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AAP Governance

Executive Board

Officers

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Michael J. Peterson, MD, PhD
President

Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH

Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH
President-Elect

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Scott A. Oakman, MD, PhD
Vice President

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Jesse Markman, MD
Secretary/Treasurer

Heidi Combs, MD, MS
Immediate Past President

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Lewis P. Krain, MD
Academic Psychiatry Governance Committee

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Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS
Membership Committee Chair

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Eduardo C. Humes, MD, PhD
Communications Committee Chair

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Francis Lu, MD
IDEA Committee Chair

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Joseph Stoklosa, MD
2026 Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee Chair

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Lillian "Joy" Houston, MD
Master Educator Program Committee Chair

Sarah Baker 2022

Sarah E. Baker, MD, MA
Medical Humanities Committee Chair

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Richard Ly, MD
Trainee Engagement Committee Chair

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Shaheen Darani, MD, FRCPC
Career Development Committee Chair

Leadership Council

Standing Committees

Awards Committee Chair
Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH, President-Elect

Nominating Committee Chair
Heidi Combs, MD, MS Immediate Past President

Membership Committee Chair
Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS

Annual Meeting Program Committee

Annual Meeting Program Chair
Joseph Stoklosa, MD

Annual Meeting Associate Program Chair
Adrienne T. Gerken, MD

Educators' Showcase Coordinator
Joseph Stoklosa, MD

       Media Session Coordinator
​Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD

Works-in-Progress Coordinator
Joseph Stoklosa, MD

Poster Selection Subcommittee Chair
Meghan Schott, MD

Feedback Evaluation Coordinator
Carmen Wiebe, MD

Leadership Nominations

Deadline for Nominations July 1, 2026
The Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) seeks nominations of AAP Members in good standing as candidates for leadership positions within AAP. Click here to review 2026 Leadership Nomination Form with descriptions, terms, duties, and responsibilities. The Leadership Nomination slate will be presented and voted upon at the 2026 AAP Assembly and Awards on Friday, September 18, 2026.

For additional inquiries, contact Heidi Combs, MD, MS, Nominating Committee Chair.

Other Committees

Career Development Committee Chair
Shaheen Darani, MD

Communications Committee Chair
Eduardo C. Humes, MD, PhD

Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Committee Chair
Francis Lu, MD

Trainee Engagement Committee Chair
Richard Ly, MD

 

Liaisons

PRITE Editorial Board
Sarah Nagle-Yang, MD

Julie Niedermier, MD

AACDP
Kari Wolf, MD

AADPRT
Ann Schwartz, MD

ADMSEP
Lindsay Pershern, MD

Administrative Office

Association for Academic Psychiatry
2563 Oakwood Drive
Crown Point, IN 46307

Phone: 770.222.2265
FAX: 866.884.6103
lhedrick@academicpsychiatry.org

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Lisa Hedrick
Administrative Director

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Holly Olmsted-Hickey
Project Manager

Journal Inquiries & Submissions:

Academic Psychiatry Editor
Adam Brenner, MD

Editorial Office Email

UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390-9070
Phone: 214-302-9176

AAP Bylaws

Past Presidents

Quicklinks

2024 – 2025
2023 – 2024
2022 – 2023
2021 – 2022
2019 – 2021
2018 – 2019		Heidi Combs, MD, MS
Iljie Fitzgerald, MD, MS
Sean Blitzstein, MD
Lewis P. Krain, MD
Suzanne B. Murray, MD
John Teshima, MD
2017 – 2018Marcy Verduin, MD
2016 – 2017Amin Azzam, MD
2015 – 2016Jason Caplan, MD
2014 – 2015John Luo, MD
2013 – 2014Jon Lehrmann, MD
2012 – 2013Michael Jibson, MD
2011 – 2012Karen Broquet, MD
2010 – 2011Robert Boland, MD
2009 – 2010Michele Pato, MD
2008 – 2009Deborah J. Hales, MD
2007 – 2008Joan Anzia, MD
2006 – 2007Patrick T. O’Neill, MD
2005 – 2006Linda L.M. Worley, MD
2004 – 2005Donald Hilty, MD
2003 – 2004Laura Roberts, MD
2002 – 2003Edward K. Silberman, MD
2001 – 2002Philip Muskin, MD
2000 – 2001Michelle Riba, MD
1999 – 2000Deborah Spitz, MD
1998 – 1999David Goldberg, MD
1997 – 1998Elizabeth Rand, MD
1996 – 1997Donald C. Fidler, MD
1995 – 1996Ellen Leibenluft, MD
1994 – 1995Carolyn B. Robinowitz, MD
1993 – 1994Allan Tasman, MD
1992 – 1993Frederick Guggenheim, MD
1991 – 1992Robert E. Hales, MD
1990 – 1991Troy L. Thompson, II, MD
1989 – 1990Stephen C. Scheiber, MD
1988 – 1989Jeffrey L. Houpt, MD
1986 – 1988Jonathan F. Borus, MD
1984 – 1986Russell Gardner, Jr., MD
1982 – 1984Carol C. Nadelson, MD
1980 – 1982F. Patrick McKegney, MD
1978 – 1980Paul J. Fink, MD
1976 – 1978Thomas G. Webster, MD
1973 – 1976Larry B. Silver, MD
1970 – 1973Layton McCurdy, MD