Grand Rounds and Invited Talks
Dr. Rafla-Yuan has been invited to speak at various grand rounds and national forums including the:
- University of California San Francisco
- University of Iowa
- University of Washington
- Duke University
- NAMI California
- Law & Mental Health Conference
- Sozosei Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness.
- Crisis Now (National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors)
Public Health
Eric Rafla-Yuan, M.D., Divya K. Chhabra, M.D., and Michael O. Mensah, M.D., M.P.H. Decoupling Crisis Response from Policing — A Step Toward Equitable Psychiatric Emergency Services
• Publication: New England Journal of Medicine; May 6 2021.
• Publication: Health Affairs; Sep 8, 2021
Eric Rafla-Yuan, Shavon Moore, Hernán Carvente-Martinez, Phillip Yang, Lilanthi Balasuriya, Kamilah Jackson, Courtney McMickens, Barbara Robles-Ramamurthy. Striving for Equity in Community Mental Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Care for BIPOC Youth
• Publication: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics; Apr 01, 2022
Lilanthi Balasuriya, MD, Alan Rodriguez Penney, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Altha Stewart, MD, Stephanie Le Melle, MD. The Importance of Public Psychiatry: Seizing a Sense of Urgency, and Inspiring Future Generations to Serve our Communities
• Panelist: American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference; Philadelphia, PA, May 2020 (accepted)
Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Benjamin Carron, MD, Stephanie Martinez, MD, Ronak Jhaveri, MD, Priti Ojha, MD, Lawrence Malak MD. Correctional Mental Health in California and San Diego County: Models of Treatment and Community-Based Recovery
• Poster: Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Conference; Chicago, IL, October 2018
Eric Rafla-Yuan, Stephanie Martinez, Lawrence Malak, Priti Ojha, Steve Hyun Koh.
Human Trafficking: Focused Evaluation of the Problem and Response in Southern California
• Workshop Chair and Presenter: American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference; New York, NY, May 2018
Global Health
Al-Soleiti, M., Abu-Adi, M., Nashwan, A., Rafla-Yuan, E. Barriers and Opportunities for Refugee Mental Health Services: Clinician Recommendations from Jordan
• Publication: Global Mental Health; Sep 28 2021
Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD. Displaced – A Physician’s Primer to Refugee Policy and its Effects on Mental Health. Recorded CME Lecture, 2020 APA On Demand.
Divya Chhabra, MD, Pamela Montano, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD. Psychiatry at the Border – Integrating Mental Health, the Law, and Public Awareness
• Oral Presentation: Institute for Psychiatric Services; New York City, NY, Oct 2019
Stephanie Martinez, MD, Tarina Quraishi, MD, Eric Rafla Yuan, MD, Priti Ojha, MD, Lawrence Malak, MD. Psychiatric Decompensation From New Immigration Policies and Enforcement at the United States – Mexico Border
• Poster: Institute for Psychiatric Services; New York City, NY, Oct 2019
Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Michael Degroot, MD, Deanna Rafla-Yuan, JD, Adam Mehis, MS. Psychiatry at the Border: Translating Between Politics and Medicine in the Trump Era
• Oral Presentation Chair and Presenter: American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference; San Francisco, CA, May 2019
Biomedical Ethics
Shaw, MD, Frank A. Chervenak, MD, and Laurence B. McCullough, PhD. Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Interventions for Pregnant Patients with Acute Psychosis
• Publication: Journal of Hospital Ethics; Volume 7, No 3, Summer 2021
Michelle T Nguyen, Eric Rafla-Yuan, Emily Boyd, Laurence B Mccullough, Frank A Chervenak, Emily C Dossett. Ethical considerations in the treatment of chronic psychosis in a periviable pregnancy
• Publication: Clinical Ethics; Apr 26 2022
Eric Rafla-Yuan, Asher Aladjem, Henry Wiesman, Adel Zaraa, Mary Ann Cohen. Ethical and Psychiatric Challenges in the Treatment of and Advocacy for the Displaced Individual— a Collaborative Bioethics and Global Health SIGs Symposium
• Symposium Chair and Presenter: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Conference; Palm Springs, CA, Nov 2017
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Eric Rafla-Yuan, Kazandra De La Torre, Karina Espana, Brittany Tarrant, Michael Mensah. Navigating the path to equity within academic institutions - applying the evidence and trainee experiences to collaboratively build best practices.
• Recorded CME Lecture, 2021 APA On Demand.
• Recorded CME Lecture, 2021 APA On Demand.
Physician Advocacy
Mandar Jadhav, MD, Laura Willing, MD, Katherine Kennedy, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Debra Koss, MD, US Rep. Tony Cárdenas, BA. From Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to Change Agent: How Effective Advocacy Can Transform Mental Health Policy
• Panelist: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2022 Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
Mandar Jadhav, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Laura Willing, MD, Katherine Kennedy, MD, US Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD. Mental Health Policy and Legislative Advocacy – Growing Your Voice.
• Symposium Chair and Presenter: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual Conference; Palm Springs, CA, Nov 2017
Alan Rodriguez Penney, Maria Bodic, Eric Rafla-Yuan, Patrick Runnels. Getting Involved in State Legislative Advocacy: A Primer for Mental Health Providers.
• Recorded CME Lecture, 2021 APA On Demand.
Consultation-Liasion and Medical Psychiatry
Arash Nayeri, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Eric Farber-Eger, BS, Marcia Blair, MS, Boback Ziaeian, MD, Martin Cadeiras, MD, John A. McPherson, MD, Quinn S. Wells, MD. Pre-Existing Psychiatric Illness is Associated with Increased Risk of Recurrent Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
• Publication: Psychosomatics; Sep 2016
Arash Nayeri, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Boback Ziaeian, MD, PhD, Martin Cadeiras, MD, John A. McPherson, MD, Quinn S. Wells, MD, PharmD, MSc. Psychiatric Illness in Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy: A Review.
• Publication: Psychosomatics; May, 2018
Jeremy Bass, MD, MS, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Lama Muhammad, MD.
Recruit Me: Recruiting Residents into C-L Fellowship
• Poster: Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Annual Conference; San Diego, CA, Nov 2019
Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Lama Muhammad, MD. Sociosomatics—An Anthropological Approach for Integrating Culture and Psychiatry
• Poster: Muslim Mental Health Annual Conference; Tempe, AZ, April 2019
Rami Abukamil, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD. Implicit Amnestic Disorders: Forget what you learned!
• Poster: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Conference; Austin, TX, October 2018
• Poster: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Conference; Austin, TX, October 2018
Arash Nayeri, MD, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Boback Ziaeian, MD, PhD, Martin Cadeiras, MD, John A. McPherson, MD, Quinn S. Wells, MD, PharmD, MSc. Psychiatric Illness in Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy: A Review.
• Publication: Psychosomatics; May, 2018
Vivek Datta, MD, MPH, Eric Rafla-Yuan, MD, Dale McNiel, PhD, Renée Binder, MD.
Criminal Responsibility in Frontotemporal Dementia
• Oral Presentation: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Conference; Denver, CO, Oct 2017
Art and Medical Humanities
Eric Rafla-Yuan. I Can’t Breathe.
• Publication: Academic Psychiatry; Feb 12 2021.