUNY Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY (Lecture Hall 1A, BSB)
Mar 12	DUpdate On the Relationship Between Depression & Coronary Heart Disease
	PETER SHAPIRO, M.D. Assoc. Professor Clinical Psychiatry College of Physicians & Surgeons Columbia University New York, NY
Mar 19	The Metabolic Consequences of Atypical Anti-Psychotic Drugs
	HAROLD LEBOVITZ, M.D. Professor of Medicine SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Mar 26	Aripiprazole: New Development in Anti-Psychotic Medication
	PETER WEIDEN, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry SUNY Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY (See Disclosure statement)
* Off Label Drugs/Device Usage: None * Target audience: All mental health care providers and trainees


The SUNY (State University of New York) Downstate Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The SUNY Downstate Medical Center designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1.5 hours of Category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award (AMA/PRA). Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Disclaimer Statement: SUNY Downstate Medical Center and its affiliates are committed to providing educational activities that are objective, balanced and as free of bias as possible. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the audience, verbally or in writing, any commercial relationships that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations, i.e. with companies whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation, or products in the research and development phase.