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  • Friday, Nov 10th
    9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Predictors of Mortality Following Diagnosis of Catatonia in a Medical Setting
    Location: Room 203-204
    Presenting Author: Mariel Piechowicz, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Co-Author: Alex Israel, MD – UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
    Co-Author: Patrick Frailey, MD – UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
    Co-Author: Isabella Kratzer, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Co-Author: Jessica Fleischer, MD – UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
    Co-Author: Priya Gopalan, MD, FACLP (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Hospital
    Catatonia
  • Friday, Nov 10th
    9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Use of Creatine Kinase Levels in the Detection of Emerging Catatonia: A Single Center 10-year Retrospective Analysis for the Identification of a Pre-Malignant Catatonia Presentation Pattern
    Location: Room 203-204
    Presenting Author: Conrad Stasieluk, MD (he/him/his) – Loyola University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Mark Jaradeh – Loyola University Medical Center
    Co-Author: Brian Muir, BA – Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Edgar Yap – Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Esther Belogolovsky – Loyola University
    Co-Author: Edwin Meresh, MD, MPH, FACLP – Loyola University Medical Center
    Catatonia
  • Friday, Nov 10th
    9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Trapped in Silence: A Case of Terminal Malignant Catatonia Awaiting Life-Saving Electroconvulsive Therapy
    Location: Room 203-204
    Presenting Author: Claudia Rugama, MD – Zucker Hillside Hospital
    Co-Author: James Kingpeter, MD (he/him/his) – Zucker Hillside Hospital
    Co-Author: Jisha Lovin Kuriakose, MD – Long Island Jewish Medical Center- Northwell Health
    Co-Author: Shamik Mukherji, MD – Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Northwell Health
    Co-Author: Georgios Petrides, MD – Northwell Health System
    Co-Author: Sohag Sanghani, MD, FAAGP, MPH – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
    Catatonia
  • Friday, Nov 10th
    9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Multi-disciplinary Neuropsychiatry Conference for Facilitation of Catatonia Transition of Care: A Novel Intervention
    Location: Room 203-204
    Co-Author: Aaron Hauptman, MD – Kennedy Krieger Institute
    Presenting Author: Nadia Zaim, MD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Catatonia
  • Friday, Nov 10th
    9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    A Tale of (at Least) Two Drugs: Ketamine in the Setting of Catatonia
    Location: Room 203-204
    Presenting Author: Dallas Hamlin, MD – Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
    Co-Author: Sanjay Yadav, MD – Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center
    Co-Author: Charles Mormando, DO – Penn State Hershey Medical Center
    Catatonia