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About the speaker

Dr. Rozel started his experience in emergency mental health as a suicide hotline volunteer more than 30 years ago.  He is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh.  Over his career he has worked locally and nationally to improve crisis services for patients and communities and has been involved in a number of efforts to improve the interface between the legal and mental health systems.  He has been the medical director of resolve Crisis Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital since 2010 and is a past president of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry.  Reflecting his interest in bridging systems and programs for addressing complex social problems, he works extensively on issues related to violence and firearm injury prevention in a variety of settings.  His contributions have been recognized by the American Psychiatric Association (Distinguished Fellow), the American College of Emergency Physicians (Honorary Member), Crisis Intervention Teams International (Behavioral Health Professional of the Year), National Alliance for Mental Illness (Exemplary Psychiatrist of the Year), and the Allegheny County Medical Society (Ralph C. Wilde Leadership Award).  He recently received competitive grant funding to develop threat management programs for Western Pennsylvania through the US Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Prevention Programs & Partnerships.

Disclosure Statements

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Jack Rozel, MD, MSL, reports that he has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. He will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All conflicts have been mitigated through review. 

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Deepak Prabhakar, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis Marino, MD, Ehsan Syed, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Octavia Coit, MN, Heather Billings, RN, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.