Committees and Task Forces

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Awards Committee
Chair: Yonas E. Geda,  M.D., FANPA
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdate, AZ

Bylaws Committee
Chair: Robert G. Robinson, M.D., FANPA
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Committee on Research
Chair: Shirlene Sampson, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Vice Chair: Valerie Voon, M.D.
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Education Committee
Chair: Robin A. Hurley, M.D., FANPA
Hefner VA Medical Center
Salisbury, NC

Vice Chair: Deborah Black, M.D., FANPA
University of Vermont
Division of Public Psychiatry
Barre, VT

Finance and Development Committee
Chair: Evan D. Murray, M.D.
McLean Hospital
Manchester VA Hospital
Andover, MA

Membership Committee
Chair: Margo Lauterbach, M.D.
Sheppard Pratt Health System
Baltimore Maryland

Vice Chair: Bernard Vaccaro, M.D., FANPA
Westwood, MA

Public Policy and Communication
Chair: David A. Silbersweig, M.D.
Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals
Boston, MA  

Scientific Program Committee
Chair: David B. Arciniegas, M.D., FANPA
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Houston, TX

Chair: Clark A. Anderson, MD, FANPA
UCHSC, Neurology
Denver, CO

Standards and Ethics Committee
Chair: James Merikangas, M.D., FANPA
Bethesda, MD

TASK FORCE CHAIRS

British Neuropsychiatric Association Task Force
Chair: Fred Ovsiew, M.D., FANPA
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Global Health Initiative Task Force
Chair: Richard Ferrell, M.D.
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon NH,

Social Task Force
Chair: Katherine Briggs Brownlowe, M.D.
Rutland, VT

Training Task Force
Co-Chair: Sheldon Benjamin, M.D., FANPA
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department of Psychiatry
Worcester, MA

Co-Chair: David B. Arciniegas, M.D., FANPA
TIRR Memorial Hermann
Houston, TX