Join the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians for the 2026 TSPP Spring Committee Meetings and CME Program, taking place April 24–26 at The Westin Austin at The Domain (11301 Domain Drive, Austin, TX 78758). Earn 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ while connecting with colleagues, learning from experts, and enjoying all that Austin has to offer.
MEETING LOCATION: We’re returning to the Westin at The Domain Austin, situated in one of Austin’s most dynamic neighborhoods. Enjoy the hotel’s onsite restaurant (Corinne), 24-hour Fitness Studio, and outdoor pool. The surrounding Domain area boasts upscale shopping, diverse dining, and exciting nightlife options such as iPic Theaters, Topgolf, Gloria’s Latin Cuisine, and Punch Bowl Social.
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS:
SATURDAY – EXHIBITS
Exhibits will be open throughout the day Saturday to provide you with information designed to enhance your practice and improve the optimal delivery of medical care to your patients.
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HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
TSPP has negotiated a discounted group rate at $199+ per night for conference attendees and sponsors, available until March 31st. Click here to reserve your discounted room.
Booking a room within the TSPP room block is an important way to support TSPP and helps to keep the overall meeting registration fee and costs as low as possible. Please help us help you by booking your room at the hotel hosting the meeting and within the TSPP room block.
SATURDAY – POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Medical Students, Residents and Fellows in Training who are members of APA/TSPP, AACAP/TSCAP, or TAP will be displaying posters presentations on Saturday, April 25th throughout the day and during refreshment breaks. Please take time to visit with them and learn about their research.
Click here to submit an abstract.
Submission deadline: March 15th
SATURDAY – DINNER RECEPTION
Unwind alongside colleagues and friends at the conclusion of Saturday’s committee meetings and CME program at a dinner reception from 7:15-9:00pm.
Friday, April 24
4:00 pm – 8:30 pm Registration
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Texas Academy of Psychiatry Board of Trustees Meeting
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm TSCAP Executive Committee
5:00 pm– 6:00 pm Chapter Leadership Forum Meeting
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Federation Delegate Assembly Meeting
7:45 pm – 9:30 pm Resident Fellow Mixer
Saturday, April 25
7:00 am – 7:00 pm Registration
7:00 am – 8:15 am Foundation Board of Directors Breakfast Meeting
7:00 am – 8:00 am Exhibit Hall & Poster Presentation Set Up
7:30 am – 9:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 7:00 pm Exhibits & Posters
8:30 am – 10:00 am COUNCIL ON LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
• Ethics Committee
• Distinguished Fellowship Committee
• Finance Committee
• Professional Practice Management Committee
• CME Committee
• Resident-Fellow Training Section
10:00 am – 10:20 am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors and Poster Session
10:20 am – 11:50 am COUNCILS ON SERVICE & EDUCATION MEETINGS
• Academic Psychiatry Committee
• Children & Adolescents Committee
• Forensic Psychiatry Committee
• Public Mental Health Services Committee
11:50 am – 12:10 pm Refreshment Break and Door Prize Drawings with Exhibitors and Poster Session
12:10 pm – 1:10 pm Lunch Program (and Government Affairs Council on Advocacy Meeting)
1:10 pm – 7:10 pm SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM: “Contemporary Issues and Innovations in Psychiatric Practice”
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm Refreshment Break and Door Prize Drawings with Exhibitors and Poster Session
7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner Reception
Sunday, April 26
8:30 am – 11:30 am Registration
9:00 am – 11:00 am Executive Council Meeting and Complimentary Continental Breakfast for Meeting Registrants
Meeting schedule subject to change.
April 24-26, 2026
5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
with 1.5 of the Hours designated for Medical Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Saturday April 25, 2026
| 1:10 pm – 1:20 pm | Opening Remarks |
| 1:20 pm – 2:50 pm | Prescribing for Mood Disorders during Pregnancy and the Post-Partum period Jeffrey Newport, MD |
| Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: – Summarize current evidence on the risks and benefits of commonly used psychotropics in pregnancy and postpartum (antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics). – Apply a structured risk–benefit framework when counseling pregnant patients and collaborating with obstetric providers. – Identify medications or situations that require urgent consultation with a perinatal psychiatry specialist. – Describe key considerations for prescribing during lactation, including when breastfeeding is compatible with treatment. | |
| 2:50 pm – 3:10 pm | Refreshment Break with Door Prize Drawings with Exhibitors |
| 3:10 pm – 4:10 pm | Thyroid Disorders – What Every Psychiatrist Should Know Sowmya Boddhula, MD |
| Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: – Identify common endocrine disorders. – Know when to refer to an endocrinologist. – Be cognizant of how endocrine disorders may exacerbate/contribute to psychiatric symptoms. | |
| 4:10 pm – 4:20 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 4:20 pm – 5:50 pm | Ethics: AI in Psychiatric Practice: Training, Documentation, and Medico-Legal Risk Vid Babber, MD |
Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: | |
| 5:50 pm – 6:00 pm | Break, Poster Session Concludes |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Mindfulness in Practice: Everyday Tools for Healing, Presence and Connection Manizeh Mirza-Gruber, MD |
| Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to: – Identify and practice key elements of several mindfulness-based teachings and practices. – Apply simple practices of formal and informal mindfulness into their daily life for themselves and others and experience its many mind-body healing benefits. – Connect more mindfully in thought, word, and action both personally and professionally. | |
| 7:00 pm – 7:10 pm | Closing Remarks |
CME PROGRAM GOAL / TARGET AUDIENCE This live activity has been designed in a format consisting of case study presentations, lectures and direct discussion to provide its primary target audience of Psychiatrists, as well as other specialties of medicine, with the most up-to-date, evidence-based data that can be translated into clinical practice. Information and data will address new developments in treatments and new directions in research to address the professional practice gaps of the learners and advance the physicians’ competence and effective use of targeted skills so that they may develop strategies to apply the knowledge, skills and judgement of the information presented in the educational activity into their practice. The learning objectives for this activity have been designed to address clinician competence.
NEEDS ASSESSMENT TSPP has incorporated into this CME activity the relevant educational needs concerning competence that underlie the professional practice gaps of our participants.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians is accredited by the Texas Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CREDIT STATEMENT The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians designates this Live Activity for a maximum of five (5) AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
ETHICS DESIGNATION STATEMENT The presentation entitled “AI in Psychiatric Practice: Training, Documentation, and Medico-Legal Risk” has been designated by the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians for (1.5) hours of education in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
FACULTY AND PLANNERS DISCLOSURE POLICY The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians will disclose to participants the existence of any relevant financial relationships between faculty members, TSPP staff and members, who planned, authored, contributed to, and/or reviewed the content of this activity, and any commercial interest discussed in this educational activity. Disclosure will occur through written communication in the syllabus/handout material.
CANCELLATION POLICY: In the event of cancellation, a full refund will be made if written notice is received in the TSPP office by March 25, 2026, less a 25% processing charge. NO REFUNDS will be given after March 25, 2026.