Academic Year 2019-2020

Clinical Lecture Series at the Chicago Area State Mental Health Centers

The UIC Department of Psychiatry also provides a regular series of off-site Grand Rounds lectures at Chicago Area State Mental Health Centers, with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Category 1 Continuing Medical Education (CME) hours. The program is ACCME accredited through the University of Illinois Chicago, Continuing Medical Education Office.

These CME-accredited monthly lectures are provided by the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry to the professional staff on location at the state mental health centers in the northern Illinois region.

  • Elgin MHC

    10:30 – 12 Noon
    (1st Tuesday of the month)


    750 S. State Street
    Elgin, IL 60123
    Kilbourne / Rehab Building,
    Conference Room

  • Chicago Read

    11 – 12:30
    (4th Thursday of the month)


    4200 North Oak Park Ave
    Chicago, IL 60634
    Main Building, auditorium

  • Madden

    11 – 12:30
    (4th Friday of the month)


    Hines, IL 60141-7000
    Administration Building, auditorium

Month Elgin
1st Tuesday/ month
10:30am -12:00noon


Linda Nidelkoff
847-742-1040
Chicago Read
4th Thursday / month
11am-12:30pm


Juan Ponder
773-794-4201
Madden
4th Friday/ month
11am-12:30pm


Lorrie Smietanski
708-338-7213

October

10/1/2019

10/24/2019
Jaleel Abdul-Adil, PhD

10/25/2019
Stephanie Gorka, PhD

November

11/5/2019
Stephan Pesanti, MD

11/21/2019
Neil Pliskin, PhD

11/22/2019
Drs. Melissa Wagner/Caroline Holmes

January

1/7/2020
Julie Carbray, PhD

1/23/2020
Joey Cooper, MD

1/24/2020
Dorothy C. Tessman, APRN

February

NO DMH GR

2/27/2020
Mathias Lillig, MD

2/28/2020
Jaclyn Weisman, PhD

March

3/3/2020
Lea Ventura, PhD

NO DMH GR

NO DMH GR

April

4/7/2020
Drs. Danijela Stojanac/Laura Briz/ Caleb Reyes

4/23/2020
Sree Katragadda, MD

4/24/2020
Lisa Suarez, PhD

May

5/5/2020
John Zulueta, MD

5/28/2020
Jenna Duffecy, PhD

5/29/2020
Aneet Ahluwalia, MD

June

6/2/2020
Jamie Kienast, LCSW

NO DMH GR

NO DMH GR