AAP Governance
Executive Board
Officers
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
TBD
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
APA
Vishal Madaan, MD
Administrative Office
Association for Academic Psychiatry
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Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 770.222.2265
FAX: 866.884.6103
lhedrick@academicpsychiatry.org
Journal Inquiries & Submissions:
Academic Psychiatry Editor
Adam Brenner, MD
UT Southwestern Department of Psychiatry
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390-9070
Phone: 214-302-9176
Past Presidents
| 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 – 2018 | Marcy Verduin, MD |
| 2016 – 2017 | Amin Azzam, MD |
| 2015 – 2016 | Jason Caplan, MD |
| 2014 – 2015 | John Luo, MD |
| 2013 – 2014 | Jon Lehrmann, MD |
| 2012 – 2013 | Michael Jibson, MD |
| 2011 – 2012 | Karen Broquet, MD |
| 2010 – 2011 | Robert Boland, MD |
| 2009 – 2010 | Michele Pato, MD |
| 2008 – 2009 | Deborah J. Hales, MD |
| 2007 – 2008 | Joan Anzia, MD |
| 2006 – 2007 | Patrick T. O’Neill, MD |
| 2005 – 2006 | Linda L.M. Worley, MD |
| 2004 – 2005 | Donald Hilty, MD |
| 2003 – 2004 | Laura Roberts, MD |
| 2002 – 2003 | Edward K. Silberman, MD |
| 2001 – 2002 | Philip Muskin, MD |
| 2000 – 2001 | Michelle Riba, MD |
| 1999 – 2000 | Deborah Spitz, MD |
| 1998 – 1999 | David Goldberg, MD |
| 1997 – 1998 | Elizabeth Rand, MD |
| 1996 – 1997 | Donald C. Fidler, MD |
| 1995 – 1996 | Ellen Leibenluft, MD |
| 1994 – 1995 | Carolyn B. Robinowitz, MD |
| 1993 – 1994 | Allan Tasman, MD |
| 1992 – 1993 | Frederick Guggenheim, MD |
| 1991 – 1992 | Robert E. Hales, MD |
| 1990 – 1991 | Troy L. Thompson, II, MD |
| 1989 – 1990 | Stephen C. Scheiber, MD |
| 1988 – 1989 | Jeffrey L. Houpt, MD |
| 1986 – 1988 | Jonathan F. Borus, MD |
| 1984 – 1986 | Russell Gardner, Jr., MD |
| 1982 – 1984 | Carol C. Nadelson, MD |
| 1980 – 1982 | F. Patrick McKegney, MD |
| 1978 – 1980 | Paul J. Fink, MD |
| 1976 – 1978 | Thomas G. Webster, MD |
| 1973 – 1976 | Larry B. Silver, MD |
| 1970 – 1973 | Layton McCurdy, MD |