60th Annual Meeting

October 19 - 27, 2013

Clinical Consultation Breakfast 5 (sold out)

Master Clinician Tanya K. Murphy, M.D.: Searching for Answers and Evidence-Based Treatments: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tic Disorders, Phobias, PANDAS/PANS, and More

Dr. Murphy is professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University of South Florida and holds the Maurice A. and Thelma P. Rothman Endowed Chair in Developmental Pediatrics. She is the director of the Rothman Center for Pediatric Neuropsychiatry. The Rothman Center offers an integrated practice of clinical care for individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), autism spectrum disorders, tic disorders, PANDAS/PANS, trichotillomania, and phobias. It is an all-encompassing and multi-disciplinary approach from diagnosis and evidence-based treatment to education to research and outreach. Her current research focuses on: understanding the role of infections and the immune system in the onset of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders; and evidence-based treatments for Tourette’s syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, and OCD. She served on several panels to develop guidelines for research and treatment of youth presenting with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANDAS/PANS).