Thursday, October 12, 2006


Decima Convención Anual de la Academia de Psiquiatría de Puerto Rico
APA, Seccion Psiquiatria Asociacion Medica, Asociacion Psiquiatras Ninos y Adolescentes

Puerto Rico Academy of Psychiatry

10th Annual Convention



Multiplicity of Psychiatric Tasks

Embassy Suites Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico

November 16-19, 2006



Thursday, November 16 1:00 PM Registration

2:00 PM-4:00 PM CPR, Protective Techniques Certifications

5:00 Cocktail

7: 00 Dinner



Friday, November 17


8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Update on Medicare Documentation

Maria M. Sánchez Bonilla, MD Psychiatrist


9:30 AM -11:00 AM Neuroleptics, Antipsychotics, and Psychotropics

Juan J. Fumero Pérez, MD Psychiatrist

Medical Director, Grupo Psiquiátrico CSP


11:00 AM -11:30 AM Coffee Break


11:30 AM - 12:30 AM Neuro-developmental Hypothesis of Schizophrenia
Ricardo M. Vela, MD Psychiatrist

Director of Pediatric Psychopharmacology

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA


1:00 PM- 2:30 PM Lunch and Tribute to Dr Michael Woodbury

Premio Eugenio Maria de Hostos


2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Present Stage of Electroconvulsive Therapy

Ismael Carlo, MD Psychiatrist

Sugarland, Texas


3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Profile of Suicide Attempters Admitted to an Emergency Unit in Puerto Rico

Dinorah Quiles, MD Claudia López, MD Adalis Millán, MD

Psychiatry Residents

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus


4:30 PM - 6:00 PM PANEL: DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN P PUERTO RICO

José Galarza Arbona, MD, Administrator, ASSMCA

Ernesto A. Frontera Roura, MD Psychiatrist

Michel Iñesta, MD Psychiatrist


Saturday, November 18


9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Humor in Addictions Therapy

Néstor Galarza Díaz, MD Psychiatrist

VA Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico


10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Medical Practitioners with Disabilities

Rafael Báez, MD Psychiatrist

Ponce, Puerto Rico


11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Coffee break


11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Drugs that Exacerbate or Mimic Psychiatric Disorders

Luís Mejías Rivera, MD Medical Pharmacologist

San Juan Bautista School of Medicine


1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lunch and Tribute to Dr Rafael Baez DLFAPA


2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Psychiatric organizations; the need for them, and

what can be achieved through them.

Joseph E.V. Rubín, MD Psychiatrist

Medical Director, The Cedars Skills Nursing Care Center

Portland, ME


3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break


4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Academy Assembly and election of new Board Members


6:00 PM Cocktail


7:00 PM Dinner/Show Cesar Concepcion Orchestra


Sunday, November 189:00 AM -11:00 AM Hypnosis in Modern Psychiatry; Current Applications

Rafael García-Barcena, MD Psychiatrist


11:00 AM Cocktail, Lunch