12:30 – 1:00 PM EST, Wednesday, Mar 9th
Case Conference: Altered Mental Status in a Post-Transplant Inpatient
Presenter: Sindhura Vangala MD, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellow, University of Michigan
Discussant: Gerald Scott Winder, MD, MSc; Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, and Neurology, University of Michigan
Moderator: Paula Zimbrean MD, FACLP, FAPA, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Surgery (Transplant), Yale University School of Medicine. Director, Transplant Psychiatry Services, Yale New Haven Hospital
Description: Dr. Vangala will present a case of altered mental status that is relevant for general C-L psychiatrists and will highlight aspects of the case that are unique to patients who have undergone organ transplantation. The case presentation will be followed by remarks by Dr. Winder and a question and answer session moderated by Dr. Zimbrean. The case conference will provide trainees an opportunity to learn about C-L psychiatry and augment C-L education at their institutions. Attendees will learn how to succinctly present a case, observe C-L psychiatrists work through diagnostic challenges, and appreciate management dilemmas that arise in C-L psychiatry
There is no cost, nor CME credit.