Arkansas Psychiatric Society

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Saturday, May 2, 2026

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

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

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

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

                                                        Topic: Program Directors Forum

                                                        Speakers: Prasad Padala, MD, David Draney, DO, Abigail Richardson, MD 

                                                         Presentation of Awards

                                                         Laurence Miller Award, Resident of the Year Award

12:30pm – 12:45pm                     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 – 3:00pm                         Break

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

                                                         Abeer Washington, MD, Presiding

 4:00pm                                          Adjournment