Faculty

Brittany Albright

MD, MPH, DABOM
Founder and Medical Director of Multidisciplinary and Interventional Psychiatry Practice
Sweetgrass Psychiatry; Medical University of South Carolina

Brittany Albright, MD, MPH, is a Harvard-trained, triple board-certified psychiatrist with expertise in interventional psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and obesity medicine. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, followed by fellowship training in Addiction Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She currently serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at MUSC.

Dr. Albright is the Founder and CEO of Sweetgrass Psychiatry, South Carolina’s largest physician-owned psychiatry practice, with three locations and a multidisciplinary team of 25+ clinicians. A leader in advancing access to innovative care, Sweetgrass Psychiatry was the first practice to launch esketamine in South Carolina in 2019 and has since developed a comprehensive interventional psychiatry program incorporating esketamine, ketamine, long acting injectables, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Her academic work includes numerous abstracts presented at national meetings and peer-reviewed publications spanning innovative psychiatric treatments and medical education. A nationally recognized speaker and consultant, Dr. Albright serves as President of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association and holds multiple leadership roles with Psych Congress, including Co-Chair of Psych Congress Elevate. She also created the Private Practice Summit, a national educational program focused on advancing independent psychiatric practice.

Her clinical approach integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, mentalization-based therapy, and motivational interviewing with evidence-based pharmacologic and interventional treatments. She enjoys treating patients across the spectrum of psychiatric illness, with particular interests in complex mood and psychotic disorders and substance use disorders. She is trained and certified in transcranial magnetic stimulation and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

2026 Sessions

Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: Recognition, Treatment, and Long-Term Management

Anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder, are common in primary care but often go underdiagnosed. This session will provide high-yield screening tools, evidence-based treatment strategies, and key considerations for long-term management. Faculty will also discuss benzodiazepine risks, alternative medication options, and when to incorporate therapy-based interventions.

Presenter

Thursday, May 14 12:50–1:50 PM
Faculty

Brittany Albright

MD, MPH, DABOM
Founder and Medical Director of Multidisciplinary and Interventional Psychiatry Practice
Sweetgrass Psychiatry; Medical University of South Carolina

Brittany Albright, MD, MPH, is a Harvard-trained, triple board-certified psychiatrist with expertise in interventional psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and obesity medicine. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, followed by fellowship training in Addiction Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She currently serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at MUSC.

Dr. Albright is the Founder and CEO of Sweetgrass Psychiatry, South Carolina’s largest physician-owned psychiatry practice, with three locations and a multidisciplinary team of 25+ clinicians. A leader in advancing access to innovative care, Sweetgrass Psychiatry was the first practice to launch esketamine in South Carolina in 2019 and has since developed a comprehensive interventional psychiatry program incorporating esketamine, ketamine, long acting injectables, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Her academic work includes numerous abstracts presented at national meetings and peer-reviewed publications spanning innovative psychiatric treatments and medical education. A nationally recognized speaker and consultant, Dr. Albright serves as President of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association and holds multiple leadership roles with Psych Congress, including Co-Chair of Psych Congress Elevate. She also created the Private Practice Summit, a national educational program focused on advancing independent psychiatric practice.

Her clinical approach integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, mentalization-based therapy, and motivational interviewing with evidence-based pharmacologic and interventional treatments. She enjoys treating patients across the spectrum of psychiatric illness, with particular interests in complex mood and psychotic disorders and substance use disorders. She is trained and certified in transcranial magnetic stimulation and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

Faculty

Laura Melaro

DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Director of Integrated Behavioral Health
Hardeman County Community Health Centers

Dr Laura K. Melaro is the Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, and a dual certified Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Hardeman County Community Health Centers in West Tennessee. She is also an Adjoint Volunteer Faculty for Vanderbilt School of Nursing and guest lecturer for other Schools of Nursing. Dr Melaro received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a member/past member of several prominent societies, including the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, and the American Nurses Association and has been a consultant for multiple HRSA funded grants. Her focus of practice is value-based, integrated behavioral and telehealth care delivery.

Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: Recognition, Treatment, and Long-Term Management

Anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder, are common in primary care but often go underdiagnosed. This session will provide high-yield screening tools, evidence-based treatment strategies, and key considerations for long-term management. Faculty will also discuss benzodiazepine risks, alternative medication options, and when to incorporate therapy-based interventions.

Presenter

Thursday, July 23 3:10–4:10 PM
Faculty

Brittany Albright

MD, MPH, DABOM
Founder and Medical Director of Multidisciplinary and Interventional Psychiatry Practice
Sweetgrass Psychiatry; Medical University of South Carolina

Brittany Albright, MD, MPH, is a Harvard-trained, triple board-certified psychiatrist with expertise in interventional psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and obesity medicine. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, followed by fellowship training in Addiction Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She currently serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at MUSC.

Dr. Albright is the Founder and CEO of Sweetgrass Psychiatry, South Carolina’s largest physician-owned psychiatry practice, with three locations and a multidisciplinary team of 25+ clinicians. A leader in advancing access to innovative care, Sweetgrass Psychiatry was the first practice to launch esketamine in South Carolina in 2019 and has since developed a comprehensive interventional psychiatry program incorporating esketamine, ketamine, long acting injectables, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Her academic work includes numerous abstracts presented at national meetings and peer-reviewed publications spanning innovative psychiatric treatments and medical education. A nationally recognized speaker and consultant, Dr. Albright serves as President of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association and holds multiple leadership roles with Psych Congress, including Co-Chair of Psych Congress Elevate. She also created the Private Practice Summit, a national educational program focused on advancing independent psychiatric practice.

Her clinical approach integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, mentalization-based therapy, and motivational interviewing with evidence-based pharmacologic and interventional treatments. She enjoys treating patients across the spectrum of psychiatric illness, with particular interests in complex mood and psychotic disorders and substance use disorders. She is trained and certified in transcranial magnetic stimulation and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

Faculty

Laura Melaro

DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Director of Integrated Behavioral Health
Hardeman County Community Health Centers

Dr Laura K. Melaro is the Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, and a dual certified Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Hardeman County Community Health Centers in West Tennessee. She is also an Adjoint Volunteer Faculty for Vanderbilt School of Nursing and guest lecturer for other Schools of Nursing. Dr Melaro received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a member/past member of several prominent societies, including the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, and the American Nurses Association and has been a consultant for multiple HRSA funded grants. Her focus of practice is value-based, integrated behavioral and telehealth care delivery.

Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: Recognition, Treatment, and Long-Term Management

Anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder, are common in primary care but often go underdiagnosed. This session will provide high-yield screening tools, evidence-based treatment strategies, and key considerations for long-term management. Faculty will also discuss benzodiazepine risks, alternative medication options, and when to incorporate therapy-based interventions.

Presenter

Friday, August 21 8:10–9:10 AM
Faculty

Brittany Albright

MD, MPH, DABOM
Founder and Medical Director of Multidisciplinary and Interventional Psychiatry Practice
Sweetgrass Psychiatry; Medical University of South Carolina

Brittany Albright, MD, MPH, is a Harvard-trained, triple board-certified psychiatrist with expertise in interventional psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and obesity medicine. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, followed by fellowship training in Addiction Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She currently serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at MUSC.

Dr. Albright is the Founder and CEO of Sweetgrass Psychiatry, South Carolina’s largest physician-owned psychiatry practice, with three locations and a multidisciplinary team of 25+ clinicians. A leader in advancing access to innovative care, Sweetgrass Psychiatry was the first practice to launch esketamine in South Carolina in 2019 and has since developed a comprehensive interventional psychiatry program incorporating esketamine, ketamine, long acting injectables, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Her academic work includes numerous abstracts presented at national meetings and peer-reviewed publications spanning innovative psychiatric treatments and medical education. A nationally recognized speaker and consultant, Dr. Albright serves as President of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association and holds multiple leadership roles with Psych Congress, including Co-Chair of Psych Congress Elevate. She also created the Private Practice Summit, a national educational program focused on advancing independent psychiatric practice.

Her clinical approach integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, mentalization-based therapy, and motivational interviewing with evidence-based pharmacologic and interventional treatments. She enjoys treating patients across the spectrum of psychiatric illness, with particular interests in complex mood and psychotic disorders and substance use disorders. She is trained and certified in transcranial magnetic stimulation and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

Faculty

Laura Melaro

DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Director of Integrated Behavioral Health
Hardeman County Community Health Centers

Dr Laura K. Melaro is the Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, and a dual certified Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Hardeman County Community Health Centers in West Tennessee. She is also an Adjoint Volunteer Faculty for Vanderbilt School of Nursing and guest lecturer for other Schools of Nursing. Dr Melaro received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a member/past member of several prominent societies, including the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, and the American Nurses Association and has been a consultant for multiple HRSA funded grants. Her focus of practice is value-based, integrated behavioral and telehealth care delivery.

Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care: Recognition, Treatment, and Long-Term Management

Anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder, are common in primary care but often go underdiagnosed. This session will provide high-yield screening tools, evidence-based treatment strategies, and key considerations for long-term management. Faculty will also discuss benzodiazepine risks, alternative medication options, and when to incorporate therapy-based interventions.

Presenter

Friday, October 16 8:10–9:10 AM
Faculty

Brittany Albright

MD, MPH, DABOM
Founder and Medical Director of Multidisciplinary and Interventional Psychiatry Practice
Sweetgrass Psychiatry; Medical University of South Carolina

Brittany Albright, MD, MPH, is a Harvard-trained, triple board-certified psychiatrist with expertise in interventional psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and obesity medicine. She completed her adult psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, followed by fellowship training in Addiction Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She currently serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at MUSC.

Dr. Albright is the Founder and CEO of Sweetgrass Psychiatry, South Carolina’s largest physician-owned psychiatry practice, with three locations and a multidisciplinary team of 25+ clinicians. A leader in advancing access to innovative care, Sweetgrass Psychiatry was the first practice to launch esketamine in South Carolina in 2019 and has since developed a comprehensive interventional psychiatry program incorporating esketamine, ketamine, long acting injectables, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Her academic work includes numerous abstracts presented at national meetings and peer-reviewed publications spanning innovative psychiatric treatments and medical education. A nationally recognized speaker and consultant, Dr. Albright serves as President of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association and holds multiple leadership roles with Psych Congress, including Co-Chair of Psych Congress Elevate. She also created the Private Practice Summit, a national educational program focused on advancing independent psychiatric practice.

Her clinical approach integrates psychodynamic psychotherapy, mentalization-based therapy, and motivational interviewing with evidence-based pharmacologic and interventional treatments. She enjoys treating patients across the spectrum of psychiatric illness, with particular interests in complex mood and psychotic disorders and substance use disorders. She is trained and certified in transcranial magnetic stimulation and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

Faculty

Laura Melaro

DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Director of Integrated Behavioral Health
Hardeman County Community Health Centers

Dr Laura K. Melaro is the Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, and a dual certified Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Hardeman County Community Health Centers in West Tennessee. She is also an Adjoint Volunteer Faculty for Vanderbilt School of Nursing and guest lecturer for other Schools of Nursing. Dr Melaro received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a member/past member of several prominent societies, including the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, and the American Nurses Association and has been a consultant for multiple HRSA funded grants. Her focus of practice is value-based, integrated behavioral and telehealth care delivery.

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