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2024

“Anti-Semitism and its Relevance to Psychiatry,” APA Caucus of Religion & Spirituality, Quarterly Meeting, 1/10/24. Zoom.

2023

“Media Portrayals of Mental Illness & Mental Health Practitioners” in “Changing the Narrative on Mental Health in Television and Film,” for LIU (Long Island University) Symposium, 11/5/23.

2021

“Ritual & Religion and its Relevance to Psychiatry,” APA Caucus of Religion & Spirituality, Quarterly Meeting, 1/10/22. Zoom.

2020

“Sinophobia & Tibetophilia : Recurrent Racist Memes in Science Fiction Cinema & Comics". Fifth Annual City Tech Symposium in Science Fiction, 11/19/2020.

“Managing Stress & Burnout: Lessons Learned from Viktor Frankl,” American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (presented by pcssnow.org) 5/18/20.

2019

“Sinister Psychiatrists in Cinema and Comics, before and after Arkham Asylum,” presenter “The Profound and Long-Term Impact of Arkham Asylum on Psychiatry,” APA Annual Meeting, 5/20/19.

“Fava Beans, Dopamine & Sexual Dysfunction: Facts, Fallacies & Fantasies.” Presenter, APA Annual Meeting, 5/20/19.

“The Profound and Long-Term Impact of Arkham Asylum on Psychiatry,” Chair & Presenter, APA Annual Meeting, 5/21/19.

“Sinister Psychiatrists in Cinema and Comics, before and after Arkham Asylum,” Presenter “The Profound and Long-Term Impact of Arkham Asylum on Psychiatry,” APA Annual Meeting, 5/20/19.

“Simian Cinema, Darwinian Debates, and Early Analog SF Stories,” Fourth Annual City Tech Symposium in Science Fiction, 12/12/19.

2018

“Jessica Jones (Superhero), Women and Alcohol Use Disorders,” Third Annual City Tech Symposium in Science Fiction, 11/15/18.

“Fava Beans, Dopamine & Depression: Facts, Fallacies & Fantasies,” New York County Psychiatric Society, Complementary & Integrative Medicine Committee, 6/20/18.

“Studying Psychiatry via Superhero Stories, Beginning with Batman,” Grand Rounds, Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, Department of Psychiatry, 1/8/19.

2017

“Luke Cage and Race-Based Unethical Medical Experiments,” Second Annual City Tech Symposium in Science Fiction, 12/6/17.

2015

“Tracing Psychiatric Paradigm Shifts via Science Fiction Film,” Grand Rounds, Brookdale Hospital (New York Medical College), 12/18/15.

“A Century of Sinister Cinema Psychiatrists,” Grand Rounds, Metropolitan Hospital (New York Medical College), 11/20/15.

Rocket Raccoon’s (and JAMA’s) Suggestions for Psychiatric Asylums, Comics & Medicine Conference, University of California, Riverside, 7/19/15.

Author’s Night: Neuroscience in Science Fiction Film. New York Academy of Medicine, History of Medicine Section, History of Medicine Night, 4/22/15.

“Epidemic Ergotism, Medieval Mysticism, and Future Trends in Palliative Care,” The Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine, History of Medicine Section, History of Medicine Night, Fourth Annual, 2/6/15.

Author’s Night: Neuroscience in Science Fiction Film. New York Academy of Medicine, History of Medicine Section, History of Medicine Night, 4/22/15.

Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films. Grand Rounds, Montefiore Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2/26/15.

“Epidemic Ergotism, Medieval Mysticism, and Future Trends in Palliative Care,” The Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine, History of Medicine Section, History of Medicine Night, Fourth Annual, 2/6/15

Author’s Night: Neuroscience in Science Fiction Film. New York Academy of Medicine, History of Medicine Section, 4/22/15.

Rocket Raccoon’s (and JAMA’s) Suggestions for Psychiatric Asylums, Comics & Medicine Conference, University of California, Riverside, 7/19/15.

2014

“Luke Cage and Race-Based Unethical Medical Experiments,” Graphic Medicine Conference, sponsored by Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 6/26/14.

“Treating Patients with Visual Loss: Finding Light in the Darkness,” APA Annual Meeting, 5/5/ 2014 (Sharon Packer, MD, Co-Chair and Presenter).

2013

Cinema’s Sinister Psychiatrists & the History of Psychiatry (Selections for Book Reading). New York Academy of Medicine, 1/9/13.

2012

From Caligari to Hannibal the Cannibal: Sinister Psychiatrists in Cinema, 4th Update. Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting, New York, Workshop, (Sharon Packer, MD, Chair and Presenter)10/7/12.

Post-Traumatic Stress, Post-Traumatic Strength, Superhero Style (with special emphasis on servicemen, servicewomen, and veterans). Grand Rounds, Brooklyn VA Hospital, 5/27/12.

“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: A Commentary on WWI Shell-Shock and ElectroShock?” The Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine, History of Medicine Section, 2/22/12.

2011

Post-Traumatic Stress, Post-Traumatic Strength, Superhero Style. Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, Petrie Campus, 12/28/11.

How Spider-Man’s Symbiote Reflects the Early AIDS Epidemic. History of Medicine, Symposium, New York Academy of Medicine, 1/12/11.​

From Caligari to Hannibal the Cannibal: Sinister Psychiatrists in Cinema, 4th Update. Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting 10/7/2012, New York, Workshop, (Sharon Packer, MD, Chair and Presenter).

2010

Superheroes & Superegos: Relevance to History of Medicine. New York Academy of Medicine, Author Series, 2/18/10.

Update: From Caligari to Hannibal the Cannibal: Sinister Psychiatrists in Cinema. Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting 2010, Boston, Workshop, (Sharon Packer, MD, Chair and Presenter).

Batman: Caped Crusader, Psychiatric Controversies, and Controversial Psychiatrists. Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting 2010, Boston Workshop, (Sharon Packer, MD, Chair and Presenter, Richard Gersh, MD, discussant).

Turning Post-Traumatic Stress into Post-Traumatic Strength, Superhero Style. Grand Rounds, Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 11/18/10.

2009

Update: From Caligari to Hannibal the Cannibal: Sinister Psychiatrists in Cinema. Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting 2009, New York, Workshop, (Sharon Packer, MD, Chair and Presenter).

2008

From Caligari to Hannibal the Cannibal: Sinister Psychiatrists in Cinema. Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting 2008, Chicago, Workshop, (Sharon Packer, MD, Chair and Presenter).

2007

Pathologic Computer Use: Patients Who Immerse into Virtual Reality or Games (section on Film and Game), Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting 2007, New Orleans, (Jerald Block, MD, Sharon Packer, MD).

Beyond PowerPoint: Using Technology for Teaching Mental Health, American Psychiatric Assn Annual Meeting 2007, San Diego, (co-chairs: Sharon Packer, MD, Seth Powsner, MD. Participants: Thomas J. Kim, MD, Willadene Walker-Schmucker, RNP).

2001

Racial Revelation in the “Colorblind” Cyberclass (2001-2), grant supported by DIAL program, New School for Social Research and published in Race in the College Class (Rutgers UP).

2000

“Sleep & Dream: Greek Myth to Modern Pharmacology,” Greek Alliance for the Mentally Ill, GAMI, 2000.

1998

Gender Issues in On-line Learning,” 3rd Annual Distance Education Conference, New School for Social Research, 1998.

1997

Medical-Historical Comments on Epstein's "The Use of the Speculum in 1880's Russia", Ma'ayan, New York, 1997.

1996

“Jewish Mysticism and the Ergot Epidemics," Neuroscience Grand Rounds, McLane Hospital, Harvard, 1996

1990

"Drugs, Disease, & Deuteronomy", International Psychohistorical Society, 1990.

"Laws of Leviticus and the Laws of Leaven", International Psychohistorical Society, 1990.

1989

“Medieval Mysticism and Epidemic Ergotism”, International Psychohistorical Association, 1989.

1988

“Depression, Anxiety, & Arthritis”, Arthritis Foundation Conference, 1988.

1987

“Work-related Head Trauma and Impulse Dyscontrol among NYC Correctional Officers”, Correctional Medical Association, Chicago, 1987.

“Behavior Changes in Correction Officers”, Women in Criminal Justice Conference, 1987.