Please join us for a BE-Well Network Meet the Partners session on Monday, September 14th from 12-1 pm Pacific time with Dr. Ilse Wiechers.

The goal of the Meet the Partners virtual sessions is to provide a chance for our behavioral health research community to learn from VA leaders about their operational goals and needs and have an opportunity for questions and discussion.

Ilse Wiechers, MD, MPP, MHS
Acting Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Patient Care Services
Veterans Health Administration

As the Acting Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Patient Care Services, Dr. Wiechers provides leadership for 16 National Program Offices providing operational, policy, and compliance support for VHA. Prior to that, she served nearly 4 years as the Deputy Executive Director in VHA Office of Mental Health. In this role, she led the operations of OMH and the timely development and implementation of policies and programs that ensure Veteran-centered, evidence-based and high-quality mental health services to over 2 million Veterans every year.  She led OMH’s legislative policy and partnership work, engaging regularly with key Congressional and Veteran Service Organization stakeholders. She has been instrumental in the development of VHA’s portfolio of innovative mental health treatments including ketamine and psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Dr. Wiechers is a practicing board certified Adult and Geriatric Psychiatrist who is an alumna of the VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment, the Yale RWJF/VA Clinical Scholars Program, and the John A. Hartford Foundation's Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Psychiatry Training Program. Dr. Wiechers serves as faculty at University of California San Francisco and Yale, is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association and has been elected to the membership of the American College of Psychiatrists.

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Microsoft Teams meeting 

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/26824162375673?p=00EfNZLUtYuAjrmy7C

Meeting ID: 268 241 623 756 73 

Passcode: Jd27VL7E 

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