{"id":711,"date":"2026-01-31T10:15:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T15:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecpsych.com\/techpsych\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:24:04","slug":"apa-2026-technology-sessions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tecpsych.com\/techpsych\/apa-2026-technology-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"APA 2026 Technology Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Technology Has Changed Our Lives!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Technology sessions at the APA Annual Meeting continue to be an important component. The integration of technology into our daily lives as well as our profession is now prominent and a serious priority. It never has been more so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"> Over the last few decades, technology sessions have evolved to educate APA&#8217;s members, faculty, educators, trainees and researchers about the impact as well as pros and cons of technology in our everyday lives, our practices, and educational persuits. <\/p>\n\n\n<div >\n        <div class=\" plethoraplugins-tabs-container plethoraplugins-tabs-container--horizontal plethoraplugins-theme__minimal plethoraplugins-theme__basic \" \n\t\t\tdata-pds-tabs--layout=\"horizontal\"  \n\t\t\tdata-pds-tabs--theme=\"basic\"  \n\t\t\tdata-pds-tabs--mobile-breakpoint-forced=\"\"\n\t\t\t data-pds-tabs--responsive=\"none\" \n\t\t\t\t\t data-pds-tabs--responsive-accordion-collapsed-initially=\"false\" data-pds-tabs--accordion-icon-type=\"\" data-pds-tabs--accordion-icon=\"true\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-icon-size=\"\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-heading-level=\"h3\" data-pds-tabs--accordion-auto-close=\"true\" >\n            <div class=\"plethoraplugins-tabs\"  >\n              <ul><li>\n                        <a \n                                href=\"#saturday\"\n                                class=\" active\" \n                            >\n                            <span>Saturday<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li><li>\n                        <a \n                                href=\"#sunday\"\n                                class=\"\" \n                            >\n                            <span>Sunday<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li><li>\n                        <a \n                                href=\"#monday\"\n                                class=\"\" \n                            >\n                            <span>Monday<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li><li>\n                        <a \n                                href=\"#tuesday\"\n                                class=\"\" \n                            >\n                            <span>Tuesday<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li><li>\n                        <a \n                                href=\"#wednesday\"\n                                class=\"\" \n                            >\n                            <span>Wednesday<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li><li>\n                        <a \n                                href=\"#virtual\"\n                                class=\"\" \n                            >\n                            <span>Virtual <\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li><\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"plethoraplugins-tabs--content\" >\n                \n<div class=\"\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-initially-open=\"false\" >\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Saturday, May 16, 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong>8:30 AM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a010:00 AM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Recognizing and Responding to Behavioral Addictions: Modern Strategies for Gambling, Internet, Exercise, and Emerging Digital Addictions<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>&nbsp;Chair:&nbsp;Hector A. Colon-Rivera, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Primary Contact:&nbsp;Hector A. Colon-Rivera, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Chair:&nbsp;Kavita Fischer, MD<br>Location: Room 213,&nbsp;Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1:30 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a03:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Reimagining the Future of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Technology, AI, and Innovation in Mental Health Practice<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>&nbsp;Chair:&nbsp;Lisa Roxanne Fortuna, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Primary Contact:&nbsp;Lisa Roxanne Fortuna, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Alicia Barnes, DO&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Jacquelyn Paquet, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Jack Turban, MD<br>Location: Room 206,&nbsp;Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-initially-open=\"false\" >\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Sunday, May 17, 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong><strong>\u00a010:30 AM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a012:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Privacy vs Publicity in the Digital Age\u2014Tales From Four Psychiatrists<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Chair:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Primary Contact:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0John\u00a0Luo, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Katherine Kennedy, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Deven Patel, MD<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong>1:30 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a05:30 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Empowering Practice Through Telepsychiatry: Practical Logistics Across Psychiatric Subspecialties<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Emma Banasiak, MD\u00a0\u00a0Primary Contact:\u00a0Emma Banasiak, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0India Braver, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Gabrielle Shapiro, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Sarah Kaufman, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0David M Roane, MD<br>Location: Room 303,\u00a0Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>1:30 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a05:30 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Grow Your Practice with AI: Advanced Clinical Workflows Governance and Digital Growth<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Steven Chan, MD;MBA\u00a0\u00a0Primary Contact:\u00a0Steven Chan, MD;MBA\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0John Luo, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Darlene King, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Peter Yellowlees, MD MBBS\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Nishi Bhopal, MD<br>Location: Room 158,\u00a0Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><strong>3:45 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a05:15 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Empowering Psychiatrists to Utilize Artificial Intelligence Sustainably: Balancing The Good The Bad and the (Environmentally) Ugly<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Robin Cooper, M.D.\u00a0\u00a0Primary Contact:\u00a0Robin Cooper, M.D.\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Jacob Lee, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Robert Weir, MD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Ifeanyi Olele, DO, MBA, MS, FAPA\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Sharat Iyer, M.D.<br>Location: Room 303,\u00a0Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-initially-open=\"false\" >\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Monday, May 18, 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong><strong>8:30 AM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a010:00 AM  PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Future-Proofing Psychiatry: Why Measurement-Based Care Is No Longer Optional<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>&nbsp;Primary Contact:&nbsp;Robert Schloesser, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Chair:&nbsp;Erik Vanderlip, MD;PhD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Robert Schloesser, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Andrew Carlo, MD, MPH&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Carlene MacMillan, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Kathryn Ridout, MD, PHD<br>Location: Room 211,&nbsp;Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1:30 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a03:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Learning Lab: Taking Control of Our Practices One Step at a Time with the Use of VR<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Primary Contact:\u00a0Victor Buwalda, MD;PhD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Chair:\u00a0John\u00a0Luo, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Victor Buwalda, MD;PhD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Aidaspahic Mihajlovic, M.D., MS, DFAPA, FACPsych\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Skip Rizzo, PhD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Discussant:\u00a0Anita Everett, MD<\/a><br>Location: Room 301 (LL)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong><strong>1:30 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a03:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\u201cTell Me About Your Use of Chatbots\u201d: A Clinician\u2019s Guide to Integrating AI Use Into the Patient Interview<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0Primary Contact:\u00a0Nina Vasan, MD;MBA\u00a0\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Saneha Borisuth, BA\u00a0\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Nina Vasan, MD;MBA\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Akanksha Dadlani, MD;MPH<br>Location: Room 211,\u00a0Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong>\u00a03:45 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a05:15 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Friend or Foe? \u2013 Can Artificial Intelligence &amp; Natural Language Models Address Physician Burnout in an Unhealthy System?<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Lorenzo Norris, MD\u00a0\u00a0Primary Contact:\u00a0Lorenzo Norris, MD<br>Location: Room 212,\u00a0Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Psychiatrists as Co-Designers of Safe AI: A Practicum in Evaluating LLM-Based Chatbots<\/a><br><\/strong><\/strong>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0Primary Contact:\u00a0Nina Vasan, MD;MBA\u00a0\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Darja Djordjevic, MD;PhD\u00a0\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Nina Vasan, MD;MBA\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Duncan Eddy, PHD\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Max Lamparth, Ph.D.\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0Kiana Jafari, PHDLocation: Room 202,\u00a0Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-initially-open=\"false\" >\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Tuesday, May 19, 2025<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong><strong>1:30 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a03:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>AI and Medical Education: Lessons From 100 Years of the Yale System<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Chair:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Primary Contact:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0John\u00a0Luo, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Seth M. Powsner, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Victor Buwalda, MD;PhD<\/a><br>Location: Room 211<br><strong>Session Code: 9081<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\u00a0<strong>3:45 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a05:15 PM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Secret Levels: Video Game Personas and Dual Virtual Lives<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>\u00a0Chair:\u00a0Nathan Carroll, DO;MBA;MPH\u00a0\u00a0Primary Contact:\u00a0Nathan Carroll, DO;MBA;MPH\u00a0\u00a0Discussant:\u00a0Petros Levounis, MD;MA\u00a0\u00a0Presenter:\u00a0James Sherer, MD<br>Location: Room 202,\u00a0Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-initially-open=\"false\" >\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Wednesday, May 20, 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>\u00a0<strong>8:30 AM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a010:00 AM PDT<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">The Role of AI and Humane Intelligence in Advancing Healthy Aging in Psychiatry<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>&nbsp;Primary Contact:&nbsp;Helen Kyomen, M.D., M.S.&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Kenneth Sakauye, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;John Beyer, MD&nbsp;&nbsp;Chair:&nbsp;Helen Kyomen, M.D., M.S.&nbsp;&nbsp;Discussant:&nbsp;John Luo, MD<br>Location: Room 302,&nbsp;Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>10:30 AM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a012:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">A Psychiatrist\u2019s Guide to Digital Interventions and Augmented Intelligence for Mental Health<\/a><\/strong><br>Speaker(s):<br>&nbsp;Chair:&nbsp;Kathryn Ridout, MD;PhD&nbsp;&nbsp;Primary Contact:&nbsp;Kathryn Ridout, MD;PhD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Samuel Ridout, MD;PhD&nbsp;&nbsp;Presenter:&nbsp;Manish Kumar Jha, MBBS<br>Location: Room 211,&nbsp;Moscone Convention Center<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"\"  data-pds-tabs--accordion-initially-open=\"false\" >\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Sunday May 17, 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>10:30 AM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a012:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Privacy vs Publicity in the Digital Age\u2014Tales From Four Psychiatrists<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong><br>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Chair:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Primary Contact:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0John\u00a0Luo, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Katherine Kennedy, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Deven Patel, MD<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Tuesday May 19, 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1:30 PM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a03:00 PM PDT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">AI and Medical Education: Lessons From 100 Years of the Yale System<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong><br>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Chair:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Primary Contact:\u00a0Dora-Linda Wang, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0John\u00a0Luo, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Seth M. Powsner, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Victor Buwalda, MD;PhD<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Wednesday May 20, 2026<\/strong><br><strong>\u00a08:30 AM\u00a0&#8211;\u00a010:00 AM PDT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">The Role of AI and Humane Intelligence in Advancing Healthy Aging in Psychiatry<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong><br>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Primary Contact:\u00a0Helen Kyomen, M.D., M.S.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0Kenneth Sakauye, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Presenter:\u00a0John\u00a0Beyer, MD\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Chair:\u00a0Helen Kyomen, M.D., M.S.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Discussant:\u00a0John\u00a0Luo, MD<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology Has Changed Our Lives! 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