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APM ORGANIZATION
2012-2013

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APM COUNCIL
Executive Committee
Immediate Past Presidents & Governors
Councilors
Editor, Psychosomatics
Chair, Foundation of APM
Executive Director
 
 
Photo of Wayne Katon
Wayne J. Katon,
MD, FAPM
2012-13 President
 
Photo of Linda Worley
Linda L.M. Worley, MD, FAPM
2012-13 President-Elect
 
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Catherine C. Crone, MD, FAPM
2012-13 Vice-President
 
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Steven A. Epstein, MD, FAPM
2012-13 Secretary
 
Photo of Bob Boland
Robert Boland, MD, FAPM
2012-13 Treasurer
 
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Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, FAPM
Immediate Past President
(2011-2012)
 
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John L. Shuster, Jr., MD, FAPM
2010-11 President
 

 

 

 
 
 
 

  Annual Meeting (Standing Committee)

Pre-Conference Courses

Early Career Track

Oral & Poster Papers

Workshops & Symposia

Local Arrangements


 
   
Clinical Practice (Standing Committee)

Business of Psychosomatic Medicine

Guidelines & Evidence-Based Medicine

   
Communications & Website (Standing Committee)
   
Education (Standing Committee)

Fellowship Education

Residency Education

Medical Student Education

Interdisciplinary Education

Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

   
Finance (Standing Committee)
   
Governance (Standing Committee)

Constitution and Bylaws

Standards and Ethics

   
Membership (Standing Committee)

Fellowship and Awards

Member Services

   
Nomination & Leadership (Standing Committee)
   
Research (Standing Committee)
   
Strategic Planning (Standing Committee)
   
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

• Bioethics

• C-L Child/Adolescent Psychiatry

• Cardiovascular Psychiatry

• Community-Based Psychosomatic Physician Practice Issues

• Critical Care

• Early Career Psychiatrists

• Emergency Psychiatry

• HIV/AIDS (formerly Organization of AIDS Psychiatry)

• International Relations

• Medicine & Psychiatry

• Neuropsychiatry

• Palliative Care

• Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Medically Ill

• Telepsychiatry

• Transplant Psychiatry

• Women's Health
 

   
 
Section/Affiliate/Regional Representatives to Council
•  AADRPT
AAP
AIDS
AMP
APA
APA Research Council
APOS
APS
•  CLAP
Cleveland C-L Society
NASPOG
Organ Transplant
SLP
International Affairs
DGPPN
EACLPP
JSGHP
 

 
 

to top of page2012-2013 Council

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President Wayne J. Katon, MD, FAPM, Chair
President-Elect Linda L.M. Worley, MD, FAPM
Vice President Catherine C. Crone, MD, FAPM
Secretary Steven A. Epstein, MD, FAPM
Treasurer Robert Boland, MD, FAPM
Immediate
Past Presidents & Governors
Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, FAPM (2011-2012 APM president)
John L. Shuster, Jr., MD, FAPM (2010-2011 APM president)
Councilors Philip A. Bialer, MD, FAPM
J. Michael Bostwick, MD, FAPM
Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD, FAPM
Linda K. Ganzini, MD, FAPM
Donna B. Greenberg, MD, FAPM
Jeff C. Huffman, MD, FAPM
James R. Rundell, MD, FAPM
Michael C. Sharpe, MD, FAPM
Maria Tiamson-Kassab, MD, FAPM
Non-voting Members:
Ex-Officio Theodore A. Stern, MD, FAPM (Editor, Psychosomataics)
Maryland Pao, MD, FAPM
Chair, Foundation of APM Philip R. Muskin, MD, FAPM
Executive Director James Vrac
 
to top of pageStanding Committees & Their Subcommittees 2012-2013

The year a member's term expires is in parentheses following his or her name. Contact information is available from the online member directory at Directory/Referrals.

NOTE: Chair rotations occur after the annual meeting in November.
Member terms begin and end on October 15.


 
ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of James Rundell Photo of J. Michael Bostwick Photo of Linda Ganzini Photo of Thomas Heinrich
James R. Rundell,
MD, FAPM,
Chair
(2013)
John Michael Bostwick,
MD, FAPM,
Vice Chair
(2014)
Linda K. Ganzini,
MD, FAPM,
Advisor
(2013)
Thomas Heinrich,
MD, FAPM,
CME Liaison
(2013)
[Med. Coll. of Wisc.]

The Annual Meeting Committee is responsible for all aspects of the annual meeting: program, courses, development and support, meeting site recommendations, and budget.


PRE-CONFERENCE COURSES Subcommittee

Philip A. Bialer, MD, FAPM, Co-chair (2014)
Maryland Pao, MD, FAPM, Co-chair (2014)

James L. Levenson, MD, FAPM (2013)
Leeza Park, MD (2013)
Lisa J. Rosenthal, MD (2013)

Theodore A. Stern, MD, FAPM (2015)

Linda L.M. Worley, MD, FAPM (2013)

EARLY CAREER TRACK Subcommittee

Patrick Aquino, MD, Co-chair (2014)
Divy Ravindranath, MD, MS, Co-chair (2014)

Rashi Aggarwal, MD (2014)

Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD, FAPM (2013)
Anne Gross, MD (2015)
Laura K. Kent, MD (2014)
Kristen Somers, MD (2015)

ORAL & POSTER PAPERS Subcommittee

Jon Levenson, MD, FAPM, Co-chair (2014)
Christina L. Wichman, DO, Co-chair (2014)

Jason P. Caplan, MD, FAPM (2014)
M. Beatriz Currier, MD, FAPM (2013)
Thomas Cummings, MD (2014)
Lucy Epstein Hutner, MD (2014)
Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald, MD, FAPM (2013)
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FAPM (2013)
Rita R. Hargrave, MD (2014)
Laura K. Kent, MD (2013)
Karen M. Lommel, DO (2014)
Shehzad Niazi, MD (2015)
Roberto Jorge Ortiz-Aguayo, MD (2014)
Terry Rabinowitz, MD, FAPM
Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD, FAPM (2013)
Lisa Seyfried, MD (2014)

WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIA Subcommittee

John Michael Bostwick, MD, FAPM, Co-chair (2013)
Christopher L. Sola, DO, FAPM, Co-chair (2013)

Khyati Brahmbhatt, MD (2014)
Marc D. Feldman, MD (2013)
Thomas W. Heinrich, MD, FAPM (2013)
Jeff C. Huffman, MD, FAPM (2015)
Manuel N. Pacheco, MD, PhD, FAPM (2014)
Sanjeev Sockalingham, MD (2013)

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Subcommittee

Nehama Dresner, MD, FAPM, Co-chair (2014)
Ann C. Schwartz, MD, FAPM, Co-chair (2013)

Jack Shier, MD (2013)
Karen Weihs, MD (2013)

 


CLINICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Jeff Huffman Jeff C. Huffman, MD, FAPM, Chair (2015)

The Clinical Practice Committee develops position statements relevant to external standards and accreditation organizations, develops position statements and plans of action relevant to federal legislation and regulatory efforts and relevant to other professional organizations (e.g., APA, APA, ACP, etc.), and reviews existing policy statements of other organizations.

The committee also leads and develops clinical practice guidelines, summaries of published evidence for aspects of psychosomatic medicine practice, and other materials conducive to the clinical practice of psychosomatic medicine, as guided and approved by Council.

Members:

Lex Denysenko, MD (2014)
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FAPM (2013)

Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, MD, FAPM (2015)
Lawson Wulsin, MD, FAPM (2013)

Consultants;
Carol Alter, MD, FAPM (2013)
Wolfgang Soellner, MD (2014)

Webb Fellow:
Anna Dickerman, MD (2015)


BUSINESS OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE Subcommittee

Lawson R. Wulsin, MD, FAPM, Chair (2015)
Christopher White, MD, JD, Vice Chair (2015)

Julia Adler, MD (2014)

Lex Denysenko, MD (2015)

James Kimball, MD (2014)

Tomas Kuich, MD (2014)

Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, MD, FAPM (2015)

Fatimah A. Tahil, MD, MPH, FAPM (2014)

Ilse Wiechers, MD (2013)

     
GUIDELINES & EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE Subcommittee

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)

Albert Leentjens, MD (2013)

Nnamdi Maduekwe (2014)

Robert Oldham, MD (2013)

Roberto Ortiz-Aguayo, MD (2014)

Thomas Penders, MD (2014)

Linda M. Peterson, MD, FAPM (2013)

Kemuel L. Philbrick, MD, FAPM (2014)

Teresa Rummans, MD (2013)

Jewel Shim, MD (2013)

Wolfgang Soellner, MD (2013)

Joshua Straus, MD (2014)

Paula Zimbrean, MD (2014)


COMMUNICATIONS & WEBSITE COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Jeff Huffman Jeff C. Huffman, MD, FAPM, Chair (2015)

The Communications Committee directs the development and maintenance of the Academy's website and other avenues of communication as guided and approved by Council; coordinates public relations and press releases, as guided and approved by Council.

Members:

Robert Boland, MD, FAPM (2014)
Chris Celano, MD (2013)
Marc Feldman, MD (2013)
Carlos Fernandez-Robles, MD (2013)
Thomas Garrick, MD, FAPM (2013)

Consultant:
Andrea DiMartini, MD, FAPM (2013)


EDUCATION COMMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Philip Bialer Philip A. Bialer, MD, FAPM, Chair (2015)

The Education Committee is responsible for promoting and overseeing the educational activities of the Academy. In conjunction with the Editor of Psychosomatics, it monitors the editorial policy and the process involved in editing and publishing the journal.

Members:

Robert Boland, MD, FAPM (2015)

Lucy Epstein Hutner, MD (2014)

Terry Rabinowitz, MD, FAPM (2015)

Divy Ravindranath, MD, MS (2015)

Ann C. Schwartz, MD, FAPM (2015)

Ex officio:
Theodore A. Stern, MD, FAPM


FELLOWSHIP EDUCATION Subcommittee

Terry Rabinowitz, MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)
Paul H. Desan, MD, FAPM, Vice Chair (2014)

Jan Apple, MD (2014)

Philip A. Bialer, MD, FAPM (2015)

Brian Bronson, MD (2014)

Mark J. Ehrenreich, MD (2015)

Christine Finn, MD (2014)

Robert Joseph, MD (2014)

Kathy M. Sanders, MD, FAPM (2013)

David A. Straker, DO (2015)

Consultant:

Catherine C. Crone, MD, FAPM (2015)

     
RESIDENCY EDUCATION Subcommittee

Ann C. Schwartz, MD, FAPM, Chair (2015)
Paula C. Zimbrean, MD, Vice Chair (2015)

Kristi Eastabrook, MD (2015)

Carrie Ernst, MD (2014)

Thomas Heinrich, MD, FAPM (2013)

Vicki Kijewski, MD (2014)

Robert Lloyd, MD (2015)

Sermsak Lolak, MD (2014)

Karina Uldall, MD, MPH (2013)

     
MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION Subcommittee

Lucy Epstein Hutner, MD, Chair (2014)

Marian Fireman, MD, FAPM (2015)

Margo Funk, MD (2014)

Ondria C. Gleason, MD, FAPM (2015)

Kewchang Lee, MD (2014)

Michael Marcangelo, MD (2013)

Nicole Mavrides, MD (2014)

Fremonta Meyer, MD (2014)

Paul Ragan, MD (2013)

Marcus Wellen, MD (2014)

     
INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION Subcommittee

Divy Ravindranath, MD, MS, Chair (2015)
Lorin Scher, MD (2013)

J.J. Rasimas, MD, FAPM (2014)

Sarah Rivelli, MD (2015)

Maria Rueda-Lara, MD (2014)

Junji Takeshita, MD (2013)

Felicia K. Wong, MD (2014)

     
MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC) Subcommittee

Robert Boland, MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)

J. Michael Bostwick, MD, FAPM (2013)

Steven A. Epstein, MD, FAPM (2013)

David F. Gitlin, MD, FAPM (2012)

James N. Kimball, MD (2013)

Cheryl McCullumsmith, MD, PhD (2013)

Kemuel Philbrick, MD (2013)

Terry Rabinowitz, MD, FAPM (2013)


FINANCE COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Robert Boland Robert Boland, MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)

Along with the treasurer, the Finance Committee oversees preparation of an annual budget, investment of Academy funds, procedures for receiving and disbursing funds, methods of accounting and bookkeeping, and preparation of fiscal reports. The committee may recommend financial actions (e.g., change in dues, salaries) to the Council.

Members:

Linda Ganzini, MD, FAPM (2014)

David Gitlin, MD, FAPM (2013)

Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, MD, FAPM (2014)

Paul Summergrad, MD, FAPM (2013)

Consultant:

Shiela G. Jowsey, MD, FAPM (2013)


GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Steven Epstein Steven A. Epstein , MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)

The Governance Committee monitors the functioning of the Academy to ensure that it is in conformity with the Constitution and Bylaws. Where necessary, it recommends additions, deletions, or changes in these documents.

The committee defines and monitors ethical standards of presenters and presentations at, and of unrestricted grant funding for, the annual meeting. It investigates allegations of unethical conduct brought against any member of the Academy and makes recommendations for any change in membership status or censorship of a member to the Council. Periodically it reviews the procedures it is to follow in investigating and hearing cases of alleged misconduct.

Members:

Harold E. Bronheim, MD, FAPM (2011)

Shiela Jowsey, MD, FAPM (2014)

James L. Levenson, MD, FAPM (2014)

José Maldonado, MD, FAPM (2013)


CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Subcommittee

Harold E. Bronheim, MD, FAPM, Chair (2014)

Joule Adler, MD (2013)

Brian Bronson, MD (2013)

Murali S. Rao, MD, FAPM (2012)

     
STANDARDS AND ETHICS Subcommittee

James L. Levenson, MD, FAPM, Chair (2014)

Elizabeth A. Davis, MD (2013)

Hindi T. Mermelstein, MD, FAPM (2013)

Laura W. Roberts, MD, FAPM (2013)


MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Maria Tiamson-Kassab, MD, FAPM, Chair (2012)

The Membership Committee reviews the credentials of applicants and nominees for all classes of membership in the Academy, and makes recommendations for approval or disapproval to the Council. It periodically reviews and, as necessary, modifies the criteria for membership in the Academy. It reviews applications for fellowship in the Academy annually, determines whether applicants meet established criteria, and recommends applicants for fellowship to Council. In consultation with Council and the membership, it annually selects members for Academy awards.

Members:

Chris Dobbelstein, MD (2013)

Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, MD, FAPM (2015)

Linda M. Peterson, MD, FAPM (2013)

Fatimah A. Tahil, MD, FAPM (2014)

Ex-officio:

Steven Epstein, MD, FAPM (2013)


FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS Subcommittee
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Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, MD, FAPM, Chair (2015)

Pamela Diefenbach, MD, FAPM (2013)

Steven K. Dobscha, MD, FAPM (2014)

Lillian Gonsalves, MD, FAPM (2014)

Andrew J. Lancia, MD (2013)

Hochang B. Lee, MD, FAPM (2014)

Stephen Nicolson, MD, FAPM (2015)

Shannon K. Robinson, MD (2015)

Ann C. Schwartz, MD, FAPM (2015)

Kristen Somers, MD (2014)

Theodore A. Stern, MD, FAPM (2015)

Rebecca Tamas, MD (2013)

Marie B. Tobin, MD, FAPM (2015)

Christina Wichman, DO (2014)

Ex-officio:

Wayne J. Katon, MD, FAPM (2013)

James R. Rundell, MD, FAPM (2013)

Maria Tiamson-Kassab, MD, FAPM (2013)

     
MEMBER SERVICES Subcommittee

Fatimah A. Tahil, MD, FAPM, Chair (2015)

Wendell Bell, MD (2015)

Janna Gordon-Elliot, MD (2014)

Damir Huremovic, MD (2013)

Vidya Raj, MD (2013)

Maria Rueda, MD (2014)


NOMINATION & LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Wayne Katon Wayne J. Katon, MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)

The Nomination & Leadership Committee submits a slate of candidates for officers and councilors for the next election to the Secretary no later than six months before the Annual Meeting.

Members:

M. Beatriz Currier, MD, FAPM (2013)

Karen Johnson, MD (2013)

Donald Rosenstein, MD, FAPM (2013)

Michael C. Sharpe, MD, FAPM (2013)

Consultant:

Linda L.M. Worley, MD, FAPM (2013)


RESEARCH COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Michael Sharpe Michael C. Sharpe, MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)

The Research Committee endeavors to stimulate and support research and teaching in the area of C-L psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine by whatever means it deems appropriate.

Members:

E. Sherwood Brown, MD, PhD, FAPM (2015)

Dimitri S. Davydow, MD (2015)

Steven K. Dobscha, MD, FAPM (2014)

Jesse Fann, MD (2014)

Jeff C. Huffman, MD, FAPM (2013)

Teresa A. Rummans, MD, FAPM (2015)

Consultants:

Ilana Braun, MD (2013)

Andrea DiMartini, MD, FAPM (2013)

Stephen Ferrando, MD, FAPM (2013)

Linda Ganzini, MD, FAPM (2013)

Richard E. Kennedy, MD (2011)

Paula Trzepacz, MD, FAPM (2011)

Webb Fellows:

Joan Camprodon, MD (2015)

Jennifer Knight, MD (2015)


STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE (Standing Committee)
Photo of Cathy Crone Catherine C. Crone, MD, FAPM, Chair (2013)

The Strategic Planning Committee formulates rolling one-year plans and ensures continuity of the Strategic Plan.

Members: Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, MD, JD, FAPM (2013)
Roger G. Kathol, MD, FAPM (2013)
Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, FAPM (2013)
John L. Shuster, Jr., MD, FAPM (2013)

Consultant:

Paul Summergrad, MD, FAPM (2013)

 

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Bioethics
Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM &
Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD, FAPM

Cardiovascular Psychiatry
Hochang Benjamin Lee, MD, FAPM

Community-Based Psychosomatic Physician Practice Issues
Linda M. Peterson, MD, FAPM

Critical Care
Dimitry S. Davydow, MD

Early Career Psychitrists
Patrick Aquino, MD

Emergency Psychiatry
Seth M. Powsner, MD, FAPM

HIV/AIDS Psychiatry
Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM &
Kelly L. Cozza, MD, FAPM

International Relations
Michael C. Sharpe, MD, FAPM

Medicine & Psychiatry
Thomas W. Heinrich, MD, FAPM

Neuropsychiatry
Yonas E. Geda, MD

Palliative Care
Harold W. Goforth, MD, FAPM

Pediatric Psychosomataic Medicine
(formerly C-L Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)

Maryland Pao, MD, FAPM
Susan B. Turkel, MD, FAPM

Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Medically Ill
Harold E. Bronheim, MD, FAPM
Craig Lichtman, MD, MBA

Telepsychiatry
Terry Rabinowitz, MD, FAPM

Transplant Psychiatry
Andrea DiMartini, MD, FAPM

Women's Health
Nehama Dresner, MD, FAPM

 

to top of pageSection/Affiliate/Regional Representatives to Council

AADRPT - American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training Programs
Lawson R. Wulsin, MD, FAPM

AAP - Association for Academic Psychiatry
Robert Boland, MD, FAPM

AIDS
Mary Ann A. Cohen, MD, FAPM

AMP - Association of Medicine & Psychiatry
Caroline Carney-Doebbeling, MD, FAPM

APA - American Psychiatric Association
Thomas N. Wise, MD, FAPM

APA Research Council Liaison
Paula T. Trzepacz, MD FAPM

APOS - American Psychosocial Oncology Association
Alan D. Valentine, MD

APS - American Psychosomatic Society
Thomas N. Wise, MD, FAPM

CLAP - Consultation-Liaison Association of Philadelphia
Kevin C. Hails, MD, FAPM

Cleveland C-L Society
Ellen Rothchild, MD, FAPM

NASPOG - North American Society of Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology
Donna E. Stewart, MD, FAPM

Organ Transplant
Catherine C. Crone, MD, FAPM

SLP - Society for Liaison Psychiatry
Asher D. Aladjem, MD, FAPM

DGPPN - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde (German Affiliate)
Albert Diefenbacher, MD, PhD, FAPM

EACLPP - European Association for C-L Psychiatry & Psychosomatics
Francis H. Creed, MD, FRCP

JSGHP - Japanese Society of General Hospital Psychiatry
Yasuhiro Kishi, MD, PhD, FAPM

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