AAP Founder and First President
1970-1973AAP Goodness

Each of our AAP leaders has played an integral role in manifesting what our organization has been known to share as "AAP Goodness." It is that familiarity. That comfortable feeling when you enter the room. The smile and inquisitiveness from a colleague who asks about where you are from or what you are currently working on. That moment when a total stranger says, "Sure, I can show you where that workshop is," and suddenly you have a new meeting buddy!

Our AAP leaders have been past AAP presidents, committee chairs and members, mentors, mentees, all levels of academia, all levels of clinical work, authors, guides and friends. Decades of attending countless workshops, works-in-progress, poster sessions, media sessions, educator showcases are combined with hours and hours of laughter and learning. The end result: AAP Goodness.

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AAP Leaders & Friends

This page is devoted to sharing memories, stories and the legacy of our AAP leaders and friends who have shaped the world of academic psychiatry and changed the lives of medical students, residents, colleagues and associates. Please know that this is a living page: we encourage anyone to share a photo, story or how they have been impacted by the teaching, life or direction of these fine educators and clinicians. We are grateful for your memories and adding to their legacies ad to the great history of AAP. Please share your thoughts with Holly Olmsted-Hickey.