Who are my Supporters?
“I highly endorse the candidacy of Bart Blinder for the APA presidency. He is by far the most suitable candidate for this office.” Aaron T. Beck, father of Cognitive Therapy
Members in Private Practice. Confronting the challenges of patient care every day including access to care, roadblocks, reimbursement, parity, and formulary restrictions. Voluntary Clinical Faculty. Contributing time and effort devoted to teaching, supervision, and clinical research supporting local Departments of Psychiatry. Training and Program Directors. On the front line with our Residents and Fellow Members, administrating and implementing innovative and specialized diagnostic and treatment programs. Public and Community Psychiatrists. Extending access to quality care reaching underserved communities often with creative approaches that may be models for the future. RFM and ECPs. Completing training and inaugurating careers amidst the changes and challenges they face today and must be prepared to meet in the future. APA District Branch and Assembly Leaders. Volunteering their time to advance and defend our profession, members, and best interests of our patients. Department Chairs and Researchers. Meeting the responsibility of stewardship for training, envisioning our future, and increasing our base of knowledge. With gratitude for their support and pride in their personal contributions to our specialty, patients, and the community, I submit to you a partial list. Aaron T. Beck: PA, Alex Vuckovic: MA, Gerald Maguire: CA, Chris Reist: CA, Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald: LA, Peter Hauser: CA, Tara Yuan: CA, Vijaya Appareddy: TN, Michael Blumenfield: CA, Bhasker Dave: IA; David Davis: CA; Gaurav Mehta: Ontario, Adel Eldahmy: CA, Julio Licinio: Australia, Bruce Milin: CA, Al Herzog: CT, Leigh Harrington: CA, Jerome Rogoff: MA, Donald Hilty: CA, Camille Paglia: PA, Andrei Novac: CA, Barry Landau: Washington, DC, Himasiri De Silva: CA, Erik Anthony Whitfield: LA, Peter Sukin: SC, Robert McCarron: CA, Richard Altesman: NY, Steve Walsh: CA, Amresh Srivastava: Ontario, Dominick Addario: CA, Bruce Hershfield: MD, Joseph Berger: Toronto, Jody Brkich: CA, John Chiles: WA State, Josh Pretsky: CA, Robert Pyles: MA, Maria Lymberis: CA, Ruth Gettes: FL, Matt Goldenberg: CT, Marilyn Sosna: CA, Lawrence Hartmann: MA, Khushro Unwalla: CA, Paul Peckar: VA, Richard Shadoan: CA, Sharon Jacobson: CA, Roger Peele: Washington, DC, William Bunney: CA, Ron Benson: MI, Elizabeth Galton: CA, Henry Doenlen: FL, Marvin Firestone: CA, Bernard Beitman: VA, Gordon Globus: CA, David Boyer: AZ, Donald Sharps: CA, Anne Lutz: MA, Lana Fishkin: PA, James Fleming: MO, Jennifer Hagman: CO, Norton Roitman: NV, JoAnn Crudo: CA, Geetha Jayaram: MD, Mary Ann Schaepper: CA, Tom Allen: MD, Vin Shanbhag: CA, Anand Pandurangi: VA, Barry Chaitin: CA, Brian Greenfield: Montreal, Captane Thomson: CA, Joyce Vista-Wayne: IA, Mantosh Dewan: NY, Paul Fine: NE, Richard Dorsey: CA, Vincenzo Di Nicola: Montreal, Richard Granese: CA, Elise Snyder: CT, Kirk McNagny: CA, Louis Moench: UT, Nicolaas van Nieuwenhuysen: CA, Peter Forster: CA, Richard Epstein: MD, Tom Okamoto: CA, Van DeGolia: CA, John De Figueiredo: CT, Jeffrey Seitelman: CA, Eric Plakun: MA, Douglas Kahn: CA, George Kopiloff: CA, Yvonne Ferguson: CA, Gary Weinstein: KY, Brenda Jensen: CA, Michael Gales: CA, Charles Price: NV, Barbara Yates Weissman: CA, Al Gaw: CA |
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Jerry Rogoff, MD DLFAPA Past President Massachusetts Psychiatric Association Past Area 1 APA Assembly Representative Past Chief Inpatient Psychiatry at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, 2014 |
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Professor Julio Licinio, MD, FRANZCP Deputy Director, Translational Medicine Head, Mind and Brain Theme South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute |
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Maria T. Lymberis, MD DLFAPA Past APA Treasurer Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Geffen UCLA School of Medicine |
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Barry Chaitin, MD DLFAPA Professor and Chair Emeritus University of California, Irvine Past President, California Psychiatric Association |
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Captane P. Thomson, MD Past President, California Psychiatric Association Past APA Assembly Representative for Central California Psychiatric Association Clinical Professor, UC Davis Dept. of Psychiatry |
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Professor of Psychiatry, University of Montreal
Past-President, APA Quebec & Eastern Canada DB
Representative, APA Assembly |
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Bernard D. Beitman, MD DLFAPA Former Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia Visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia |
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Douglas G. Kahn, MD DLFAPA Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine Past President, Orange County Psychiatric Society |
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Gerald A. Maguire, MD, DFAPA Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Neuroscience UC Riverside School of Medicine Past Associate Dean Medical Education UC Irvine Past Residency Director of Psychiatry UC Irvine |
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Jennifer Hagman, MD DFAPA FAED Past President Colorado Psychiatric Society and Colorado Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society Chair, CPS Legislative Committee APA Area 6 Representative to the Joint Commission on Government Affairs, 1991-1993 Director, Eating Disorder Program, Children’s Hospital Colorado Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
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Andrei Novac, MD DFAPA Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine Founding Director, Traumatic Stress Program, University of California, Irvine Past Chair Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma Special Study Group at the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies |
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Kirk P McNagny, MD DFAPA Associate Residency Training Director, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine Director for Medical Education, Mental Health Care Group, Long Beach VA Healthcare System Past President, Orange County Psychiatric Society |
