John M. Oldham, M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, will be the guest speaker at April 13 lecture

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John M. Oldham, M.D., will discuss Personality Disorders: Current Controversies and New Developments at the 2005 Albert M. Biele, M.D., Memorial Lecture in Psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Oldham is professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina.

The 27th annual Biele Lecture will be held Wednesday, April 13, at 11a.m. in the DePalma Auditorium of Jefferson’s Foerderer Pavilion Building, 1020 Sansom Street, Philadelphia.
Dr. Oldham also serves as executive director of the Institute of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dr. Oldham is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in adult and forensic psychiatry and by the American Psychoanalytic Association.  His research interests are focused on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with severe personality disorders. 

He is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American College of Psychiatrists, the American College of Psychoanalysts, the American Psychopathological Association and the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Oldham is immediate past president of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, past president of the Association for Research on Personality Disorders, vice president of the South Carolina Psychiatric Association, and treasurer of the American College of Psychiatrists.  He also serves as editor of the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.

Dr. Oldham is a graduate of Duke University and Baylor Medical School. He received his psychiatric and psychoanalytic training at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

Dr. Oldham has been actively involved in the American Psychiatric Association. He has served as president of the New York County District Branch and as a member of the Council on Research and the Steering Committee on Practice Guidelines.  In addition, he served as chair of the Practice Guideline Work Group on Borderline Personality Disorder and chair of the Committee on Quality Indicators. Currently, he is chair of the Council on Quality Care. 

The Biele lectureship was created in 1979 to honor Dr. Biele, an outstanding Jefferson physician, scholar and psychiatry professor and friend to many at Jefferson. The lecture was endowed by the Biele family and members of the Jefferson Medical College Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior.

The Biele Lecture committee is chaired by Karl Doghramji, M.D., professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson, and director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

For further information or for reservations, call at 215-955-9404.