10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
OMNA on Tour in the Gulf Coast: APA Making an Impact on Disaster, Diversity, Disparities, and Cultural Competence (Workshop 05)
Chair: Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Chair: Carolyn Robinowitz, M.D.
Participants: Francis Lu, M.D., Steve McLeod Bryant, M.D., and Altha Stewart, M.D.
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Regional Responses to Katrina: Planning for the Future (Innovative Prog. 2)
Once Bit Twice Shy: Applying Lessons Learned From Katrina About Disaster Mental Health In Mississippi
Chair: Elizabeth Henderson, M.D.
Participant: Catherine May, M.D. and Lorna K. Mayo, M.D., M.P.H.
A View from the Front Lines: Learning Disaster Psychiatry on the Run
Chair: Elizabeth Henderson, M.D.
Participant: Jacqueline Wiebe, M.D.
Stepping up to the Plate: The Response of Houston Leaders to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes of 2005
Chair: Rahn Bailey, M.D.
Co-chair: Allison Nitsche, M.D.
Participants: Kathy Scott-Gurnell, M.D., Xyna Bell, Ph.D., and Napolean Higgins, M.D.
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Recovery and Resiliency in Children: Comparison of Services After 9/11 and Katrina (Workshop 07)
Participants: Tatiana Falcone, M.D., Christiana V. Mangurian, M.D., and Yvette Drake McLin, M.D.
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Challenges in Meeting the Mental Health Needs of People Displaced Out of State (Workshop 10)
Chair: Larry Hayes, LCSW
Co-Chair: Iman Hypolite, M.D.
Participants: Saundra Maass-Robinson, M.D., Derek Suite, M.D., and Eugene Lee, M.D.
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Understanding Diversity in the Gulf Coast: Providing Culturally Competent, Consumer-Centered, Recovery-Oriented Care Across the Age Spectrum (Symposium 02)
Chair: Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Chair: Laila Contractor, M.D.
Discussant: Hendry Ton, M.D.
Mental Health of People of African Descent
Roger Wortham, M.D.
Mental Health of People of American Indian Descent
Frank Canizales, MSW
Mental Health of People of Cajun Descent
Oscar J. Bienvenu, Jr., M.D.
Mental Health of People of Asian Descent
Juliet K. Choi, Esq.
Mental Health of People of Latino/a Descent
Andres J. Pumariega, M.D.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Root Shock: Understanding the Impact of Disaster and Displacement in the Gulf Coast States (Workshop 11)
Chair: Cheryl Salary, M.D.
Co-Chair: Mindy Fullilove, M.D.
Participants: Cheryll Bowers-Stephens, M.D., Elizabeth C. Henderson, M.D., Jacqueline Feldman, M.D., and Rahn Bailey, M.D.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
When the Levees Broke: A Spike Lee Documentary (Workshop 14)
Chair: Francis G. Lu, M.D.
Co-Chair: Johanna Paulino-Wooldrige, M.D.
Participants: Larry Hayes, LCSW, Rochelle Head-Dunham, M.D., and Elliott Hill, LCSW, BCD
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Mental Health Resiliency and Vulnerability Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Populations (Workshop 15)
Chair: Mark Townsend, M.D.
Co-Chair: Robert P. Cabaj, M.D.
Participants: Terry Mayers, M.Ed., and Liz Simon, MSW, LCSW
Friday, October 12
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Operation Gumbo: Mixing Strategies to Foster Resilience in Youth Affected by Disaster (Workshop 17)
Chair: Toi Harris, M.D.
Co-chair: Sherri Simpson, M.D.
Participants: Kathy Scott-Gurnell, M.D., Charlotte Hutton, M.D., and Martin Woodard, LCSW
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Confronting Issues in Services to Military Populations: National Guard, Active Military, Soldiers of Color, And Service During Iraq (Workshop 18)
Chair: Sheron Finister, Ph.D.
Co-Chair: Elliott Hill, LCSW, BCD
Participants: Falu Rami, M.A., and Sandra Williams-Ortega, Ph.D.
1:30 PM. – 3:00 PM
Innovative Responses to Katrina (Innovative Program 5)
Overall Innovative Program Chair: Edward Foulks, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair: Elliott Hill, LCSW, BCD Co-Chair: Tracee Burroughs, M.D.
Providing Emotional Support the residents of the “9th Ward” during the “Look and Leave” Program in New Orleans
Elliott Hill, LCSW, BCD
Immediate Impact: The Role of a Free Volunteer Staff Neighborhood Health Clinic after Katrina
Mark Townsend, M.D.
Living on a Cruise Ship and Attending to the Emotional Wellbeing of the Children of Disaster Personnel after Katrina
Mary Ann M. Abney, APRN, BC
Engaging the Faith-Based Communities and Using a Spiritual Counseling Perspective as Volunteer Crisis Worker
Richard Thomas, Psy.D.
Living on a Cruise Ship and Attending to the Emotional Well-being of Adults
C. Phillip Johnson, Ph.D.
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Suicide in Diverse Populations Post-Disaster: Myth or Reality? (Workshop 22)
Chair: William Lawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Participants: Donna Barnes, Ph.D., Henry Westray, LCSW, and Jeffrey Rouse, M.D.
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Addressing Wellness in Recovery Personnel and their Families (Symposium 13)
Chair: Elliott Hill, LCSW, BCD
Creating a Wellness Center as Part of an Emergency Operation Center (EOC): From Concept to Reality
Sandra Williams-Ortega, Ph.D., LCADC
Providing Wellness Services to Disaster Responders Using Deployed Mental Health Professionals
Elliott Hill, LCSW, BCD
Expanding the Definition of First Responders and Disaster Response Personnel to Proactively Address Their Wellness Needs
Nancy Burris Perret
Studying Grief in Behavioral Health Staff: Caring for Others While Recovering From Disaster
Jacquelyn A. Robinson, M.D.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Co-Occurring Disorders and Disparities (Lecture 9)
Chair: Mindy Fullilove, M.D.
Rochelle Head-Dunham, M.D., FABPN
Medical Director, Louisiana Office for Addictive Disorders, Louisiana Department of
Health and Hospitals, Baton Rouge, LA
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
The Storm Before the Storm: Corrections, Juvenile Detention, Mental Health and People of Color (Workshop 27)
Chair: Casssandra Newkirk, M.D
Co-Chair: Denese Shervington, M.D.
Participants: Cheryl Wills, M.D., and Gerry Gibbs, Ph.D.
Saturday, October 13
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
The Path Home for the Elderly: Underserved Elderly Populations of Post Katrina Gulf Coast (Workshop 31)
Chair: Elliott Hill, LCSW, BCD
Participants: Paul Metoyer, MSW, and Janice Beal, Ph.D.
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Sanctity and Sanity in the Face of Disaster (Symposium 15)
Chair: Toi Harris, M.D.
Discussant: Michael Torres, M.D.
No Ways Tired: Developing Care for the Caregivers
Wilma Kirk-Lee, MSW, LCSW
Gatekeeper: Rural Clergy Pitch-Hitting for Mental Health in a Rural Community
Pastor W. S. Lee, M.Div.
Urban New Orleans at Ground Zero: A Baptist Church Responds
Pastor Torin Sanders, MSW
Exercising Faith in Mental Health Treatment: Help and Hope in Times of Disaster
Thelma Ellen Ph.D.
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Emergence of Aftermath Psychiatry: A Paradigm Shift and Implications for Diverse and Underserved Populations (Discussion Group 12)
Kenneth S. Thompson, M.D.
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Risk Factors Are Not Predictive Factors Due to Protective Factors (Lecture 12)
Chair: Russell F. Lim, M.D.
Carl Bell, M.D.
President and CEO, Community Mental Health Council, Inc, Chicago, IL
Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Illinois
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Mobilizing Resources to Eliminate Pre-Existing and Post-Disaster Health and Mental Health Disparities: The Regional Coordinating Center for Hurricane Response at Morehouse School of Medicine (Workshop 35)
Chair: Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Chair: Phyllis Harrison-Ross, M.D.
Participant: Ayanna Buckner, M.D., M.P.H.
1:30 PM. – 3:00 PM
The Use of Telepsychiatry in the Post-Disaster Gulf Coast (Workshop 39)
Chair: Thomas Kim, M.D., M.P.H.
Co-Chair: Iverson Bell, M.D.
Participants: Sue Bailey, M.D., Charlyn Hilliman, PhD, and Norwood Knight-Richardson, M.D.
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Research in Diverse and Underserved Populations in the South: Current Realities and Imperatives for the Future (Symposium 17)
Chair: Basil D. Halliday, M.Sc.
Co-Chair: Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H.
A Perspective of a Clinical Trails Participant
Darlene Nipper
A Mississippi Doctor’s Success in Clinical Research
Nate Brown, M.D.
The Capital Investment Model of Recruitment and Retention of Minorities in Clinical Research
Christopher L. Edwards, Ph.D.
3:30 PM. – 5:00 PM
All Healers Mental Health Alliance: Bringing Hope and Help in Times of Disaster and All Hazards (Workshop 42)
Chair: Phyllis Harrison-Ross, M.D.
Co-Chair: Lucy Perez, M.D.
Participants: Silas Buchanan, Darcel Suite, MS and Mae Jackson