Resilience During a Pandemic and Beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how healthcare is practiced and delivered. Co-sponsored with the Helen Rehr Center for Social Work Practice, NYAM’s sections on Nursing and Social Work* invite you to a special panel discussion with distinguished physician, nursing, and social work speakers on the topic of resilience in healthcare. Learn from these experts on the ways build and maintain resilience during these challenging times and beyond.

Panelists

Jennifer Bornemann, LCSW, BCD
Commander, United States Public Health Service 

Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN
Author

Dennis S. Charney, MD
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean, Icahn School of Medicine
President for Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System

*1 Continuing Education Contact Hour will be awarded to New York State Licensed Social workers by the Helen Rehr Center for Social Work Practice, an approved provider #SW-0510 (a fee of $25 will be charged). Credits can be applied for at the Helen Rehr Center. For all questions relating Social Work Continuing Education Hours, please contact Barbara Silverstone: bsilverstone@helenrehrcenter.org

Panelist Bios

Jennifer Bornemann, LCSW, BCD, is a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service who serves as the Team Lead for Region IV and Region V, Recovery Missions Branch, Division of Community Mitigation & Recovery for the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR.) She recently transitioned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where she served as the agency’s Resilience Officer providing leadership and support through the conceptualization, development and execution of programs and communication strategies throughout the CDC organization. Formerly, CDR Bornemann worked as a public health advisor in the suicide prevention branch at SAMHSA and as a program manager for the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. CDR Bornemann also provided clinical social work services at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. She is a member of the USPHS Services Access Team (SAT) – 3 and has deployed numerous times, including the Camp Fire wildfire in Paradise (CA), Hurricane Recovery in St. Croix (USVI), Ebola epidemic in Liberia, Washington Navy Yard shooting, Superstorm Sandy (NJ), Umpqua Community College (OR) shooting and the severe flooding event in Baton Rouge (LA). Prior to joining the U.S. Public Health Service, CDR Bornemann was a Vice President with the Credit Suisse Americas Foundation, based in NYC. In her career, she has also worked as a Legislative Assistant for former U.S. Congressman Porter Goss and as a project coordinator at the State University of New York’s Research Foundation as well as the Council on Foreign Relations. CDR Bornemann received her MS from Columbia University’s School of Social Work and her BA from the University of Maryland. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-C) in the state of Maryland and has earned the credential of Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work. CDR Bornemann is a three-time Ironman triathlon finisher.

Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP, FAAN,known as the Inspiration Nurse, travels the world helping healthcare professionals to maximize their personal and professional potential. She is fiercely passionate about nursing and life in general. Donna is the original “Dear Donna” columnist at Nurse.com. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a Certified Speaking Professional, one of only 25 nurses in the world with this designation. Donna is author of four books including the award-winning Falling Together: How to Find Balance, Joy, and Meaningful Change When Your Life Seems to be Falling Apart. She has received numerous business and healthcare awards and recognitions but is most proud of being named a Diva in Nursing by the Institute for Nursing in NJ for outstanding achievements and excellence in practice. Donna is a life-long Jersey girl with attitude and chutzpah to spare.

Dennis S. Charney, MD, is Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System. He is a world-renowned expert in the neurobiology and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders who has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of human anxiety, fear, depression, and resilience, and has played a key role in the discovery of new treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Charney's career began in 1981 at Yale, where, within nine years, he rose from Assistant Professor to Professor of Psychiatry with tenure, a position he held for a decade. At Yale, he chaired the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH) Board of Scientific Counselors, which advises the Institute's director on intramural research programs. In 2000, NIMH recruited Dr. Charney to lead its Mood and Anxiety Disorder Research Program and the Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch. Dr. Charney’s own research on depression has led to new hypotheses regarding the mechanisms of antidepressant drugs and discovery of new and novel therapies for treatment-resistant depression including lithium and ketamine. He is a co-inventor on a patent for the use of ketamine as a therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In recent years, his pioneering research has expanded to include the psychobiological mechanisms of human resilience to stress. In 2017, the Cleveland Clinic identified Dr. Charney’s discovery of the use of ketamine for treatment-resistant depression as one of the top 10 medical innovations of the year. Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2000, Dr. Charney has been honored with every major award in his field for his scientific research. He was among the recipients of the 2020 Empire Whole Health Heroes awards, which recognized him for his outstanding leadership in the pandemic helping to advance biomedical exploration and safeguard the well-being of New York City’s health care providers. A prolific author, Dr. Charney has written or co-authored more than 700 publications, including groundbreaking scientific papers, chapters, and books.