This CME Outfitters activity will provide clinicians with the appropriate tools to facilitate the early detection of ADHD in adults, particularly within the context of comorbidities.
Theresa Cerulli, MD, is a graduate of Tufts University, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Harvard Longwood Residency Program in Adult Psychiatry, and Harvard Fellowships in Medical Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry. Dr. Cerulli is Board Certified in Psychiatry and is on faculty at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and recently presented as faculty at NEI, Neuroscience Education Institute.
She received the 1997 Harvard Residency Teaching Award and has published several journal articles in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry and Journal of Medicine. Dr. Cerulli has continued in her role as a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty as a Clinical Instructor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, lecturing on a range of neuropsychiatric topics including attention deficit disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. She is a supervisor for the Harvard Longwood Residency Training Program.
Dr. Cerulli is the co-founder and prior Chief Medical Officer of ADD Health and Wellness Centers, specializing in the holistic treatment of children and adults with ADD/ADHD and co-existing behavioral health conditions. Her vision is in combining traditional medicine with healthy living to promote cognitive and emotional well-being. She previously served as Medical Director for the Hallowell Center and co-founder of Hallowell ADDvance. Dr. Cerulli has served as a national expert witness in over 20 child and adult psychiatric legal cases. Since 2003 she has presented nationally and internationally as a consultant and speaker in the pharmaceutical industry with various companies including Shire Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Allergan, Takeda, Sunovion, Supernus, Abbvie, Neos, and Cingulate Therapeutics in their CNS divisions. She was a sub-investigator with East Coast Clinical Research for two phase IV psychotropic medication trials and is certified by the Major League Baseball Commission (MLB) to conduct player therapeutic use exemption (TUE) evaluations for major and minor league players.
Familiar with the media, Dr. Cerulli has appeared on numerous television programs: channel 7 Urban Update for a debate on the use of psychotropic medications in children, channel 5 ABC Evening News for a segment on learning disabilities, and WMUR Evening News to discuss integrating mental health care. Dr. Cerulli was also interviewed on TV channel 56’s Health Watch regarding the use of Quantitative EEG and moderated a series of psychiatric expert panel discussions on medicalcrossfire.com. Her other media appearances include interviews with local radio stations WBCN, WESO, Radio Disney, and the Frankie Boyer Show as well as several newspaper and magazine articles. She volunteered as a medical advisory board member of Kiwi magazine. Most recently Dr. Cerulli was filmed in the Dr. Mom ADHD video series and as the moderator and ADHD expert panelist on HCPLive.com, as well as a national satellite news media tour on the topic “Back to School with ADHD,” August 2021.
Before earning her medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, Dr. Childress studied at St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. She completed a psychiatry internship and residency as well as a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.
Today, roughly 80% of her practice is research-based. She also has adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine and Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Childress is board certified in psychiatry, with a subspecialty in child and adolescent psychiatry.Dr. Childress has authored numerous publications on the topic of ADHD. As Co-Principal Investigator, she has participated in more than 175 clinical trials.
Dr. Childress is also a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is President of The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders, and is Education Director for the Nevada Psychiatric Association.
Guided by the perspectives of racially and ethnically diverse individuals living with schizophrenia, the final installment in this CME Outfitters Snack series will provide clinicians with tools and strategies to address racial disparities in the diagnosis and management of this disease.
Dr. Oladunni Oluwoye is an Assistant Professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University and the Co-Director of Washington State Center of Excellence in Early Psychosis. She serves as one of the lead evaluators for New Journeys, a network comprised of 11 coordinated specialty care programs in Washington State. Overall, her research is focused on improving pathways to care for the Black/African American community and family engagement in coordinated specialty care, reducing racial and ethnic inequities in mental health service utilization, and improving services for individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders and serious mental illness.
Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH, is a Clinical Professor in the department of Psychiatry at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine – Permian Basin in Midland, Texas and in private practice in Austin, Texas. Dr. Jain attended medical school at the University of Calcutta in India. He received his Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, where he was awarded a National Institute/Center for Disease Control Competitive Traineeship. His research thesis focused on the impact of substance abuse.
Dr. Jain completed his residency in psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in research psychiatry at the University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute in Houston. He was awarded the National Research Service Award in support of his postdoctoral fellowship.
Dr. Jain has been involved in over 100 research projects studying the effects of medications on short-term and long-term treatment of depression, anxiety, pain/mood overlap disorders, ADHD, and psychosis in adult and child/adolescent populations. He has presented at the World Psychiatric Congress held in Prague, and at Depression and Pain Forum meetings internationally. He is the author of 55 articles published in various journals and magazines, such as the Journal of Psychiatric Research and Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, among others, and has presented over 25 original research posters at meetings such as the American Psychological Association (APA), the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), the U.S. Psychiatric Congress, and more. He has co-authored six books that range from patient education to cutting-edge neurobiologic findings in psychiatry and mental health. He serves on several advisory boards focusing on drug development and disease state education. He was also recently the Chair of the U.S. Psychiatric Congress, and for several years, has served as a member of the Steering Committee for U.S. Psychiatric Annual Congress. He is a recipient of the Public Citizen of the Year award from the National Association of Social Workers, Gulf Coast Chapter, in recognition of his community and peer education, and championing of mental health issues.
This CME Outfitters Snack focuses on recognizing the complex pathogenesis of OA, applying The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) guidelines to non-surgical management, and evaluating emerging data in order to set realistic goals with patients and meet unmet needs in the management of OA.
Jason Wilcox, MD is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and trauma. He has been practicing orthopedic surgery for ten years in Seattle, Washington, the last eight in private practice with Orthopedic Physician Associates.
The final installment in this CME Outfitters Snack series on managing OA focuses on best practices for utilizing telehealth, including encouraging patients to maximize mobility in time of isolation, increasing the utilization of video in telehealth and wearable tech, and the consideration of both operative and non-operative measures for treatment.
Jason Wilcox, MD is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and trauma. He has been practicing orthopedic surgery for ten years in Seattle, Washington, the last eight in private practice with Orthopedic Physician Associates.
Following a discussion on OA assessment strategies, this CME Outfitters Snack will focus on applying ACR/Arthritis Foundation guidelines and evaluating emerging data to meet unmet needs in the management of OA.
Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD, MACR, FACP, FCLM, serves as Professor of Medicine in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr Gibofsky is an attending physician and rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery, where he is Co- Director of the Clinic for Inflammatory Arthritis. He received his undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, his medical degree from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and his law degree from Fordham University School of Law. He did his internship in pathology, followed by a residency in medicine at New York Hospital. He completed a fellowship in rheumatology/immunology jointly at Hospital for Special Surgery and at The Rockefeller University. Dr Gibofsky has authored or co-authored numerous papers and textbook chapters, primarily on rheumatic diseases and legal aspects of medical practice. He is known for his work on mechanisms of host-microbe interactions in rheumatology, and, in particular, for his basic and clinical studies on rheumatic fever.
Currently Secretary-Treasurer of The New York Rheumatism Association, Dr Gibofsky is past Chair of the Medical & Scientific Committee of the New York Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation and is a recipient of its Physicians’ Leadership Award. He also served as a member of the local and national Arthritis Foundation Board of Trustees and was Chair for Professional Education. Dr Gibofsky has participated in numerous professional and public education programs, nationally and internationally. He served as President of The American College of Rheumatology and was recently named a Master. Dr Gibofsky is a Jonas Salk Scholar of the City University and an Alumnus of the Year of Brooklyn College. He is past President of the American College of Legal Medicine and is past Chair of the American Board of Legal Medicine. Dr Gibofsky is past Chair of the Arthritis Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration and continues as a special consultant to that committee.
The second installment of this CME Outfitters Snack series on improving care and outcomes in OA will evaluate emerging treatments in order to address the unmet needs of current OA therapies.
Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD, MACR, FACP, FCLM, serves as Professor of Medicine in the Department of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr Gibofsky is an attending physician and rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery, where he is Co- Director of the Clinic for Inflammatory Arthritis. He received his undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, his medical degree from Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and his law degree from Fordham University School of Law. He did his internship in pathology, followed by a residency in medicine at New York Hospital. He completed a fellowship in rheumatology/immunology jointly at Hospital for Special Surgery and at The Rockefeller University. Dr Gibofsky has authored or co-authored numerous papers and textbook chapters, primarily on rheumatic diseases and legal aspects of medical practice. He is known for his work on mechanisms of host-microbe interactions in rheumatology, and, in particular, for his basic and clinical studies on rheumatic fever.
Currently Secretary-Treasurer of The New York Rheumatism Association, Dr Gibofsky is past Chair of the Medical & Scientific Committee of the New York Chapter of The Arthritis Foundation and is a recipient of its Physicians’ Leadership Award. He also served as a member of the local and national Arthritis Foundation Board of Trustees and was Chair for Professional Education. Dr Gibofsky has participated in numerous professional and public education programs, nationally and internationally. He served as President of The American College of Rheumatology and was recently named a Master. Dr Gibofsky is a Jonas Salk Scholar of the City University and an Alumnus of the Year of Brooklyn College. He is past President of the American College of Legal Medicine and is past Chair of the American Board of Legal Medicine. Dr Gibofsky is past Chair of the Arthritis Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration and continues as a special consultant to that committee.