Bridging Science & Society: Psychiatry in America’s 250th Year

Join the Southern Psychiatric Association and the Maryland Psychiatric Society for the 2026 Annual Conference
About this Event

The Maryland Psychiatric Society is partnering with the Southern Psychiatric Association for their 2026 Annual Conference which will bring together psychiatrists from throughout the county.

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Wednesday, September 16

🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Welcome Reception at Hotel
Thursday, September 17

🕑: 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
SPA Council Meeting
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration Opens
🕑: 12:00 PM
Welcome
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Maryland and Why Representation Matters
Host: Cynthia Major Lewis, MD
🕑: 01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Cannabis Panel
Host: David Wolinsky, MD
🕑: 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
Break
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Help Needed but Not Wanted, Involuntary Treatment from a Forensic Psychiatrist
Host: E. Thomas Lewis, III, MD
🕑: 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Intensive & Innovative Community Based Treatment for People with Complex Psych
Host: Thomas N. Franklin, MD, DFAPA
🕑: 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Off Site Social Event - Little Havana
Friday, September 18

🕑: 07:15 AM - 07:45 AM
Breakfast/Exhibitor Visits
🕑: 07:45 AM - 08:30 AM
Product Theater
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Exhibitor Visits
🕑: 09:00 AM
Welcome
🕑: 09:15 AM - 10:15 AM
A Public Health Perspective on Mental Health Challenges Facing the U.S.
Host: Joshua Sharfstein
🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
GLP-1 Panel
Host: Bernadette Wharton-Hawthorne, MD
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Lunch & Exhibitor Visitation
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Product Theater
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Exhibitor Visits
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
ADHD in Older Adults: Conceptual Novelty to Clinical Reality
Host: David W. Goodman, MD
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Residency Training Medical Education Panel
Host: Mark Ehrenreich, MD
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Resident Research Award Presentation
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM
SPA Business Meeting
Saturday, September 19

🕑: 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast & Exhibitor Visitation
🕑: 08:00 PM
Welcome
🕑: 08:15 AM - 09:15 AM
Autism Meets OCD: The Diagnostic and Treatment Gray Zone
Host: Jonathan Hershfield, LCMFT
🕑: 09:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Dysautonomia: The Elephant in the Room
Host: Glenn Treisman, MD
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Break & Last Exhibitor Visits
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Product Theater
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Break
🕑: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Movie Discussion: The King's Speech
Host: Bruce Hershfield, MD
🕑: 02:00 PM
Closing Remarks
🕑: 06:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
🕑: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Farewell Gala Dinner