31st The IndoAmerican Psychiatric Association (IAPA) Scientific/Business Meeting  

Date: Sunday May 23rd^th 2010

Place: Loews Hotel Conference Center 

Address: 300 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Tel: (504) 595-3300

Meetings & Banquet will be on the 10th Floor.   

      Agenda:

          Scientific Session: 1.30‑5 PM:

          1.30 – 1.35 PM: Welcome: IAPA President, Dr. Shiv Hatti, MD.

         1.35 – 2.15 PM: Outstanding Academician Lecture: Influence of Stress & Genes on Brain & Behavior.

       Dr. Nutan Vaidya MD.

            Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,

         Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science,

         Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois.

            2.15 – 3.00: Collaboration with the community: Demystifying mental health:

            Razia Kosi, LCSW-C.

         Cultural Proficiency Specialist; Office of Professional and Organizational Development;

         Howard County Public Schools, Maryland

         Executive Director, Counselors Helping ( South) Asians, Inc, (CHAI)

         Communications Chair- Division of South Asian Americans in the AAPA

           3.00 PM – 3.15 PM:  Break

           3.15 – 4.00: Late-life Depression: Clinical and Neurobiological Substrates:  

               Dr. Anand Kumar, MD.

           Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Department of Psychiatry; University of Illinois at Chicago

               4.00 -4.45 PM:  Culture and Resiliency: A Study of Young Adults in the South Asian Diaspora:

            Dr. Neha Navsaria, PhD.

           Early Emotional Development Program; Division of Child Psychiatry
           Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
           Chair, Division of South Asian Americans; Asian American Psychological Association

               4.45 – 5.00: Vote of Thanks, President-elect, Dr. Rudra Prakash, MD 

Business Meeting and Banquet:  6:30 pm to 11:00pm

6.30 – 8.00 PM: Registration & Cocktails

8.00 – 8. 45 PM: President’s address, Awards Ceremony

Business Meeting; Board of Trustees (BOT) Chair Presentation

8.45– 10 PM: Dinner, Dance & DJ

               REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

               For advance registration contact: Dr.Rudra Prakash

            at (615)364-7406 ; Email: rudraprakash@comcast.net.

               Cost of Banquet ticket: $30.00