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Karim, Ahmed, MD

Dr. Ahmed Karim is a Psychiatry resident at UMKC, dedicated to advancing mental health care through evidence-based practices. His clinical interests include psychopharmacology, psychotherapy and innovative treatments like Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT).
Before residency, Dr. Karim worked with Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders), where he provided critical medical care to refugees and addressed complex mental health challenges, including PTSD and stress-related disorders.
Dr. Ahmed Karim presenting on “Schizotypal Disorder: Management Challenges with Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis,” highlighting the complexities of treating schizotypal disorder and addressing rare but serious medication-related complications.

Presentation(s):

Schizotypal Disorder: Management Challenges with “Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis” 

 

 

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Doherty, Stephen, MEd, LPC, CRADC, CCJP

Steve Doherty is a Senior Regional Director for Gateway Foundation Inc., a national not-for profit, where he provides clinical and administrative oversight of substance use and reentry program operations contracted with state criminal justice and mental health agencies in the community and in correctional institutions in five states. Steve has worked in the field of Behavioral Health treatment for over 35 years, most of which providing oversight of behavioral health, reentry and community services to persons who are criminal justice involved. Steve has been an adjunct faculty member at Missouri Baptist University and Washington University’s Brown School of Social Work in St. Louis Missouri, teaching graduate and undergraduate counseling and substance use disordercourses. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Master of Education degree in Counseling from Stephen F. Austin State University. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor and Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional.

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Strategies for Optimizing Client Relationships and Self-Management 

 

 

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Throckmorton, Stacey, BS, MEd

Stacey is a physical education teacher at Hickman High School in Columbia, MO. Stacey teaches yoga & mindfulness as well as other elective physical education courses. She is a 200 level registered yoga instructor (RYT). She is currently pursuing her sound healer certificate and 300 level trauma informed yoga.

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Tools for Trauma: Mindful Activities for Youth 

 

 

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Swee, Candace, BS, MS

Candice Swee is currently a physical education teacher in the Columbia Public School district as well as a fitness instructor at Wilson’s Fitness. She teaches yoga & mindfulness as well as strength and conditioning at Rock Bridge High School. She is a 200 hour registered yoga instructor (RYT) and currently working toward her 300 level trauma informed register yoga instructor and 100 level sound healer certificate with YogaFit. She comes from a sports medicine background having started her professional career as an athletic trainer. Yoga has impacted her both personally and professionally and she enjoys teaching and sharing mindfulness to others. Her and her husband Mitch live in Columbia, MO with their daughter (2). She enjoys travel, crafting and baking and the beach.

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Tools for Trauma: Mindful Activities for Youth 

 

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Oswald Reitz, Ronda, PhD

Ronda Oswalt Reitz, Ph.D. is the Coordinator for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) at the Missouri Department of Mental Health. In this role, she is responsible for training, consultation, implementation, evaluation and supervision of all DBT services statewide.
Dr Reitz is a highly sought-after trainer and consultant of DBT for Behavioraltech Institute and The Linehan Institute, companies founded by Dr Marsha Linehan for the dissemination of DBT worldwide.
Between her work in community mental health, inpatient forensic settings, cancer support programs, and with the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Dr Reitz has been a leader in DBT services for almost three decades. She is an expert in the development and implementation of comprehensive DBT programming in settings as diverse as state mental health systems, residential programs, community programs, behavioral health programs and forensic services. Dr. Reitz has been a student of Rinzai Zen for over 20 years, studying under Roshis Marsha Linehan and Alice Cabotaje.

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Why Provide DBT: Latest Updates on Effectiveness and Clinical Applications 

 

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Sohl, Kristin, MD, FAAP

Dr. Kristin Sohl, MD, FAAP is a Professor of Clinical Child Health at the University of Missouri, Executive Director of ECHO Autism and Scientific Advisor for the National Institutes of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, and Medical Director for MU Missouri Telehealth Network and the MU Office of Continuing Medical Education. She is a pediatrician with extensive experience in medical diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of children with a concern of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Sohl is regarded as an expert in quality and process improvement particularly for comprehensive autism diagnostic and longitudinal services. She is the founder of ECHO Autism, an innovative framework to increase community capacity to care for children with autism. It is viewed as a national model in expanding autism diagnosis and treatment to underserved and rural populations. The ECHO Autism team has established partnerships with other children’s hospitals and autism centers in more than 40 locations in the United States and 15 international locations. Dr. Sohl is a tireless advocate for children and enjoys engaging other physicians in being a voice for children’s health. She is the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Missouri Chapter. She completed medical school and pediatric residency at the University of Missouri.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Developing a Deeper Understanding 

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Vincenz, Felix, PhD

Dr. Felix Vincenz served as the Chief Executive Office at the St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center before his retirement from the Department of Metal Health on January 1, 2025. The Forensic Treatment Center is, a state-operated, inpatient forensic hospital formed in December 2020 from the merger of the former St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center on Arsenal St., and the Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center on Delmar Blvd. Dr. Vincenz has worked in the Department of Mental Health for 40 years, serving in various capacities, including Chief Executive of the State’s only High Security Hospital, the Department’s Director of Facility Operations, and as the Chief Operating Officer of the Division of Behavioral Health. In the latter two roles, he oversaw all the state operated psychiatric hospitals and habilitation centers, and was responsible for working with the department’s contracted providers for community mental health services. He is a clinical psychologist by training and has also served as the Associate Director of Missouri Institute of Mental Health.

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Leadership in Times of Crisis 

History of Missouri Asylums