The fourth annual Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Conference brings together leaders, clinicians, researchers, educators, trainees, policy makers, and advocates, individuals with lived experiences and community partners working across perinatal and infant mental health to foster meaningful connection, shared learning, and collective action. At its core, the conference is designed to bring people into the same room, across disciplines and sectors, to start conversations, break down silos, and promote deeper integration and collaboration in how we support families during the perinatal and early childhood period. The conference is organized around five interconnected areas essential to advancing perinatal and infant mental health: clinical services, research, training and education, community engagement and lived experiences, and policy and advocacy. Through a keynote address, panels, and interactive discussions, the conference highlights innovative work and diverse perspectives across each of these domains, while emphasizing the importance of cohesive and intentional multidisciplinary efforts. Grounded in the understanding that family wellbeing during the perinatal period is shaped by biological, psychological, relational, social, and systemic factors, the conference centers a two-generational and relational lens. It acknowledges that supporting mothers, fathers, birthing and non-birthing parents, infants, siblings, and the broader family unit requires collaboration among professionals from many disciplines and systems of care. By honoring diverse voices, elevating lived experiences, and creating space for dialogue and partnership, the conference aims to promote both knowledge and connection. Ultimately, it seeks to strengthen a shared sense of purpose and togetherness in advancing perinatal and infant mental health, recognizing that meaningful progress depends on working collectively to meet the complex and evolving needs of families.

Conference Chairs:

Soudabeh Givrad, MD

Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD

Misty Richards, MD, MS, DFAACAP, DFAPA

Planning Committee:

Soudabeh Givrad, MD

Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD

Misty Richards, MD, MS, DFAACAP, DFAPA

U'nek Clarke, LICSW, LCSW-C, PMH-C

Eileen Condon, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC

Celeste Poe, Ph.D., PMH-C

After completing this activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Demonstrate increased awareness and competence in understanding the parent-infant relationship as a unified health system.

2. Analyze the relational experiences and challenges parents and infants face during the perinatal period to enhance clinical understanding and intervention.

3. Explain the importance of integrating perinatal and infant mental health care to provide comprehensive, holistic support for parents and infants.

4. Apply a dyadic framework in assessment, case formulation and treatment planning for the perinatal population to improve clinical outcomes.

Register here 

This is a CE-accredited conference. The conference is complimentary if you do not wish to receive CE hours for attending. However, in order to be awarded CE hours, please select the CE-accredited registration option and complete payment for your registration.

• Non-CE - $0

• CE Hours - $125

This is a CE-accredited conference. The conference is complimentary if you do not wish to receive CE hours for attending. However, in order to be awarded CE hours, please select the CE-accredited registration option and complete payment for your registration.

• Non-CE - $0

• CE Hours - $125

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Physician (6.00 hours), ASWB Social Worker: Clinical (6.00 hours), Non-Physician Member of the Healthcare Team (6.00 hours), Nurse - ANCC (6.00 hours), Psychologist-APA (6.00 hours)

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, MedStar Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 6.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Physicians: MedStar Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Nurses: This activity is approved for 6.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists: MedStar Health is approved by the American Psychological Association through Joint Accreditation to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. This activity is approved for 6.0 CE credits. MedStar Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, MedStar Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MedStar Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 6.0 clinical continuing education credits.

Welcome

10:00AM - 10:15AM EST

Soudabeh Givrad, MD

Misty Richards, MD, MS, DFAACAP, DFAPA

Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD

Keynote Address

10:15AM - 11:15AM EST

Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD

Break

11:15AM - 11:20AM EST

Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Integration Across Systems of Care

11:20AM - 12:20PM

Moderator: Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP

Panelists:

Camille A. Clare, MD MPH CPE FACOG

David W. Willis, MD, FAAP

Catherine Monk, PhD

Break

12:20PM - 12:25PM EST

Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Integration Across Training & Workforce Development

12:25PM - 1:25PM EST

Moderator: Soudabeh Givrad, MD

Panelists:

Melissa Scala, MD 

Augustina Bertone, PhD

Amanda Yeaton-Massey, MD

Break

1:25PM - 1:30PM EST

Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Integration Across Research & Innovation

1:30PM - 2:30PM EST

Moderator: Stacy S. Drury, MD, PhD

Panelists:

Ashley Gresh, PhD, MSN, MA, RN, CNM

Darius Tandon, PhD

Karen Tabb Dina, PhD, MSW

Lunch Break

2:30PM - 3:00PM EST

Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Integration Across Community Engagement & Lived Experience     

3:00PM - 4:00PM EST

Moderator: Misty Richards, MD, MS, DFAACAP, DFAPA

Panelists: 

Katrina Moline

Brad Edwards

Karla Cardoza, LMFT

Break

4:00PM - 4:05PM EST

Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Integration Across Policy & Advocacy     

4:05PM - 5:05PM EST

Moderator:  Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD

Panelists: 

Jamie Zahlaway Belsito

Kathryn Santoro, MA

Lindsay Usry, MPH

Wrap-Up & Closing Reflections

5:05PM - 5:15PM EST

Soudabeh Givrad, MD

Misty Richards, MD, MS, DFAACAP, DFAPA

Amalia Londoño Tobón, MD