Presentations

Presentations (lectures, grandround, conferences, workshops)

Regional 

1. 12/17/2020: Infant-Parent and Transgender Mental Health Initiatives in Pakistan: A Dream Comes True. Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Long Island, NY 
2. 08/20/2020: The effects of Substance use on youth’s mental health and benefits of early intervention. RWJ Somerset, NJ 
3. Management of ADHD and complex comorbidities in a pediatric setting. Grand Round presentation at Department of Pediatric Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ 07/8/2020
4. Impact of Alcohol on Teenager Brain. Keynote Speaker Wellspring Center for Prevention New Jersey. 06/24/2020
5. Kleptomania: Assessment, Formulation, & Management. Lecture for social workers at the Division of Family Guidance, Hackensack, NJ 02/13/2019
6. Working with School. Lecture for pediatricians, primary care physicians, and school staff NJ State Project ECHO. 11/11, 2019
7. Working with Ambivalent Teens. Lecture for pediatricians, primary care physicians, and school staff NJ State Project ECHO. 11/16, 2019
8. Working with Parents and Siblings. Lecture for pediatricians, primary care physicians, and school staff NJ State Project ECHO. 8/8/2019
9. Developing an empathic and non-judgmental understanding of our patients. Guest Speaker 2020 Rutgers Mini-Med Spring Lecture for NJ State High School Students
10. Childhood psychiatric disorder lecture series for Rutgers NJMS medical students and residents

National 

1. Ghost-Busters in the Nursery: Cost-Effective Solutions to the Effects of Early Environmental Trauma. Symposia for the annual AACAP (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) meeting 2020 San Francisco, CA
2. Approaches to Training Clinicians in Perinatal, Infant, and Preschool Mental Health from Academia to Pakistan" Clinical Perspective for AACAP meeting 2020 San Francisco, CA
3. Empowering trainees to engage in scholarly work and leadership role” workshop for AAP (Association of Academic Psychiatry) annual meeting 2020 in Canada. 
4. The Price of Being Cool in Adolescents: Dabbing, Vaping, and E-Cigarette Use, Annual APA Meeting 2020 Philadelphia, PA
5. Empowering Trainees to Engage in Scholarly Work and Leadership Roles, Annual APA Meeting 2020, Philadelphia, PA
6. LGBTQ+: A Primer for Mental Health Providers, Annual APA Meeting 2020, Philadelphia, PA
7. Resident Scholarly Activity: “From Citation to Commendation” and “Being a Peer Reviewer”: Being and How? AADPRT meeting March 2020, Dallas, TX
8. Music in Infant Development and Psychodynamic Psychiatry. 2020 Annual AAPDPP meeting, Philadelphia, PA
9. Lullabies for Sleep and for the Transmission of Emotion and Culture. 2020 Annual WAIMH meeting, Brisbane, Australia 
10. Culturally Sensitive Infant Mental Training for Front Line Caregivers in Low to Medium Income Countries (LMIC). 2020 Annual WAIMH meeting, Brisbane, Australia
11. A baby with a brain and a caregiver: Infant Mental Health training in high-risk populations, Annual APA meeting 2019
12. Insight and Interventions from Infant Mental Health for the Global Psychotherapist. Annual AAPDPP meeting 2019
13. A baby with a brain and a caregiver: Infant Mental Health training in high-risk populations, Annual APA meeting 2019
14. Mental Health Providers’ Primer Regarding Terminology, Lessons, and Resources on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression. Annual APA meeting 2019
15. Finding Your Match: The Process of Obtaining Residency Positions. Annual APA meeting 2019
16. Empowering trainees to engage in scholarly work and leadership role. Annual APA meeting 2019
17. Mental Health Provider’s Primer Regarding Terminology, Lessons and Resources on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression. Annual APA meeting 2018
18. Suicide During Transition of Care; What Clinicians Can Do to Lower Suicide Rate? Annual APA meeting 2018
19. Finding Your Match: The Process of Obtaining Residency and Fellowship Positions. Annual APA meeting 2018
20. Rapid Fire Talk - Prediction Challenges of Readmission in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting. 2017 APA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
21. Rapid Fire Talk - Presented Psychiatry department scholarly activity at the GME Committee meeting on 06/23/16
22. How to Conduct a Systematic Review: 39th Annual APPNA (Association of Pakistani Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America) Convention. Washington D.C. August 3, 2016.

International 

1. Prevalence of common mental disorders in South Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. WPA annual meeting March 2021 Bangkok  
2. Infant and child psychiatry initiatives in Pakistan: How a dream comes true. WPA annual meeting March 2021 Bangkok 
3. Empowering Trainees, in developing countries, to engage in scholarly work and leadership role. WPA annual meeting, March 2020 Bangkok.
4. Playbook for creating a global infant parent mental health (IPMH) training. WPA annual meeting, March 2020 Bangkok
5. 02/11/20 Invited Guest speaker for workshop: Parenting in the Era of Social Media. Ali Ahmad Khan Hospital, Jhang Sadar, Pakistan
6. 02/12/20 Invited Guest Speaker for Workshop: Parenting (Use of Media/Internet/Game) & ADHD. Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad, Pakistan 
7. 02/13/20 Invited Guest Speaker for Workshop: Parent-Child Mental Health & Schooling. Spring Clinic, Mukhtar A. Sheikh Hospital, Multan, Pakistan
8. 02/14/20: Invited Guest Speaker for Workshop: Management of Complex ADHD. Children’s Hospital, Multan, Pakistan
9. 02/14/20 Invited Guest Speaker for Workshop: How to build Empathy for challenging patients and families
10. 02/21/20 Invited Guest Speaker for Panel Discussion: Psychiatry for Medical Students-World Psychiatry Association (WPA) Educational Seminar. Faletti’s Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan
11. 02/21/20: Invited Guest Speaker: Infant Parent Mental Health at WPA International Seminar on Autism and Child Psychiatry. Fountain House, Lahore, Pakistan
12. 10/22/19 Invited speaker for workshop: Management of Treatment Resistant Depression. Fountain House, Lahore, Pakistan
13. 10/23/19 Invited speaker for Grand Round Presentation: Fostering Enthusiasm among trainees to do scholarly work and leadership Role. Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
14. 10/24/19 Invited Speaker with Dr. Alexandra Harrison from Harvard, for Workshop on Infant Mental Health. Dow University Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
15. 10/25/19 Invited Speaker with Dr. Alexandra Harrison from Harvard, for Workshop on Infant Mental Health. Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
16. 10/26/19 Invited Speaker with Dr. Alexandra Harrison from Harvard, for Workshop on Infant Mental Health. Dr. Abdular Qadeer Khan Institute, Karachi, Pakistan
17. 10/26/19 Invited Speaker with Dr. Alexandra Harrison from Harvard, for Workshop on Infant Mental Health. Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan
18. 10/28/19 – 10/30/19 Invited Speaker with Dr. Alexandra Harrison from Harvard, for 3-day Workshop on Infant Mental Health. Nishtar Medical University, Multan, Pakistan
19. 10/30/19 Invited Speaker seminar on how to encourage residents, medical students, and faculty to engage in scholarly work. Nishtar Medical University, Multan, Pakistan
20. 10/30/19 Invited Speaker Management of aggressive behavior in Children with psychiatric disorder. Children Hospital Multan, Pakistan
21. 10/31/19 – 11/01/19 Invited Speaker with Dr. Alexandra Harrison from Harvard, for 2-day Workshop on Infant Mental Health. Indus Hospital, Muzafarrgarh, Pakistan
22. 11/02/19: Invited Speaker with Dr. Alexandra Harrison from Harvard, Workshop on Infant Mental Health. King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

Reports of Online Teaching

1. 07/18/20: Parenting during Pandemic. New-Gen Pharmaceuticals Karachi, Pakistan. 
2. 07/11/20: Parenting in the Era of COVID-19. Lecture with collaboration of department of psychology University of Karachi, Pakistan
3. 06/16/20: How to build empathy and non-judgmental approach. Medical student teaching Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
4. 01/03/20: Infant Parent Mental Health Course-Basics. Online teaching via VMR to Child psychiatry fellow at Institute of Living Hartford (IOL), CT 

5. 12/15/19: Management of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Pakistan. Online teaching via Instagram on Umang Pakistan 

6. How to self-care, approach to family fights & parenting (Urdue/Hindi) Experts agreements and disagreements. YouTube channel Neuroconnexin May 17, 2020 

7. Stress Management during COVID-19 pandemic. YouTube channel interview by Dr. Khawar Nazir. May 17, 2020 

8. AAPNA Merit Webinar: Emotional Support and Well-being of Frontline Staff during COVID-19 Panel Discussion. May 17, 2020 

9. Webinar: Stress Management during Pandemic & Spread Positivity: Role of medical professionals May 10, 2020 

10. How COVID-19 pandemic can impact young children. YouTube channel interview by Dr. kashif Siddiq. April 30, 2020

Poster presentations

1. Implementation and Effectiveness of Non-Specialist Mediated Interventions for Children with ASD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2019 Annual AACAP meeting, Chicago, IL 
2. Pediatric Anxiety Disorders (PAD) and Pharmacologic Intervention: Which Medication to Pick. 2019 Annual AACAP meeting, Chicago, IL
3. Maternal PTSD Among Adolescents During the Perinatal Period: A Literature Review and Discussion. 2020 AACAP annual meeting 
4. Medical Education in the Time of COVID-19: A Literature Review on e-Learning. 2020 AACAP annual meeting  
5. Vaping and Dabbing: The Cost of Being Cool. 2020 AACAP annual meeting  
6. Prosocial Deception: The Role of White Lies in Social-Cognitive Development. 2020 AACAP annual meeting 
7. Insight and Interventions from Infant Mental Health for the Global Psychotherapist. 2019 Annual AAPDPP meeting 
8. A baby with a brain and a caregiver: Infant Mental Health training in high-risk populations, 2019 Annual APA meeting.   
9. Management of Catatonia in Pediatric Population: A Literature Review. 2018 Annual AACAP meeting Seattle, WA
10. Identification and Response to Suicide in a Fellow Outpatient Clinic. 2018 Annual AACAP meeting Seattle, WA

11. Role of S-Adenosyl Methionine, Zinc, and Magnesium in Management of Pediatric Depression and ADHD. 
2018 Annual AACAP meeting Seattle, WA 

12. Cardio-metabolic Screening of Children and Adolescent Patients in Our Urban Outpatient Clinic: A Quality Improvement Measure. 2018 Annual AACAP meeting Seattle, WA
13. Association of Bullying with Behavioral Difficulties among School Among Pakistani Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Survey of 7 Cities. 2018 Annual AACAP meeting Seattle, WA 

14. Copycat Suicide Attempt Following Netflix Show “13 Reasons Why”: A Case Report and Literature Review. 2018 APA annual meeting New York NY 

15. Does thirty-day readmission has relevance in psychiatric patient population? 2018 APA annual meeting New York NY 
16. Predictors of drug use among adolescents admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit. 2017 Annual AACAP meeting Washington DC 

17. Predictive Factors for Length of Hospital Stay in an Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit: 2017 Annual AACAP meeting Washington DC 

18. Preventing Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents Prescribed with Antipsychotics-A Literature Review. 2017 Annual AACAP meeting Washington DC 

19. Prevalence of anger in child & adolescent inpatient population with positive traumatic experience and comorbidities: A Performance Improvement project. 2017 Annual AACAP meeting Washington DC 


20. Prediction Challenges of Readmission in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting. 8th Annual Mount Sinai Consortium Resident Research Day, New York, NY. June 2, 2017 

21. An Anonymous Survey Results show Resident’s Knowledge about LGBTQ community. 8th Annual Mount Sinai Consortium Resident Research Day, New York, NY. June 2, 2017 

22. Adolescent Grief and Transvestism (Cross Dressing): A Case Report and literature Review. 2017 APA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 

23. Prevalence of Substance Use in Adolescents on an Inpatient Unit: A Resident Run Performance Improvement Project. 2016 Annual AACAP meeting New York NY 

24. Evolution of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Bibliometric Analysis of Top Seven Journals of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2016 Annual AACAP meeting New York NY

25. Importance of Identifying and Managing Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia at an Earlier Age: A Case Report. 2016 Annual IPS meeting, Washington DC
26. Health Care Disparities Among LGBT Youth: A Literature Review. 2016 Annual IPS meeting, Washington DC
27. Mood Dysregulation in the Setting of Early Childhood Trauma. 2016 Annual IPS meeting, Washington DC
28. Importance of Early Identification of Atypical Psychosis After Childhood Sexual Abuse: 2016 Annual IPS meeting, Washington DC.
29. Effect of Antidepressants on REM Sleep in the Elderly Population: A Literature Review. 2016 Annual IPS meeting, Washington DC
30. Prediction Challenges of Readmission in the Psychiatric Inpatient setting: A Resident Run Performance Improvement. 2016 Annual APA meeting, Atlanta GA
31. Seeking A Better Outcome: A Survey About LGBTQQI2S Knowledge. 2016 Annual APA meeting, Atlanta GA
32. Challenges in Diagnosing Factitious Disorder: A Case Report. 2016 Annual APA meeting, Atlanta GA 
33. Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. 2016 Annual APA meeting, Atlanta GA 
34. Medication-Induced Myoclonus: A Case Report.  2016 Annual APA meeting, Atlanta GA
35. Role of Methylphenidate in Resolution of Catatonic Symptoms in Patients with Protracted Schizophrenia. 2016 Annual MSSNY meeting, New York NY
36. Mirtazapine Induced Nightmare in Elderly Population. 2016 Annual NYPSPA Annual meeting
37. Lorazepam Challenge in a Patient with Altered Mental Status. 2015 Annual NEI Psychopharmacology Institute meeting 
38. Improving Inpatient Care of LGBT Patients: A Resident's Challenge. 2015 Annual IPS meeting, New York NY
39. A Teenager's Breakup by a Facebook Status Update-Perception of Public Humiliation Leading to Suicidal Attempt. 2013 Annual IPS meeting Philadelphia, PA.