Wednesday September 10

September Case Conference Webinar

Date/Time: Wednesday, 9/10/25

Platform: Zoom

Title: “Navigating Complexity: Somatic Symptom Disorder in the Context of Medical Comorbidity and Iatrogenic Trauma”

Trainee Presenter: William Graft, MD, PGY3 Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Resident, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals

Discussant: Thomas Heinrich, MD, FACLP, Professor and Vice Chair, Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Moderator: David Fipps, DO, Senior Associate Consultant in CL, Transplant, and Bariatric Surgery Psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Description: Dr. Graft will present a clinical case that exemplifies the complexities in diagnosing and managing a patient with somatic symptom disorder, multiple medical conditions, and a history of trauma. Dr. Heinrich will serve as the discussant and provide a high-yield and clinically relevant dialogue surrounding the complexities of diagnosing and managing somatic symptom disorder in medically complex patients. The case presentation and facilitated discussion will be followed by a live audience question-and-answer session moderated by Dr. Fipps. 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 present a case succinctly, observe how C-L psychiatrists work through diagnostic challenges and appreciate management dilemmas that arise in C-L psychiatry.