2025 Annual Scientific Conference

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Friday, November 7, 2025

8:00 AM (EST)

to Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM (EST)

Omni Mount Washington Resort

310 Mount Washington Hotel Road Bretton Woods, NH 03575 United States

Category: Special Events

Building Bridges:
Integrating Behavioral Health for Better Outcomes

Full Agenda HERE

Agenda Topics:
Caring for Challenging Patients in a Medical Setting
Integrating Mental Health Care into Primary Care Settings
NH’s Community Health Centers – A Discussion with Key Leaders
Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Settings,
Transgender Care Through the Mental Health Perspective
2025 Medicaid Update, Rural Healthcare Solutions
The Evolving Physician Leader

3 Opioid Programs:
Pain Management for Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Mental Health and Substance Use
Maternal Mental Health and Perinatal Addiction

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Invitation to Sponsor

Questions? Email kirsten.singleton@nhms.org

Current Annual Meeting Sponsors/Exhibitors:

Registration Options

Registration Options	Credits	Price
Guest Pass for Meals and Receptions		$450.00
Early Bird Member $749		$749.00
Early Bird Non-Member $849		$849.00
Resident / Student Rate ($99 only for meals) Residents and Students receive free conference pass and very discounted meal price.		$99.00

Building Bridges:
Integrating Behavioral Health for Better Outcomes

Friday - November 7

8:30-9:30 am	Non-CME Sponsor Class
9:00-10:00 am	Registration
10:00 am	Welcome from NH Medical Society President, Patrick Ho, MD
10:00-11:00 am	Integrating Behavioral Health and Medicine: The Role of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in Whole-Person Care Ashwini (Ash) Saxena, MD, PhD, VP/Chief Medical Officer, The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester
11:00-12:00 pm	Caring for the "Difficult Patient” in a Medical Setting Andres Calagua, M.D. Psychiatrist & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Staff Physician, Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Health
12:00-1:00 pm	Lunch – Visit Exhibitors
1:00-2:00	Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Settings Christine Finn, MD, Director, Psychiatrist & Emergency Psychiatry Services, Dartmouth Health
2:00-2:30 pm	Break - Visit Exhibitors
2:30-3:30 pm	Community Health Centers: Building Stronger Systems Through Collaboration Panelists: --Brian Paul, MD, Medical Director, Riverbend Community Mental Health-Franklin --Tom Sherman, MD, Board Member, Seacoast Mental Health --Diane Roston, MD, Medical Director, West Central Mental Health --Mary Brunette, MD, Medical Director, Bureau of Mental Health Services-NH DHHS (invited) Moderator: Patrick Ho, MD
3:30-4:30 pm	Strategic Communication and Advocacy for Physicians Speakers TBD
4:30-5:30 pm	Non-CME Program
	Ortho Track Program 1:00-4:45pm
6:15 - 10:00 pm	Opening Reception & 2025 Awards Dinner
6:15 - 10:00 pm	6:15 pm \| Opening Night Reception - Join for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres 7:15 pm \| Opening Night Dinner 8:30 pm \| Karaoke . (Semi-formal attire is recommended)

Saturday - November 8

6:00am	Up And At 'Em! Morning Run for Mental Health/Charity (More details to come) Indoor Option: Yoga
7:00-8:00 am:	Breakfast & Non-CME Class
8:00-9:00 am:	KEYNOTE: Maternal Mental Health and Perinatal Addiction Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP, Executive Director, Lifeline for Families Center and Lifeline for Moms Program, Professor with Tenure of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Medical Director of Research and Evaluation, MCPAP for Moms, Lifeline for Families Center, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School / UMass Memorial Health (Qualifies for Opioid Credit)
9:00-10:00 am:	Navigating Mental Health in Transgender Communities -- Frances B. Lim-Liberty, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth -- Harvey Feldman, LCMHC (he/him)
10:00-10:30 am	Break - Visit Exhibitors - Raffle
10:30-11:30 am	Rural Healthcare Solutions Speakers TBD
11:30am -12:30 pm	2025 Medicaid Update Jonathan Ballard, MD, MPH, MPhil, FACPM, Chief Medical Officer, NH Department of Health and Human Services
12:30-2:00 pm	General session – Lunch - Visit Exhibitors, Raffle
12:30-1:30 pm	Non-CME Lunch Workshop
2:00-3:30 pm	The Evolving Physician Leader: Adaptive Strategies for a Complex Healthcare Landscape Andrew S. Valeras DO, MPH, FAAFP, FACPM
4:00-5:00 pm	Group Activity - Details TBD
4:30-5:30	Non-CME Sponsor Class
6:15-10:00pm	Presidential Reception & Dinner
	6:00 pm \| Presidential Reception - Join for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres 7:15 pm \| Presidential Dinner The dinner will include the passing of the NHMS Medallion, Presidential photo and remarks from incoming NHMS President, Marie Ramas, MD 9:00 pm \| Live Entertainment - No Co-Pay . (Black tie or Semi-formal attire is recommended)

Sunday - November 9
All Sunday morning programming will qualify for Opioid credits

6:00am	Morning Run and Yoga (more details to come)
7:00-8:00am	Breakfast
8:00-9:00am	TBD
9:00-10:00am	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Hospitals --Bryan Hybki, MD, Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth; -- H. Samuel Landsman, MD, Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth (Qualifies for Opioid Credit)
10:00-11:00am	Pain Management for Patients with Substance Use Disorders Molly Rossignol, DO FAAFP FASAM, Medical Director, NH Professionals Health Program (Qualifies for Opioid Credit)
11:00am	"Last Man Standing" Raffle
	Conference Adjourns