Saturday (11/12/16)
9:15 am = Parking lot opens
9:30 am – 10:00 am = Check-in for CME & Coffee
10:15 am – 12:30 pm = Morning Session:
Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. (San Mateo, CA)
– Topic: Paradigms of ketamine treatment: medical, psychological, and spiritual
Steven Levine, M.D. (Princeton, NJ)
– Topic: “The primest time for ketamine” – what has happened in the past year with respect to ketamine treatment, and where we are headed in the future
Stephen Hyde, M.D. (Tasmania, Australia)
– Topic: Using sublingual ketamine at home to treat depression
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm = Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:30 pm = Early Afternoon Session:
Steven Mandel, M.D. (Los Angeles, CA)
– Topic: Using IV ketamine to treat depression in an anesthesiology practice
Brian Johns, M.D. (Robbinsdale, MN)
– Topic: Ketamine in place of maintenance ECT for patients with severe depression; benzodiazepines reduce ketamine’s effectiveness
Evgeny Krupitsky, M.D./Ph.D. (St. Petersburg, Russia)
– Topic: Ketamine-assisted therapy for patients with opiate addiction
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm = Snack Break
3:45 pm – 6:00 pm = Late Afternoon Session:
Patrick Marshalek, M.D. (Morgantown, WV) & Scott Pollard, M.D. (Cody, WY)
– Topic: Treating patients with trans-buccal ketamine in a university clinic setting, and integrating ketamine treatment with other kinds of psychiatric care
Angelo De Gioannis, M.D. (Brisbane, Australia)
– Topic: Ketamine as a “transformative medicine,” and augmenting ketamine treatment with other medications
Jennifer Winegarden, D.O. (Livonia, MI)
– Topic: Using ketamine in a hospice setting for pain and depression
Sunday (11/13/16)
9:15 am = Parking lot opens
9:30 am – 10:00 am = Check-in for CME & Coffee
10:15 am – 12:30 pm = Morning Session:
Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. (San Mateo, CA)
– Long-term ketamine treatment from the patient’s perspective
Jon Berner, M.D./Ph.D. (Seattle, WA)
– Topic: Ten year retrospective report on patients who use IM ketamine at home
Enrique Abreu, D.O. (Portland, OR)
– Topic: Demonstration of “Ketamine Monitor” – cellphone-based tracking program to monitor patients’ moods during the course of ketamine treatment
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm = Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:30 pm = Early Afternoon Session:
Francoise Bourzat, M.A. (San Francisco, CA)
– Topic: Using high dose IM ketamine treatment for spiritual work and personal growth
Phil Wolfson, M.D. & Julane Andries, M.F.T. (San Anselmo, CA)
– Topic: Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy using IM ketamine, and maintenance therapy using oral lozenges
Terrence Early, M.D. (Santa Barbara, CA)
– Topic: Ketamine-assisted therapy for patients with PTSD and/or attachment difficulties
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm = Snack Break
3:45 pm – 6:00 pm = Late Afternoon Session:
Carl Bonnett, M.D. (San Antonio, TX)
– Topic: Ketamine and the mental health of veterans
Jason Wallach, Ph.D. (Philadelphia, PA)
– Topic: Pharmacology of Arylcyclohexylamines (PCP, Ketamine, MXE)
KRIYA Institute
– Topic: Looking to the future: where do we want to go from here?