Faculty

Joseph Goldberg

MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Joseph F. Goldberg, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the immediate-past president of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Dr. Goldberg attended college at the University of Chicago, graduate school in neuroscience at the University of Illinois, and medical school at Northwestern University. He completed his residency and chief residency in psychiatry, and fellowship in psychopharmacology, at the Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Presbyterian Hospital, where he later served on the faculty and was site Principal Investigator at Weill-Cornell Medical Center for the NIMH STEP-BD program. He has published over 260 peer-reviewed papers on topics related mainly to the treatment and clinical features of bipolar disorder, as well as five books on bipolar disorder and psychopharmacology, most recently, "Clinical Reasoning and Decisio-Making in Psychiatry," with Stephen Stahl, MD,PhD, published in 2024 by Cambridge University Press. His research has been awarded funding from NARSAD, NIMH, the Stanley Foundation, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Goldberg is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been listed for many years in Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly's "America's Top Doctors."

2026 Sessions

Complex Psychopharmacology in Bipolar Disorder: Combination Therapy, Dosing Pearls & Side-Effect Navigation

Optimal pharmacologic management of bipolar disorder frequently requires combination therapy, yet clinicians lack guidance beyond standard guidelines. This session covers sequencing lithium, lamotrigine, valproate, carbamazepine, and atypical antipsychotics, along with strategies for side-effect mitigation, serum level optimization, and careful antidepressant use. Faculty will present real-world case vignettes demonstrating how to manage inadequate response, intolerability, and polypharmacy challenges. Attendees will leave with practical tools for sophisticated, safe medication management.

Speaker

Wednesday, September 16 9:00–10:00 AM
Room Great Hall A
Bipolar Disorders
Faculty

Joseph Goldberg

MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Joseph F. Goldberg, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the immediate-past president of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Dr. Goldberg attended college at the University of Chicago, graduate school in neuroscience at the University of Illinois, and medical school at Northwestern University. He completed his residency and chief residency in psychiatry, and fellowship in psychopharmacology, at the Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Presbyterian Hospital, where he later served on the faculty and was site Principal Investigator at Weill-Cornell Medical Center for the NIMH STEP-BD program. He has published over 260 peer-reviewed papers on topics related mainly to the treatment and clinical features of bipolar disorder, as well as five books on bipolar disorder and psychopharmacology, most recently, "Clinical Reasoning and Decisio-Making in Psychiatry," with Stephen Stahl, MD,PhD, published in 2024 by Cambridge University Press. His research has been awarded funding from NARSAD, NIMH, the Stanley Foundation, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Goldberg is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been listed for many years in Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly's "America's Top Doctors."

Deprescribing Definitions and Decisions Differ by Diagnosis: A Deep Dive for Bipolar & Schizophrenia Disorders

Deprescribing has evolved from a strategy focused on the problem of burden of multiple medication regimens among chronically ill elderly to a broader clinical approach aimed at reducing unnecessary or burdensome psychotropic treatment. As interest grows, clinicians face important questions about who an appropriate candidate is, when deprescribing should be prioritized, and how to anticipate risks during medication reduction. This session explores how deprescribing decisions differ by diagnosis, with a focused comparison of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Faculty will examine how patterns of polypharmacy, treatment goals, and risk–benefit considerations vary across these conditions, and how those differences shape rational deprescribing strategies. Participants will gain a clearer framework for making diagnosis-specific deprescribing decisions while maintaining clinical stability and long-term outcomes.

Speaker

Wednesday, September 16 1:30–2:30 PM
Room Great Hall B
Bipolar Disorders
Faculty

Joseph Goldberg

MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Joseph F. Goldberg, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the immediate-past president of the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Dr. Goldberg attended college at the University of Chicago, graduate school in neuroscience at the University of Illinois, and medical school at Northwestern University. He completed his residency and chief residency in psychiatry, and fellowship in psychopharmacology, at the Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Presbyterian Hospital, where he later served on the faculty and was site Principal Investigator at Weill-Cornell Medical Center for the NIMH STEP-BD program. He has published over 260 peer-reviewed papers on topics related mainly to the treatment and clinical features of bipolar disorder, as well as five books on bipolar disorder and psychopharmacology, most recently, "Clinical Reasoning and Decisio-Making in Psychiatry," with Stephen Stahl, MD,PhD, published in 2024 by Cambridge University Press. His research has been awarded funding from NARSAD, NIMH, the Stanley Foundation, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Goldberg is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been listed for many years in Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly's "America's Top Doctors."

Consultant

Peter Weiden

MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Stony Brook University

Peter J. Weiden, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stony Brook University
Principal Investigator, CNS clinical trials, Richmond Behavioral Associates (RBA)

Peter J. Weiden MD has devoted his professional career to improving clinical outcomes for people with schizophrenia. He received his MD at SUNY Stony Brook and his psychiatry residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. During residency he developed expertise in drug-induced movement disorders, ultimately becoming Editor-in-Chief of the DSM-IV section on drug-induced movement disorders. His early research career included other aspects of treatment of schizophrenia including relapse prevention and CBT adapted for psychotic disorders. Dr. Weiden established comprehensive programs for schizophrenia and other serious disorders at four academic medical centers, including New York Hospital/Cornell and St Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan, SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and UIC Medical Center in Chicago.

In 2016 Dr. Weiden joined the pharmaceutical company Alkermes to focus on new drug development for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, including clinical development of the LAI aripiprazole lauroxil (ARISTADA) and an oral combination of olanzapine/samidorphan approved as Lybalvi. From 2020-2023 he joined Karuna Therapeutics’ Phase 3 clinical program on the novel muscarinic activator KarXT (now COBENFY). In 2023 Dr. Weiden returned to academic teaching at SUNY Stony Brook and as a principal investigator of new drug development for mental health indications at Richmond Behavioral Associates located in Staten Island, New York.

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