Psych Congress Elevate 2022 Preview: From "Sin City" to "CME City"

Psych Congress Elevate co-chairs, Craig Chepke, MD, FAPA, and Carmen Kosicek, MSN, APNP, PMHNP-BC, share "what to expect" at this year's conference. Some highlights include 24+ CME credits, 30+ psychopharmacology focused and forward thinking sessions, free headshots, networking, meeting tracks, and more.

Elevate will be taking place live and in-person June 3-5, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Elevate is a transformative educational experience, crafted by the world-class leaders of Psych Congress. It is the only conference offering practical psychopharmacology and future-focused education specifically for early career and forward-thinking mental health clinicians. Attendees engage in 3 days of cutting-edge research translated into clinical application and enjoy one-on-one access to the nation's leading minds in psychiatry.

For more information and to register, visit the meeting page.

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Dr Craig Chepke is a Board-Certified psychiatrist and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He attended NYU School of Medicine and completed his residency training at Duke University. Dr Chepke is the medical director of Excel Psychiatric Associates in Huntersville, NC as well as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry for Atrium Health. Dr. Chepke has special interests in Serious Mental Illness, movement disorders, ADHD, and sleep medicine. He employs a person-centered care model to tailor treatments to each individual's needs, balancing pharmacotherapy with psychotherapeutic and physical health and wellness interventions. He is a member of the Huntington Study Group and serves on the board of directors for the CURESZ foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people living with Schizophrenia.

Carmen Kosicek first started in Nuclear Medicine, and then returned to school with a focus in nursing. She went on in her studies and graduated in 1998 from Case Western Reserve University with her MSN, and later, with her first post graduate nurse practitioner focus certification as a Nurse Midwife from Frontier University. Nearly 20 years later, she again returned to graduate school and in 2016, she earned her second post graduate nurse practitioner certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, from the University of Cincinnati. In 2017, Carmen started her own company, which now spans three states, 9+ providers and 6,000 patients. Alay Health Team, Carmen's company that she founded and runs, serves children through adults, from group homes, County facilities, and immediately post discharge for patients from prison systems.  Carmen has been expanding her reach of teaching and PMHNP placement to a multi-site primary care provider company with focus on imbedding psychiatric services into primary care offices as the Executive Director of Behavioral Health Services.