Arkansas Psychiatric Society

Hot Topics in Psychiatry

Saturday, May 2, 2026

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

8:00am – 8:45am                          Registration and Breakfast

8:00am - 8:30am                           Poster Setup

8:45am – 9:00am                          Introduction & Welcome

                                                         Abeer Washington, MD, President, Arkansas Psychiatric Society

9:00am – 9:45am                         Topic: AI and Psychiatry

                                                         Speaker: Ian Moore, PhD

9:45am – 10:30am                       Topic: GLP1s

                                                        Speaker: Dinesh Edem, MD

10:30am – 11:00am                     Break

10:30am - 11:30am                     Poster Judging

11:00am – 12:30pm                    Lunch and Learn

                                                        Topic: Psychiatry Residency Program Directors Forum

                                                        Prasad Padala, MD - Baptist Health-UAMS

                                                        David Draney, DO - Unity Health

                                                        Lewis Krain, MD - UAMS

                                                         Presentation of Awards

                                                         Laurence H. Miller Award 

                                                         Thapa Resident of the Year Award

                                                         2026 Student/Resident Poster Awards

12:30pm – 1:00pm                       Break

1:00pm – 2:30pm                         Topic: Hormone Replacement Therapy and Women’s Mental Health

                                                         Speaker: Shona Ray Griffith, MD

                                                         Speaker: Claire Keisling, MD

                                                         Speaker: Jill Jennings, MD

                                                         Speaker: Alexis White, MD

2:30pm – 2:45pm                         Break

2:45pm - 3:00pm                          APS Presidential Inauguration: Prasad Padala, MD

3:00pm – 4:00pm                         Arkansas Psychiatric Society Business Meeting

                                                        Abeer Washington, MD, Presiding

 4:00pm                                         Adjournment