UW Psychiatry Grand Rounds | Jeff Lyness, MD “Creative Resilience & Aging: Ella Fitzgerald’s Life in Song”

WisPIC Commons Room
6001 Research Park Blvd in Madison, WI
+ Virtual Event – via WebEx

UW Psychiatry Grand Rounds | Jeff Lyness, MD

“Creative Resilience & Aging: Ella Fitzgerald’s Life in Song”

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the talk, the audience will be able to:

1. describe how Ms. Fitzgerald overcame early life adversity to rise to the top of her profession.
2. describe how Ms. Fitzgerald overcame adversity in her mid- and late-career and in her final years.
3.  list several implications of Ms. Fitzgerald’s resiliency for ourselves, our colleagues, and our patients.

Reading List: 

• Lyness JM: Lessons from the lives of celebrated musicians: what Armstrong, Cash, Dylan, Ellington, Fitzgerald, and Sinatra can teach us about creative resilience and aging. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 25:1295-1299, 2017.
• Nicholson S: Ella Fitzgerald: a biography of the first lady of jazz. Scribner, 1994.

About the Speaker:

Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD, FACPsych, DLFAPA, DFAAGP, is President and CEO of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Dr. Lyness previously had served as a Psychiatry Director and as Vice Chair of the ABPN board. He also is a Past Chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Group on Faculty Affairs and a Past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and former Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Prior leadership roles at Rochester also included service as Director of Curriculum (for the entire medical student program) and as Medical Director for Continuing Medical Education. In the Department of Psychiatry he formerly served as Associate Chair for Education and directed the Geriatric Psychiatry Program (now Division). His research examined the relationships between depression and medical illnesses in later life, and was supported by grants from NIH, foundations, and industry.

Dr. Lyness received his M.D. degree with Honor and with Distinction in Research from the University of Rochester, completed his internship in internal medicine there, and then was a psychiatry resident at Yale University. He completed clinical and research fellowship training in the Geriatrics and Neuropsychiatry Program at Rochester. He has over 240 publications including journal articles, book chapters, and books, and has been fortunate to receive several awards for his clinical, teaching, and scholarly efforts including the American Psychiatric Association’s Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award and being named an Apple Distinguished Educator.

Webex Info:

American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours.

American Psychological Association (APA) Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsi-bility for the content of the programs.

Continuing Education Units Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

Continuing Education Units. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Educa-tion Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.125 continuing education units (CEUs) or 1.25 hours.