AAP Governance
Executive Board
Officers
Leadership Council
Standing Committees
Awards Committee Chair
Michael J. Peterson, MD, PhD, President-Elect
Nominating Committee Chair
Iljie Fitzgerald, MD, MS Immediate Past President
Membership Committee Chair
James R. Haliburton, MD
Annual Meeting Program Committee
Annual Meeting Program Chair
Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD
Annual Meeting Associate Program Chair
Joseph Stoklosa, MD
Educators' Showcase Coordinator
Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD
Media Session Coordinator
Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD
Works-in-Progress Coordinator
Ali Abbas Asghar-Ali, MD
Poster Selection Subcommittee Chair
Scott A. Oakman, MD, PhD
Feedback Evaluation Coordinator
Carmen Wiebe, MD
Leadership Nominations
Deadline for Nominations July 1, 2025
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 2025 Leadership Nomination Form with descriptions, terms, duties, and responsibilities. The Leadership Nomination slate will be presented and voted upon at the 2025 AAP Assembly and Awards on Friday, September 12, 2025.
For additional inquiries, contact Iljie Fitzgerald, 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
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
Administrative Director
Lisa Hedrick
Administrative Director
Association for Academic Psychiatry
2563 Oakwood Drive
Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 770.222.2265
FAX: 866.884.6103
lhedrick@academicpsychiatry.org
Past Presidents
| 2023 – 2024 2022 – 2023 2021 – 2022 2019 – 2021 2018 – 2019 |
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 |