Paid sponsorship by Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Join the Ohio Pediatric Psychiatry Access Line (OPPAL) for a Webinar Education Series from February – April! Increase your knowledge and confidence for addressing behavioral health needs in sessions led by experts from Ohio.
Each session will be held from 12:15 – 1:00 p.m., and participants are eligible for 1 hour of continuing medical education credit.
Save the following dates and register online now!
Get to Know Your OPPAL Presenters
Wednesday, February 25
Behavioral Health Prescribing with Emily Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP
Dr. Harris is a Triple Board graduate of University of Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and has been actively working for over 10 years as both a child psychiatrist and general pediatrician in the region. She has built a formidable portfolio of work focused on improving the primary care provider mental health capacity within the pediatric medical home. Dr. Harris has been a psychiatric/mental health consulting specialist for the Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (Ohio AAP) since 2018 – working on projects such as Atopic Dermatitis, IMPLICIT Healthy Moms Healthy Families, and Store it Safe, and presenting at the Ohio AAP Annual Meeting.
Wednesday, March 4
Safety Planning with Tyanna Snider, PsyD
Dr. Snider is a pediatric psychologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) and clinical associate professor at The Ohio State University. She is the clinical lead for the integrated primary care psychology program at NCH. She works as the team psychologist at Sharon Woods Primary Care Center. Dr. Snider is a member of the Zero Suicide team at NCH with a specific emphasis on managing suicidality in the pediatric primary care setting. She is also passionate about early childhood mental health and leads a program within primary care to evaluate children with suspected autism spectrum disorders.
Wednesday, April 8
Supporting Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment with Erin McKnight, MD, MPH, FASAM
Dr. McKnight is a member of the Section of Adolescent Medicine at NCH and an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and a Master’s in Public Health from The Ohio State University. Dr. McKnight completed her residency and adolescent medicine fellowship at NCH. She is currently the medical director of the Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Program, providing care for youth with opioid use disorder, as well as practices in the general Adolescent Medicine Clinic and Eating Disorder Program. Her research interests involve opioid prescribing practices and adolescent opioid misuse.
Thursday, April 30
Engaging with School-Based Health with Sara Bode, MD
Dr. Bode is a primary care pediatrician and the medical director of NCH’s Care Connection School-Based Health and Mobile Clinics. She is also the co-director of the Pediatric Residency Advocacy Training at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She serves on the Executive Committee for the AAP Council on School Health and is also the deputy editor for the AAP’s Pediatric Care Online. Her clinical work and research centers around the intersection of health and education and providing care for the underserved. Dr. Bode is committed to training new pediatric physicians on how to advocate in the field of pediatrics through policy and community action and serves as a national coach for the AAP’s Community Pediatrics Training Initiative to help improve advocacy training for faculty and pediatric residents around the country.
Please contact Kristen Fluitt for questions related to the OPPAL Education Series. Learn more about OPPAL on the Ohio AAP website.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided financial support for OPPAL. The award provided 51% of total costs and totaled $1,327,033. The contents are those of the author. They may not reflect the policies of HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.