Community Activities
Free Support Groups for APIDA Mental Health Practitioners and APIDA Community, May 2020 to May 2022
- Created Support group for Mental Health Practitioners and General Professionals
- Partnered with a non-profit organization: Asian Mental Health Collective (AMHC).
- Requested attendees for a voluntary donation of $10 each which supported the advocacy efforts of AMHC as they work to make mental health care more accessible to members of the APIDA community.
2021 Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Advocacy
- Offered free support groups for the Asian-American Community due to the rise of Asian Hate Crimes.
- Actively participated in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes statewide/nationwide activities.
Support Group Newsletter for the Asian-American Community
Featured on Philly Rally for Solidarity (Philly News)
APIDA Heritage Month Process Group, 2021
- Organized a virtual event “Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Virtual Celebration”
Troubleshooting the Top 5 AAPI Issues - A Live Q&A with AAPI Mental Health Experts Newsletter
Sometimes, I say things
“The International Psychoanalytical Association at the United Nations: A Project For Collaborative Care in Low-Income Communities.” In Conjunction with Vivian Pender, MD, Elizabeth Chapman, MD, Houssam Raai, MD, Wasami Shinwari, John Barnhill, MD. American Psychoanalytic Association National Meeting, New York City, NY.
“Integrated Behavioral Health Care: A Global Approach.” In Conjunction with Vivian Pender, MD, Elizabeth Chapman, MD, Houssam Raai, MD, Pamela Montano, M.D. American Psychiatric Association 171th Annual Conference, New York City, NY.
“Launching a Telebehavioral Health Strategy: Addressing Gaps in Care and Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services”, World Congress, 11th Annual mHealth & Telehealth World Summit, Boston, MA
“Development of telepsychiatry in primary care: Case illustration and implications for dissemination”, Developing and Researching Advanced Models of Integrated Primary Care Conference, Wilmington, DE
“How telehealth is changing behavioral healthcare”, Big Data World West Conference, San Diego, CA
“Networking for Career Development”, Resource Center Meet & Greet, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
“ATA COVID-19 Response Webinar Series: Telemental Health 101,” American Telemedicine Association
“Screentime: Learning to Teach Pediatric Telepsychiatry (PTP) Using a National Curriculum”, Webinar for American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, P
“Conversational Agents and Telehealth Virtual Visits: Improving Experiences, Efficiency and Outcomes,” Live Panel Discussion, American Telemedicine Association, Annual Virtual Conference
“Delivery of Telepsychiatry to Children and Adolescents in Integrated Care Settings,” Poster Presentation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 10th Annual Quality and Patient Safety Day, Philadelphia, PA
“Strategies on how to Sustain Telemental Health After COVID19,” Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Conference, Cognific, Virtual Conference
Telepsychiatry Extended Workgroup, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference
How CHOP Ramped up Telehealth and Strategies to Sustain Telehealth, Kedren Lecture Series, Virtual Conference
How to Adapt the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint on Ramping Up Telehealth Services Considerations for Sustaining Telehealth, Tripler Army Medical Center Hawaii Grand rounds-Department of Behavioral Health, Virtual Grand Rounds
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and a Career in Telepsychiatry, Nassau University Medical Centre-Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Virtual Didactics
Digital Health Solution on Suicide Screening and Care Coordination and Starting a Telepsychiatry Private Practice, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and Starting a Telemedicine Private Practice, Delaware Psychiatric Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
Telehealth Education, Adena Health System Psychiatry, Virtual Didactics
Telehealth 101 to CAP fellows, Georgetown University Medical Center, Virtual Didactics
Digital Health Innovation on Psychiatry: Suicide Screening as a Case, Lehigh Valley Health Network-Department of Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
Digital Innovations in Psychiatry, Prisma Health-Greer Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
Blueprint for Rapid Adoption of Telehealth Services & Strategies to Sustain Telehealth, Tufts Medical Center-Department of Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telepsychiatry after Covid 19, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telehealth using the CHOP Blueprint, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
Strategies of Sustaining Telehealth Using the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint, Virginia Commonwealth University-Department of Psychiatry, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telehealth Using The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint (Virtual Grand Rounds) How to Start a Telepsychiatry Private Practice and Cultural Competence Series: Anti-Asian Sentiment During COVID-19 (Virtual Didactics), Texas Tech University-Health Sciences Center
Telepsychiatry 101 and Starting a Telepsychiatry Private Practice, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Virtual Didactics
How to Sustain Telehealth Sustain Telehealth using The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Blueprint, Richmond University Medical Center, Virtual Grand Rounds
How to Sustain Telepsychiatry after COVID19 (Grand Rounds) using CHOP Blueprint, NASSAU University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
IG Live discussion on Mental Health Diagnosis (schizophrenia, bi-polar, depression & anxiety) and decreasing the stigma,The Collective View (TCV-)Mental Health Dx
Asian American Mental Health: Survival in the dual pandemics of 2020, American Psychiatric Association (APA), Annual Meeting
Digital Health Adoption: Barriers And Regulatory Challenges, Healthcare Innovation and Technology Lab (HITLAB) Symposium
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and Digital Health,University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Virtual Didactics
Integrating Digital Health to Psychiatry, Geisinger Medical Center, Grand Rounds
Telepsychiatry: Laws, Regulations, Advocacy, and Education, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Member Services Forum, Virtual Presentation
Anti-Asian Racism & Hate Crime Supportive Forum,Multicultural Professionals Network (MPN) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Telehealth Enabled Primary Care – Behavioral Health Integration Models: Integrating Telepsychiatry with Collaborative Care, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC), 2022 Summit
How Digital Health Can Integrate Physical and Mental Health,Co-speaker Patrick Carroll, MD,Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech Summit 2022
Introduction to Telepsychiatry and Digital Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Virtual Didactics
Pediatric Telepsychiatry Curriculum with new Download-and Go Modules Co-speakers Deborah Brooks,MD, Sandra De Jong, MD, Suni Jani,MD, Dan Alicata, MD, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) Annual Meeting