2025 Annual Scientific Conference

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Friday, November 7, 2025

8:00 AM (EST)

to Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM (EST)

Omni Mount Washington Resort

310 Mount Washington Hotel Road Bretton Woods, NH 03575 United States

Category: Special Events

Building Bridges:
Integrating Behavioral Health for Better Outcomes

Full Agenda HERE

Agenda Topics:
Integrating Psychiatry and Primary Care
Caring for the "Difficult Patient" in a Medical Setting
Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Settings
Community Mental Health Centers
Perspectives in Complex Public Health Issues
Mental Health in Transgender Communities
Rural Healthcare Solutions
New Hampshire Medicaid Changes
The Evolving Physician Leader

3 Opioid Programs:
Maternal Mental Health and Perinatal Addiction
Emerging Challenges in Withdrawal, Addiction, and Toxicity
Mental Health and Substance Use Treatments
Hepatitis C Elimination Among People Who Use Drugs

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Invitation to Sponsor

Questions? Email nhmedicalsociety@nhms.org

Current Annual Meeting Sponsors/Exhibitors:

Registration Options

Registration Options	Credits	Price
Guest Pass for Meals and Receptions		$450.00
Early Bird Member $749		$749.00
Early Bird Non-Member $849		$849.00
Resident / Student Rate ($99 only for meals) Residents and Students receive free conference pass and very discounted meal price.		$99.00
Faculty Special pricing only for Annual Meeting faculty		$499.00

Building Bridges:
Integrating Behavioral Health for Better Outcomes

Friday - November 7

8:30 - 9:30am	Non-CME Session: TBD
9:00 - 10:00am	Registration
10:00am	Welcome Patrick Ho, MD (NH Medical Society President)
10:00 - 11:00am	Integrating Psychiatry and Primary Care: The Role of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in Whole-Person Care Ashwini Saxena, MD, PhD (VP/Chief Medical Officer, The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester)
11:00am - 12:00pm	Caring for the "Difficult Patient” in a Medical Setting Andres Calagua, MD (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth; Assistant Program Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; Staff Psychiatrist, Dartmouth Health)
12:00 - 1:00pm	Lunch – Visit Exhibitors Non-CME Session: TBD (Lundbeck)
1:00 - 2:00pm	Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Settings Christine Finn, MD (Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Psychiatry, Dartmouth Health)
2:00 - 2:30pm	Break - Visit Exhibitors
2:30 - 3:30pm	Community Mental Health Centers: Building Stronger Systems Through Collaboration Panelists: -- Brian Paul, MD (Medical Director, Riverbend Community Mental Health; Laboratory Director, Choices Addiction Recovery Services, Riverbend Community Mental Health; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth) -- Tom Sherman, MD (Board Member, Seacoast Mental Health) -- Diane Roston, MD (Staff Psychiatrist, West Central Behavioral Health) -- Mary Brunette, MD (Medical Director, Bureau of Mental Health Services, NH DHHS (invited)) Moderator: Patrick Ho, MD, MPH (NH Medical Society President)
3:30 - 4:30pm	The Kaleidoscope of Perspectives in Complex Public Health Issues -- Maura M. Weston, JD (Principal, Cornerstone Government Affairs) -- Cathy Stratton, CAE (CEO, NH Medical Society)
4:30 - 5:30pm	Non-CME Session: TBD (Ledyard Bank)
	Ortho Track Program 1:00-5:15pm
6:15 - 10:00pm	Opening Reception & 2025 Awards Dinner 6:15 pm \| Opening Night Reception - Join for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres 7:15 pm \| Opening Night Dinner 8:30 pm \| Karaoke (Semi-formal attire is recommended)

Saturday - November 8

6:00am	Up And At 'Em! Morning Run (More details to come) Indoor Option: Yoga Sponsored by the NHMS Physician Wellness Committee
7:00 - 8:00am	Breakfast Non-CME Session: Obesity (Novo Nordisk)
8:00 - 9:00am	KEYNOTE: The Light in Our Wounds: How Lived Experience, Partnerships, and Science can be Levers for Transforming Perinatal Mental Healthcare Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP (Executive Director, Lifeline for Families Center & Lifeline for Moms Program; Professor with Tenure of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences; Medical Director of Research and Evaluation, MCPAP for Moms) (Qualifies for Opioid Credit)
9:00 - 10:00am	Navigating Mental Health in Transgender Communities -- Frances B. Lim-Liberty, MD (Pediatric Endocrinologist, Children’s Hospital, Dartmouth; Medical Director, Pediatric and Adolescent, and Young Adult Transgender Clinic) -- Harvey Feldman, LCMHC (he/him) (Therapist)
10:00 - 10:30am	Break - Visit Exhibitors Raffle
10:30 - 11:30am	Rural Healthcare Solutions: Bringing Ophthalmology to the North Country Kim Licciardi, MD (President, NH Ophthalmologic Association)
11:30am - 12:30pm	Unpacking New Hampshire Medicaid Changes: Clarifying State Law Changes and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Medical Providers Jonathan Ballard, MD, MPH, MPhil, FACPM (Chief Medical Officer, NH Department of Health and Human Services)
12:30 - 2:00pm	Lunch General Session or Visit Exhibitors Raffle
12:30 - 1:30pm	Non-CME Session: Product Theater (Exact Sciences)
2:00 - 3:30pm	The Evolving Physician Leader: Adaptive Strategies for a Complex Healthcare Landscape Andrew S. Valeras DO, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM (Director, Leadership Preventive Medicine)
4:00 - 5:00pm	Group Activity (details TBD)
4:30 - 5:30pm	Non-CME Session: TBD
6:15 - 10:00pm	Presidential Reception & Dinner 6:00 pm \| Presidential Reception - Join for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres 7:15 pm \| Presidential Dinner The dinner will include the passing of the NHMS Medallion, Presidential photo and remarks from incoming NHMS President, Marie Ramas, MD 9:00 pm \| Live Entertainment - No Co-Pay. (Black tie or Semi-formal attire is recommended)

Sunday - November 9
All Sunday morning programming will qualify for Opioid credits

6:00am	Yoga (details to come)
7:00 - 8:00am	Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00am	Kratom and 7-OH-Mitragynine: Emerging Challenges in Withdrawal, Addiction, and Toxicity Cornel N. Stanciu, MD, MRO, CPE, FASAM, FAPA (Addiction Psychiatrist & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth; Director of Addiction Services, New Hampshire Hospital) (Qualifies for Opioid Credit)
9:00 - 10:00am	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Hospitals -- Bryan Hybki, MD (Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth) -- H. Samuel Landsman, MD (Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth) (Qualifies for Opioid Credit)
10:00 - 11:00am	The Syndemic of Substance Use and Hepatitis C David de Gijsel, MD, MSc, MPH (Qualifies for Opioid Credit)
11:00am	Conference Adjourns "Last One Standing" Raffle