Central PA Chapter
PRMS is a proud supporter of the 2018 CME events for this chapter.
Upcoming Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society Events
All Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society (CPPS) members are invited and welcome to attend the events listed below. Please register through the "online registration" links provided, or call 1-800-422-2900 or 717-558-7750 with any questions.
All Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society (CPPS) members are invited and welcome to attend the events listed below. Please register through the "online registration" links provided, or call 1-800-422-2900 or 717-558-7750 with any questions.
Registration now open!
Discussing the Stigma of Mental Illness: Dinner & a Movie, “The United States of Leland”
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
5:30 – 9:30 pm
Discussing the Stigma of Mental Illness: Dinner & a Movie, “The United States of Leland”
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
5:30 – 9:30 pm
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Past Meetings
April 2018
Ann McNury from PRMS presented Psychopharmacology: Risk Management and Legal Implications of Prescribing to chapter members on April 17, 2018.
Ann McNury from PRMS presented Psychopharmacology: Risk Management and Legal Implications of Prescribing to chapter members on April 17, 2018.
December 2017
Holiday Social
Colonial Golf & Tennis Club
The CPPS Holiday Social and award ceremony was a fun and intimate time for colleagues to get together and celebrate not only everyone's accomplishments but the holidays and New Year as well. Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DLFAPA was acknowledged and honored with the Presidential Award 2017-2018 in recognition of his services to our profession in various academic roles; to the mental health needs of our community and his involvement with the society.
Holiday Social
Colonial Golf & Tennis Club
The CPPS Holiday Social and award ceremony was a fun and intimate time for colleagues to get together and celebrate not only everyone's accomplishments but the holidays and New Year as well. Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DLFAPA was acknowledged and honored with the Presidential Award 2017-2018 in recognition of his services to our profession in various academic roles; to the mental health needs of our community and his involvement with the society.
2017 CPPS Residents' Night
Our annual Residents' Night was held on Thursday, August 24th at Tröegs Brewery in Hershey, PA. Over 15 CPPS members attended the event. It was an opportunity for residents to meet with practicing Psychiatrists from central PA in a relaxed, social setting.
Our annual Residents' Night was held on Thursday, August 24th at Tröegs Brewery in Hershey, PA. Over 15 CPPS members attended the event. It was an opportunity for residents to meet with practicing Psychiatrists from central PA in a relaxed, social setting.
PaPS President-Elect, Ahmad Hameed MD,​DFAPA (1st on left) is pictured with local residents and CPPS members at Residents' Night.
Central Psychiatric Society Benefits of Membership
For more information on becoming a member of the Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, please send an email to centralpapsych@papsych.org. Psychiatric Society members practicing in central Pennsylvania have dues-free access to the additional benefits of its Central chapter, including:
- Two CME dinner meetings throughout the year, for members and their spouses or guests.
- One social event per year, for members and their spouses or guests.
- Opportunities to become informed and involved in issues affecting psychiatric practice on a local level.
- Psychiatric resident outreach programs, including attendance at all dinner meetings free-of-charge to residents and their spouses or guests.
- Representation of local issues through its representatives to the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society's governing Council.
Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society
Executive Committee and Officers
President
Kawish Garg, MD
President-Elect
Ailyn Diaz, MD
Secretary-Treasurer
Irakli Mania, MD
Immediate Past President
Usman Hameed, MD
Delegate to PaPS Council
Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DFAPA
Resident Representative to Council
Vacant
Councilors
Shiv S. Aggarwal, MD
Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD
M. Ahmad Hameed, MD
Executive Committee and Officers
President
Kawish Garg, MD
President-Elect
Ailyn Diaz, MD
Secretary-Treasurer
Irakli Mania, MD
Immediate Past President
Usman Hameed, MD
Delegate to PaPS Council
Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DFAPA
Resident Representative to Council
Vacant
Councilors
Shiv S. Aggarwal, MD
Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD
M. Ahmad Hameed, MD
