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CME LLC Announces Local Faculty and Medical Advisers for Its 2006 U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress in New Orleans

Posted on: Monday, 26 June 2006, 18:00 CDT

IRVINE, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- CME LLC, a leading provider of fully accredited continuing medical education programs, today announced the addition of local faculty and medical advisers for its 19th Annual U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress, taking place November 16-19 in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and Hilton New Orleans Riverside. CME LLC is proud to bring the second largest psychiatric educational conference in the United States to New Orleans and support the city's rebounding convention and tourism business.

"We're tapping local experts as medical advisers and faculty so attendees can learn from their experiences related to Hurricane Katrina," said Marsha Meyer, RPh, senior vice president of clinical information for CME LLC. "The U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress has a loyal following of clinicians; the mental health community is already responding with excitement about supporting the rebirth of New Orleans."

One such session, "Aftermath of Katrina," will be led by Daniel K. Winstead, M.D. Dr. Winstead is the Robert G. Heath, Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane University's School of Medicine. Another session, "Children & Adolescents Displaced by Katrina," will be led by Howard J. Osofsky, M.D. Dr. Osofsky is a Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Louisiana State University's School of Medicine and Professor of Neuroscience at LSU Medical Center's Neuroscience Center of Excellence.

More than 120 educational sessions will be offered across twelve specialty tracks, featuring the latest mental health breakthroughs. This year, 31 new speakers and 68 attendee requested speakers join the faculty, and a pre-congress workshop on bipolar disorder will be offered. Other engaging sessions will cover such hot topics as "Risk for Metabolic Disorders During Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Treatments,""Pharmaceutical Treatment of Addictive Disease," and other psychopharmacological topics, as well as "Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum" and other psychotherapy related sessions.

Gene Usdin, M.D. and Senior Psychiatrist Emeritus at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, also contributed to the development of educational sessions for the Congress. As a medical adviser, Usdin made suggestions and reviewed materials, topics and speakers of clinical relevance to patient needs.

Each year, nearly 3,000 mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, primary care physicians, pharmacists and nurse practitioners attend the U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress. The event, sponsored by CME LLC, provides clinicians with important information on the latest research findings and treatment options in the field of mental health. CME LLC is currently finalizing curriculum for the 2006 Congress.

Ongoing improvements continue in New Orleans. The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center reopened in February and currently has 32 events scheduled for 2006, with an expected 245,000 attendees. As of June, according to the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau, more than 1,000 restaurants in the New Orleans metropolitan area are now open.

About CME LLC

CME LLC is a leading provider of fully accredited continuing medical education programs and offers a wide range of informational and educational resources for healthcare professionals. Based in Irvine, Calif., CME produces a variety of conferences, multimedia home-study products and Web sites and is the sponsor of the U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress and the Issues in Medicine: U.S. Medical Congress. For additional information, visit http://www.cmellc.com/ .

CME LLC

CONTACT: Kraig Smith of PReturn Inc., +1-312-432-9405,ksmith@preturn.com, for CME LLC

Web site: http://www.cmellc.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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