Workshop: Caring for Yourself and Others while Advocating for Addiction Psychiatry--A Conversation with Female Leaders in Addiction Psychiatry

Abstract

Although the percentage of female medical students and physicians within the workforce has increased within the United States and beyond, gender disparities within academic medicine and leadership positions have persisted (1). A contributing factor to these disparities is the disproportionately high prevalence of burnout among female physicians that leads many women to scale back or leave their clinical practice (2). Furthermore, attention to well-being has recently been highlighted as an important attribute for effective leadership (3). This workshop will address these issues by providing an opportunity for attendees to interact with female leader role models along the career continuum. Workshop panelists will discuss their leadership experiences, discuss strategies to manage competing professional and personal demands, and strategies to prioritize their own well-being.

Learning Objectives

To provide several representative models of female leaders within Addiction Psychiatry at different time points along the career trajectory
To understand the balance and interplay between self-care, professional advancement, and expected developmental milestones within a female professional’s personal life
To provide an opportunity for female professionals within the audience to ask questions, gain support, and network with other female professionals

Keywords / Topics

Female Leader
Self-care
Work/Life Balance

Presenters

Amy Yule, MD, Chairperson

Dr. Amy Yule is board certified in adult, child, and addiction psychiatry. She is the Vice Chair of Addiction Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center and an Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine. She is the co-chair of the Women in Addiction Psychiatry Interest Group.

Inbal Gafni, MD, MSc, Co-Chair

Ismene Petrakis, MD, Presenter

Dr. Ismene Petrakis is Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and has been the Chief of Psychiatry and Mental Health Services at VA Connecticut Healthcare System for over 10 years.

Dr. Petrakis received her undergraduate degree at Northwestern University and her medical training at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at Yale University School of Medicine and then completed an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, also at Yale University. Since completing her training, Dr. Petrakis has over 25 years of experience in the clinical treatment of addictive disorders, research in this field and in the education of residents, medical students, post-doctoral fellows and other mental health trainees. She is also a grant funded investigator (funding sources over the years have included NIH, VA, Department of Defense, NARSAD and the Stanley Foundation) whose research interests include developing and testing potentially effective treatments for individuals with alcohol use disorder, opioid use disorder and in those with comorbid psychiatric disorders, particularly PTSD.

Adina Bowe, MD, Presenter

Dr. Adina Bowe is an Assistant Professor of the Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Resident training program in Charleston West Virginia. She is quadrupled boarded in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at WVU/CAMC. She is currently the Director of the WVU Comprehensive Opioid Addiction Treatment Program Charleston Division. Dr. Bowe has special interest in managing patients with co-morbid complex medical and psychiatric illness in rural settings. She is also a part of the Disordered Eating Clinic where she assists in the treatment of adults with Eating Disorders. She chairs the DEI committee for AAAP and is an advocate for equity in SUD treatment. Her research interest is in the field of SUD management within inpatient consult liaison psychiatry.

Alëna Balasanova, MD, Presenter

Dr. Alëna A. Balasanova is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in the Department of Psychiatry and also holds an appointment in the College of Allied Health Professions. She is dually board certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine. After obtaining her undergraduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Balasanova went on to earn her M.D. at Harvard Medical School and completed residency training at Boston University Medical Center. As the Director of Addiction Psychiatry Education for the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine, Dr. Balasanova has developed novel educational programs for medical students, residents, fellows, and allied health professionals. Dr. Balasanova was the founding director of the Outpatient Addiction Psychiatry Clinic and also developed and now co-directs the inpatient Addiction Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service, both at the Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Balasanova’s professional interests lie at the intersection of medical education and stigma reduction. She has presented and published nationally and internationally on addiction psychiatry education and destigmatizing substance use disorders; in recognition of this work, Dr. Balasanova was awarded the prestigious American Medical Association Foundation Award for Health Education in 2020, the American Psychiatric Association Irma Bland Award for Residency Education in 2022 and Nancy Roeske Award for Medical Student Education in 2023. Dr. Balasanova was also named the Nebraska Medical Association Young Physician of the Year in 2021. Dr. Balasanova is also the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Irma Bland and Nancy Roeske Teaching Awards for residency and medical student education.

Amber Edinoff, MD, Presenter

I completed my residency in psychiatry at LSU Health Shreveport. I completed my intern year in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Creighton University Phoenix. I went to medical school at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and completed my undergraduate degree in Psychology at UC Berkeley. I just finished my addiction psychiatry fellowship at MGB/McLean. I'm currently an addiction psychiatrist at McLean Hospital and an Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. My areas of interest include women's mental health, addiction psychiatry, sports psychiatry, and emergency psychiatry.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Cost:	FREE


Credit Offered:	0.75 CME Credit 0.75 Other Professionals Credit

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