Telemental Health in the VA: A National Model of Expansion and Outcomes
Track
:
Clincal Services: Telemental Health
Program Code:
14
Date:
Monday, May 17, 2010
Time:
10:45 AM to 11:45 AM
EST
Location:
214B
MODERATOR
:
Linda Godleski, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
Linda Godleski, MD, is the VHA Telemental Health Lead and Chairs the VHA Telemental Health Field Work Group. She is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the VA Connecticut Health Care System. Dr. Godleski has a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University, and received her MD degree from the University of Virginia where she also completed her psychiatry residency. Previous positions include VA MidSouth Regional Mental Health Services Manager and Telemedicine Coordinator, and faculty positions at the Universities of Hawaii, Virginia, Louisville and Vanderbilt.
SPEAKER
(S):
Jay H. Shore, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Denver
Jay H. Shore, M.D., MPH is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver’s Department of Psychiatry and the School of Public Health’s Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health. He is a subject matter expert for the Department of Defense’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center and leads the Native Domain for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Veterans Rural Health Resource Center_Western Region. Dr. Shore has been an ATA member since 2000, serves on its board of directors, and is an active member in the TeleMental Health Special Interest Group for which he is the vice-chair.
Leslie Morland, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii
Dr. Leslie A. Morland is a Clinical Psychologist at the National Center for PTSD-Pacific Island Division and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the John Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. Clinical and research interests include developing empirically based best practice guidelines for the provision of PTSD services to trauma victims in rural locations. Dr. Morland has completed several federally-funded randomized clinical trials examining the efficacy of telemental health technology for the provision of evidence-based PSTD services to rural Pacific Island military populations. Dr. Morland has published and presented nationally and internationally.
Eric Kuhn, PhD, Co-Director for Education, VA Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center
Eric Kuhn, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist serving as Co-Director for Education (PTSD) in the VA Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and is affiliated with the VA National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division. Dr. Kuhn is a Subject Matter Expert on the MyHealtheVet website for VA patients, the Department of Defense’s afterdeployment.org website for recent returnees of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and a civilian Website for hospitalized recent trauma survivors. Dr Kuhn has more than 10 years of experience studying PTSD and treating trauma survivors (military and civilian) with evidence-based CBTs.