10/01/2026

2027 Annual Psychiatric Update and Mental Health Clinical Summit

Save-the-date and plan to attend: April 3-4, 2027 at Hilton Polaris, Columbus

The program for OPPA's 2027 Annual Psychiatric Update is almost finalized! Thanks so much to members of the planning committee who have met weekly for the past couple of months to identify topics that will be addressed by expert speakers.

The following topics and speakers have been confirmed (Titles subject to change slightly):

• Deprescribing as a Core Competency in Psychiatry
  • Jeffrey Strawn, MD, University of Cincinnati
• Glutamate - GABA and the Next Era of Depression
  • Samuel Wilkinson, MD, Yale School of Medicine
• Sleep Medications - What's the Latest?
  • Ketan Deoras, MD, Summa Health System, Akron
• Is it Borderline or Bipolar?
  • Mark Zimmerman, MD, Brown University
• Anti-obesity Medications in Psychiatry - Beyond Weight Loss
  • Raman Krimpuri, MD, Portage Path Team, Akron
• Post-partem Psychosis and a Failing Mental Health System - The Lindsey Clancy Case
  • Phil Resnick, MD, Cleveland 

Be on the lookout for additional information, along with the registration link in the next few weeks!