Grand Hyatt | New York City
The National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being is hosted by Weill Cornell Medicine, in partnership with the Association of American Medical Colleges, Associated Medical Schools of New York, and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Medical students experience higher rates of psychological distress, including anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation, compared to peers in the general population. While much needed attention is currently being focused on clinician well-being within the medical community, it is time to concentrate more fully on medical students as well.
The National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary forum to examine the mental health needs of medical students. Bringing together leading experts in the field, medical school administrators and faculty, mental health professionals, and medical students, it seeks to better understand the causes of psychological distress in this population. Key goals are to identify new and improved strategies for detection, treatment, and prevention of mental illness in medical students, as well as innovative methods for fostering greater resilience and well-being, that can be implemented at medical schools around the country.
View the conference program and speakers
Conference attendees will include approximately 400 medical school deans, university and teaching hospital administrators, faculty physicians, researchers, mental health professionals, and medical students. It is particularly designed for health care practitioners in the fields of:
Individuals working in medical education, admissions, and student affairs fields at medical schools will also benefit from the clinical, scientific, and administrative discussions during the conference.
Augustine M.K. Choi, MD
Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean
Weill Cornell Medicine
Co-Chair, National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being
Jonathan Avery, MD
Director of Addiction Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medicine
Jessica Clemons, MD
Psychiatrist
Madeline DelVescovo
Research Coordinator Co-Op
National Board of Medical Examiners
Barbara L. Hempstead, MD, PhD
Dean, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Darrell G. Kirch, MD
President Emeritus
Association of American Medical Colleges
Thomas W. Koenig, MD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Francis S. Lee, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Mortimer D. Sackler, M.D. Professor of Molecular Biology in Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medicine
Timothy C. Marchell, PhD, MPH, MDiv
Director, Skorton Center for Health Initiatives
Cornell Health
Lisa M. Meeks, PhD, MA
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Christine Moutier, MD
Chief Medical Officer
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Miguel A. Paniagua, MD
Medical Advisor in Test Development Services
National Board of Medical Examiners
Adjunct Associate Professor
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan A. Ripp, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Dean for Well-Being and Resilience
Chief Wellness Officer
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Vice President, Health Sciences
University of Nevada, Reno
Stuart Slavin, MD, MEd
Senior Scholar for Well-being
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Jo Wiederhorn
President and Chief Executive Officer
Associated Medical Schools of New York
Geoffrey H. Young, PhD
Senior Director, Student Affairs and Programs
Association of American Medical Colleges
Dana Zappetti, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Richard A. Friedman, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Director, Student Mental Health Program
Weill Cornell Medicine
Co-Chair, National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being
Charles L. Bardes, MD
Associate Dean, Admissions
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Isaiah Cochran, MD
President, American Medical Student Association
Elizabeth Gong-Guy, PhD
Executive Director of UCLA Campus and Student Resilience
Associate Clinical Professor, Psychology Department
UCLA
Emily Herzlin, MBSR
Mind-Body Instructor
Weill Cornell Medicine
Jordan F. Karp, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, and Clinical and Translational Science
Director, Student Mental Health Services
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sibel Klimstra, MD
Ehrenkranz Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medicine
Lyuba Konopasek, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Education
Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University
Conor Liston, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute and Department of Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medicine
Peter M. Marzuk, MD
Gertrude Feil Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs
Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medicine
Lisa A. Mellman, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Samuel Rudin Professor of Psychiatry at CUMC
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Michael F. Myers, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Herbert Pardes, MD
Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
NewYork-Presbyterian
Victor Schwartz, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, The Jed Foundation (JED)
Srijan Sen, MD, PhD
Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences
Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan
Michelle Van Ryn, PhD
Grace Phelps Distinguished Professor
Oregon Health & Science University
Sidney Zisook, MD
Distinguished Professor
UC San Diego
Jennifer Moon, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Coordinator
National Conference on Medical Student Mental Health and Well-Being
1300 York Avenue, F-102B
New York, NY 10065
646-962-6139
mentalhealth2019@med.cornell.edu
