Private Practice, Academia, and Culinary Medicine with Dr. Sandy Rhee

Dr. Rhee is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in the suburbs of Chicago and is a clinical assistant professor at Midwestern University Chicago, where she has recently started a culinary medicine curriculum. Dr. Rhee will be discussing group private practice settings, being affiliated with a medical school, and providing more information regarding her work establishing a culinary medicine curriculum. 

Virtual Event

Tuesday, April 7, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up. Must be an IPS member to attend.

Insights and Guidance on Pursuing Child & Adolescent Psychiatry with Dr. Samicchya Adhikari

Join your peers for a virtual session with Dr. Samicchya Adhikari as she discusses her path to Child and Adolescent fellowship and tips and guidance from what she has learned, given the recent boom in interest in child psychiatry. 

Virtual Event

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

Psychiatry Meets AI and Tech Policy with Dr. Sudhir Shenoy

Join your peers for a virtual session as Dr. Sudhir Shenoy discusses the intersection of psychiatry and AI/ tech policy from a computer engineering and robotics perspective.  

Virtual Event

Tuesday, February 3, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

Pathways in Geriatric Medicine: Insights from Dr. Elizabeth Edwards

Join your peers for a virtual session with Dr. Elizabeth Edwards. Dr. Edwards is currently a geriatrics fellow at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She will be discussing her role as a geriatrics fellow, her career path, and what this entails.

Virtual Event

Tuesday, January 6, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

Serving the Unhoused with Dr. Samuel

Join your peers for a virtual session with Dr. Jackson as he discusses his work with Street Psychiatry, serving patients in Chicago by providing psychiatric care for people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing.

Virtual Event

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

2025 Women’s Psychiatric Leadership Meeting

In-Person event
Sunday, November 9, 2025
10:30 am -1:30 pm

Brunch at the
EAST BANK CLUB
500 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Onsite Parking Available

Topic: Mentorship In the Fast Lane:  Lessons Learned by a Career Residency Program Director and Physician Wellbeing Leader
with Guest Speaker: Joan M. Anzia, M.D, DLFAPA

Summary: In an interactive presentation, Dr. Anzia will illustrate core principles of mentorship through selected stories from her longtime roles as a psychiatry residency director, a physician health liaison in a large academic medical center, and in leadership roles in medical education.   Attendees will be encouraged to share their own stories of effective (and ineffective!) mentorship to create a lively and supportive group learning experience.

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Meet our Guest Speaker:

Joan M. Anzia, M.D, DLFAPA

Joan M. Anzia, M.D. is Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at the Feinberg School of Medicine/Northwestern University; from 2006 until 2022 she served as Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Psychiatry and the Physician Health Liaison/Wellness Officer for Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Lurie Children’s Hospital. Her areas of clinical expertise are in trauma-related disorders, disaster mental health, and physician wellbeing and professionalism.  She served as the psychiatry residency program director for the Department from June 2006 till January 2020.

Dr. Anzia is a career medical educator who is a member of the inaugural class of the Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators, or FAME.  She served as a residency program director and associate program director for over 30 years at the University of Illinois at Chicago and McGaw/Northwestern, and has won numerous local, regional and national teaching awards during her career.  She was chosen as Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Mecklenberg Distinguished Physician Awardee in 2020 and the McGaw (Graduate Medical Education) Distinguished Service Awardee in 2016.  She is a Past President of the Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP), which awarded her their Master Educator Certificate, and was given the AAP Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.  Dr. Anzia also served as a member of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning for five years, and she is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA.  In 2017 she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha at Northwestern.

Dr. Anzia completed a six-year term on the ACGME Psychiatry RRC, or Residency Review Committee.  She served as a Director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for nine years, and assumed the position of Chair of the Board in January 2023-2024.  While serving on the ABPN, she co-led the creation and implementation of a new online program in continuing certification in psychiatry: Article-Based Continuing Certification.  She served as the ABPN Representative to the ABMS, the American Board of Medical Specialties, and on the Continuing Certification Committee of the ABMS.  She is also a Director of the American Board of Family Medicine and Vice Chair of their Professionalism Committee.

Dr. Anzia has also been active in organized medicine and psychiatry throughout her career; she served as President of the Illinois Psychiatric Society from 2004-2006; during which she advocated for improved access and quality of mental health care for Illinois residents, and provided testimony in the Illinois Legislature on access to care and scope of practice issues. She is a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists, served on its Board of Regents and is the President-Elect of the College.

Questions? Contact Kristen Malloy at kmalloy@ilpsych.org.

This is event is Sponsored by:

Your Next Step: Interview Tips for Attendings, 1099 Know-How, and Group Private Practice Wisdom with Dr. Dustin Pilat

Join your peers for a virtual session with Dr. Dustin Pilat as he shares valuable insights on interviewing for attending positions, navigating independent contracting (1099), and his personal journey in group private practice.

Virtual Event

Tuesday, November 4, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

IPS Invites you to the 2025:

Downstate Psychiatry Networking Event - Springfield 2025

Thursday, October 9 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Engrained Brewing Company
1120 West Lincolnshire Blvd. Springfield, IL 62711

Join us for an evening of good food, drinks and networking with your Illinois friends and colleagues.

IPS plans to rotate the location of this event each year. This year, we will be in Springfield! We encourage all of our downstate members to join us as well as all members from across the state.
Must be an IPS member to attend.

RSVP by October 1.

Questions: Contact Meghan at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org

Thank you to our Event Sponsors:

From Training to Impact: Dr. Singh’s Path in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry With Dr. Jasleen Singh

Dr. Singh is a double-board certified Child and Adolescent psychiatrist currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center. She is also an Attending Physician at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where she completed her fellowship. Her current role is primarily in the outpatient setting, where she is lead psychiatrist for the Children's OCD/Anxiety Spectrum & Tic Disorders (COAST) Program.

Virtual Event

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

2025 Poster Competition for Resident/Fellow and Medical Student Members at the IPS Annual Meeting

RFM and Medical Student Invitation:
The Illinois Psychiatric Society invites all Illinois psychiatric residents/fellows and medical students to submit an abstract for consideration for a judged poster presentation at the Illinois Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting, to be held at Holiday Inn Countryside, IL on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Please review the Poster Guidelines for complete information regarding participation and prizes.

The submission deadline is midnight on July 31, 2025.
Accepted abstract authors will be invited to present a physical poster presentation. Poster presenters are asked to be available to present on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Resident-Fellow and Medical Student poster presenters will be juried by a panel and are required to be present for the judging session to be considered for a prize.

Prizes: Case posters and research posters will be judged separately with a first and second place winner in each category. A scholarship prize award of $250 for first place and $100 for second place will be awarded. It is STRONGLY suggested that poster presenters stay for the evening awards dinner.

POSTER SUBMISSION AND PRESENTATION GUIDELINES:

Guidelines for Abstract Submission:
Posters are to present new research and case findings. There shall be only one presenter per virtual poster (see Guidelines below for permitted substitutions). An abstract relating to the poster content shall be submitted by the stated deadline. After review, the submitting author will be notified if accepted for in-person poster presentation and given information regarding the specifics of presenting. In addition to submitting the overall poster abstract (maximum of 300 words), which shall be a concise description of results, findings, and conclusions, the presenter shall submit (i) the poster title (ii) presenter information (name and credentials, affiliation, e-mail, and telephone), (iii) list all co-authors, separated only by commas (name and credentials, academic affiliation not required unless changed to be the substitute presenter.) All presenters must be available to present at the meeting and must register for the meeting prior to the date of their presentation.

Guidelines for Poster Session:
There may only be one presenter for each poster and the presenter must be included among the authors listed on the abstract submission. If the researcher or named first author who submitted the poster cannot attend the meeting and wishes to have a co-author substitute, please notify the IPS office (mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org). The substitute presenter must provide contact information and agree to the IPS Poster Guidelines, as well as be a member of IPS, in order to be included as the presenter at the meeting. The substitute presenter will be considered the named first author for purposes of peer judging and recognition.

Posters must report only findings of the research/case report. No advertising or product identification by brand name is allowed. If any or all of the work in this poster was prepared with commercial support, a statement “Supported by funding from [name of company]” must be noted in the lower left corner of the poster in clearly identifiable font, with no bold, italics, special colors, or other enhancement of the company name, product, or any other portions of the statement. Generic names of drugs should be used throughout the poster; if brand names must be used, they must be used for all products referenced. Information regarding unapproved uses of approved products or investigational uses of unapproved products must be clearly presented with the following statement included on the poster: “The following information concerns a use that has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.” The presenter must wear only their IPS meeting badge and not badges or insignia of companies. No company or product identification may be included on badges or otherwise worn by the presenter. If providing handouts, the handouts must be limited to one page. The handouts must include the disclosure information on the funding of the research: “The research reported here was supported by [name of company].” Generic names of drugs should be used throughout in the handout. Any information regarding unapproved uses of approved products or investigational uses of unapproved products must include the following statement: “The following information concerns a use that has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.”

The Poster Presentation:

PRINT DIMENSIONS: Maximum 3’ H X 4’ W

LAYOUT:

• Headings for research posters should be: Abstract, Methods, Results, Discussion, References

• Headings for case posters should be: Abstract, Background, Case, Discussion, References

• Any charts or tables should be large enough to be legible to attendees.
  
  

POSTER SET UP: Saturday, September 6, 2025, at the Holiday Inn Countryside, 6201 Joliet Road, Countryside, IL 60525. Posters must be set up no later than 12:00 pm

POSTER JUDGING: For award eligibility, a poster author must be present with poster during the judging period to answer questions. Live presentation judging will begin at 12:15 pm. General Attendee poster session time will be held from 3:25-4:25 pm (This time will be used for general meeting attendees to view your work and will be used for judges to finalize winners so presenters must be present during this time frame.)

Winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner in the evening.

Guidelines for Poster Recognition:
Recognition of the results of judging on the poster presentation will be made out to the named first author (the poster presenter). In the instance of a substitute presenter, he or she shall be considered to be the named first author for the sake of recognition. Prizes are awarded solely to the named first author (the poster presenter).

Posters will be available and judged during the afternoon prior to the awards dinner. Winning poster announcements and awards will take place at the awards dinner that evening.

It is STRONGLY suggested that poster presenters stay for the evening awards dinner.

Questions: If you have any questions, please email Kristen Malloy or Meghan Engelbrecht.

2025 IPS Annual Meeting:
Resilience, Renewal, & Revitalization: Cultivating Well-Being During Times of Change

Saturday, September 6, 2025
Holiday Inn Countryside
6201 Joliet Road, Countryside, IL 60525

ABOUT:
We live in a time of significant change and social pressures. Social determinants of health impact the care and well-being of our patients. Physician burnout is on the rise, potentially impacting our ability to protect our own well-being and to provide empathic, appropriate treatment to those in our care. How do we cultivate well-being and resilience for ourselves and our patients?

Join us at the IPS Annual Meeting, where we'll learn about physician well-being, burnout, and resilience; social determinants of health and their effects on treatment outcomes and patients' resilience; and climate psychiatry and its effects on well-being.

We'll end the day by celebrating the accomplishments of our talented members at the annual awards dinner, where we'll also recognize our poster session winners and our Carl C. Bell Memorial Award winner. We hope to see you there!

MEETING AGENDA: (subject to change)

1:00 - 1:40 pm Check-In and Networking with Exhibitors

1:40 - 1:45 pm Opening Remarks and Welcome
Adrienne Adams, MD; IPS President

1:45 - 2:35 pm Session 1: Zip Codes Matter: The Social Determinants of Resilience
Wendi Wills El-Amin MD
Professor of Family and Community Medicine; Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

About this session: This presentation will discuss the relationship between social drivers and resilience. We will explore the contributions of socioeconomic status, access to healthcare, and community support systems to resilience and mental health outcomes.

2:35 - 3:25 pm Session 2: Physician Mental Health: Psychological PPE in 2025
Carol A Bernstein, MD
Professor/Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Wellbeing, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences;
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

About this session: This presentation will focus on key factors contributing to stress, burnout, wellbeing and resilience as they affect physicians in the current health care environment. It will also identify potential systemic and individual solutions as well as practical techniques that can enhance growth and promote resilience.

3:25 - 4:25 pm Poster Session/Break/Networking with Exhibitors

4:25 - 5:15 pm Session 3: The Call to Care: What We Need to Know and DO... About Climate and Mental Health
Lise Van Susteren, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry; George Washington University School of Medicine; General and
Forensic Psychiatry 

About this session: This talk will identify key climate conditions and new findings that show the damage to our mental health, with particular focus on the young  people and other vulnerable populations — and the unique skills and standing that mental health professionals have to affect action. 

5:15 - 6:30 pm Cocktail Hour/Networking with Exhibitors

6:30 - 9:00 pm Awards Dinner:
Business Meeting with IPS President
Legislative Update with IPS Lobbyist, Mark Peysakhovich, MBM Advantage
Carl Bell Essay Competition Presentation
Poster Session Winners
IPS Member Awards Ceremony

HOTEL INFORMATION:

Holiday Inn Countryside
6201 Joliet Road, Countryside, IL 60525

If you are in need of a hotel room, please use this link to book.
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/countryside/chilg/hoteldetail

Questions? Contact Kristen Malloy at kmalloy@ilpsych.org or 312-224-2600.

Thank you to our IPS 2025 Annual Meeting Sponsors/Exhibitors:

Complex, Chronic Pain and Medication Assisted Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders With Dr. Juliette Perzhinsky

Dr. Perzhinsky is an internal medicine physician who specializes in Addiction Medicine. Dr. Perzhinsky will be discussing her work with complex, chronic pain and medication assisted treatment of opioid use disorders. 

Virtual Event

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

Advocating for Global Mental Health with Dr. Abishek Bala

Dr. Bala is a Child Psychiatrist at Central Michigan University where he serves as the assistant program director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program. Dr. Bala will be discussing his work with advocacy in the context of global mental health.

Virtual Event

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

IPS presents the 2025 Riverview Terrace Networking Event
For Emerging Psychiatric Professional Members

Thursday, July 24, 2025
6:30-8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Riverview Terrace at The East Bank Club
500 North Kingsbury, Chicago, IL 60654
Parking Garage available on the property.

Join us on a private Riverview Terrace for an evening of good food, drinks and networking with your Illinois friends and colleagues.

All IPS Resident, Early Career Psychiatrist, and Medical Student MEMBERS are welcome!
Must be an APA/IPS member to attend.

RSVP by July 16.

Questions? Contact Kmalloy@ilpsych.org or mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org.

Thank you to our event sponsors!

Rural Psychiatry in Alaska with Dr. Jane Larouche

Join this Fireside Chat with Dr. Jane Larouche who will be discussing her experience with Rural Psychiatry in Alaska 

Virtual Event

Tuesday, July 1, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

IPS Presents The Future of Mental Health Policy

DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Free Virtual Event
Thursday, June 12, 2025
6:30-8:00 p.m.

Whether you’re a seasoned IPS advocate or just dipping your toe in for the first time, this event is for you.

• Meet Several Legislators: Find out who they are, what they stand for, and what their mental health priorities are for the upcoming session.

• Ask Questions: Weigh-in with your thoughts as the expert in the mental health field.

• Build Relationships: It is KEY to build relationships with legislators to further promote patient safety, decrease stigma, and improve the psychiatric and overall mental health profession. Not sure how to contribute to the conversation? Don’t worry…flies on the wall are also welcome! Learn and Grow with US!

Reflections on a Career in Psychiatry with Dr. Peter Alahi.

Join this Fireside Chat to discuss what you wish you would have known when you were a Resident/Fellow and What trainees entering the field of psychiatry should know.

Virtual Event

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

IPS Meet & Greet at the 2025 APA Annual Meeting

Join fellow IPS members for a casual meetup at the Glance Lobby Bar inside the J.W. Marriott Los Angeles L.A. located at 900 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles.

Sunday, May 18 from 5 - 6:30 pm.

Seating is first come first serve.

Located on the lobby level of JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE, Glance Lobby Bar offers an international selection of wine, innovative cocktails and domestic and international beers, among other refreshments.

Contract Negotiations:
A Panel Discussion from Different Perspectives

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
7-8 pm

To join, please email mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org for meeting link.

Dr. Jordan Romero - will cover things I wish I'd known and questions I wish I'd asked prior to accepting my first position as an outpatient, private-practice attending.

Jordan Romero, M.D. is a board-certified General Adult Psychiatrist who received his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his General Psychiatry residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School. His clinical interests include psychopharmacology and psychotherapy of anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, and substance abuse disorders. Dr. Romero is available for initial evaluations, second opinion consultations, as well as ongoing medication management and psychotherapy of adult patients.

Dr. Joseph Willuweit - will discuss 3-5 specific contract provisions that attendees should be specifically attuned to (e.g. restrictive covenants, early termination, indemnity, incentive-based comp).  With any remaining time and in the Q&A, he will discuss general approach to employment negotiations, and in particular why it is important to give contract review/negotiation the appropriate time and attention – that the “legal stuff” (which may not seem like a priority) can have significant impact on a physician’s day-to-day and overall satisfaction in the position.

Mr. Willuweit concentrates his practice in mental health law and confidentiality, risk management, health care law, professional licensure, and guardianship and probate matters. Prior to Monahan Law Group, Mr. Willuweit completed internships in the general counsel's office at both a Chicago-based hospital and a national healthcare professional association, in addition to the city of Chicago. Further, he volunteered at the Pro Se Adult Guardianship Help Desk for the Cook County Circuit Court.  Mr. Willuweit received his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he served as Senior Editor of the Annals of Health Law and was involved with the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy including planning and coordinating the 2015 Access to Health Field Study in McAllen, Texas. He received his undergraduate degrees from Loyola University Chicago where he graduated from the Interdisciplinary Honors Program and was active in the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. 

Forming a Union at an Illinois Residency Program - with Dr. Fadi Hamati, Dr. Victoria Moors, Dr. Nicolette Alberti, and Dr. Marin Mazeres

Virtual Event

Tuesday, February 4, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join fellow Resident Members for an informal Fireside Chat

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

How to Choose a Practice After Completing Training - with Dr. Dustin Pilat

Virtual Event

Tuesday, January 7, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.

Fireside Chats for Resident Members - With Dr. Jaroslaw Czarnkowski

Virtual Event

Tuesday, December 3, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join fellow Resident Members for an informal Fireside Chat

Please reach out to Meghan Engelbrecht at mengelbrecht@ilpsych.org to sign up.