About this Event
Join us for our first institution-wide Critical Care Grand Rounds at UT Southwestern Medical Center hosted by the Critical Care QAPI and Psychiatry Groups!
Featured Speaker:
Jose R. Maldonado, M.D., FACLP, FACFE
John and Terry Levin Family Professor of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Maldonado is a world expert in the field of ICU Psychiatry with a focus of ICU Delirium. He serves as Chief of the Division of Medical Psychiatry, Medical Director of the Consultation Psychiatry Service, and Chief of Critical Care Psychiatry at Stanford University Medical Center. His research has led the field of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the development of tools for the prediction and assessment of various neuropsychiatric disorders, including the Stanford Proxy Test of Delirium (S-PTD), a tool for the timely and accurate diagnosis of delirium in all clinical settings. Dr. Maldonado spearheads pioneering research, notably developing tools like SIPAT for transplant candidacy assessment and PAWSS for alcohol withdrawal prediction. His team has developed management protocols and algorithms for the prevention and treatment of delirium, as well as novel pharmacological techniques (benzodiazepine-sparing protocol) for the prophylaxis and treatment of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndromes.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from an esteemed expert in the field!
Lunch will be provided.