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Recent Liz Kramer News
From the Desk of the Executive Director
Time passes quickly when you're having fun. It's hard to believe that our 2014 annual meeting is just 3 months away!...
Visit San Diego, the birthplace of California!
by Jim Jaranson SSPC welcomes you to San Diego, "America's Finest City," for the annual meeting May 15-17,...
Past Liz Kramer News
Members in the News: Quick Response, Cool Demeanor Is Psychiatric Profile of Courage
John de Figueiredo, M.D., displays the Profile of Courage Award he received from the APA Assembly. Photo Credit: American Psychiatric Association/ David Hathcox A psychiatry resident’s reaction to a patient who opened fire in the emergency room diffused the situation,...
Attention Residents attending the SSPC Meeting in Toronto!
by Larry Merkel I am writing to invite you to attend the group supervision workshop in cross cultural psychiatry at the SSPC Annual Meeting in Toronto, which will be held Friday (5/03) starting at 10:30 AM and will run through 1:30 PM. Lunch will be...
Send us your news!
by Shannon Suo In my role as newsletter editor, I hope to include more news about SSPC members. In this issue, you will see a reprint of an article about John de Figueiredo that appeared in Psychiatric News. We aren’t always aware when our members make news, so please...
Welcoming SSPC to Toronto!
by Lisa Andermann The city of Toronto is one of North America’s largest, most diverse and exciting urban centres. It is a great family destination, so please consider bringing your children with you! The Delta Chelsea conference hotel is well-known for its indoor pool...
Toronto Facts
Toronto is home to more than 100 cultures. Toronto is Canada's largest city, with a population of 5.5 million in the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto is the 5th largest city in North America, after Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. One-quarter...
New Members
SSPC welcomes the following new members who have joined since July 2012: Clara Aisenstein Constance Cummings Michael Hejazi Nancy Kelly Makoto Osawa Eric Oosenbrug Melanie Ramiro Nisha Shah Veronica Slootsky Matilda Stubbs Audra Yadack We look forward to sharing...
Send us your news!
by Shannon Suo In my role as newsletter editor, I hope to include more news about SSPC members. In this issue, you will see part of an article about James Griffith that appeared in Psychiatric News. We aren’t always aware when our members make news, so please let us...
SSPC 2012 Meeting in the Big Apple
by Ramaswamy Viswanathan The SSPC Annual Meeting, May 9 – 12, was held in a historic part of New York City known for its rich immigrant heritage and cultural diversity. The first 3 days were held at the Angel Orensanz Center for Contemporary Art, a former...
Book Your Hotel Now for the 2013 Annual Meeting
Room reservations are open at the Delta Chelsea Hotel for the 2013 meeting. A block of rooms on the Executive Floor is being held until March 31 at the guaranteed rate of $129.00 plus 13% tax ($145.77), single or double occupancy. Triple occupancy is...
Education Committee Report
by Larry Merkel and Jim Griffith, co-chairs We are working on several ideas for trainees this year: a. Our case supervision session for trainees at the 2012 meeting in New York received very positive reviews. (See the resident’s review in this newsletter.) We...