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CPPS Call for Award Nominations

The Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society (CPPS) is currently accepting nominations for the following awards:

Presidential Award
Service Recognition Award

The Presidential Award was established to honor a member for their service to the profession of psychiatry or for efforts bringing about a higher level of awareness to the mental health needs of the community.

The Service Recognition Award was established to honor an individual or organization whose service efforts have brought about a higher level of awareness to the mental health needs of the community. *If an individual is nominated, the nominee’s efforts must go above and beyond his/her job duties.

Nominations for the awards, including a letter outlining the individual’s qualifications for the award, a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and any additional supporting documentation should be submitted via email to centralpapsych@papsych.org or mail to: 400 Winding Creek Blvd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050.

The submission deadline is October 1, 2021.

The awards committee will review all submissions and make their recommendation to Executive Committee for final approval.

Contact Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society at (800) 422-2900 if you have any questions about the award nomination process.

Upcoming Central PA Psychiatric Society Events

2021 CPPS Schedule-at-a-Glance

PRMS is a proud supporter of the 2021 CME events for this chapter.

PaPS Small Chapter Coalition Webinar
October 27, 2021
Click here to register.

CPPS Holiday Event
December 9, 2021

Other Chapter and State Events

PaPS 2021 Patient Safety & Risk Management Education Meeting
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Click here to register.

All Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society (CPPS) members are invited and welcome to attend the events listed above. Please register through the "online registration" links provided, or call 1-800-422-2900 with any questions.

About CPPS

Benefits of Membership

Executive Committee & Officers

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.

President
Irakli Mania, MD

President-Elect
Indranil Chakrabarti, MD

Secretary-Treasurer
Yufei Duan, MD

Immediate Past President
Ailyn Diaz, MD

Delegate to PaPS Council
Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO

Resident Representatives to Council
Hassaan Gomaa, MD
Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Councilors
Shiv S. Aggarwal, MD
Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD
Ahmad Hameed, MD

Education Committee Chair
Pradipta Majumder, MD

Early Career Psychiatrist Representative
Taranjeet Jolly, MD

Past Events

2019 Holiday Social and Awards Program
What If...Of Hershey

The CPPS Holiday Social and awards program was an evening of celebration and recognition. Shiv S. Aggarwal, MD was honored with the 2019 Presidential Award in recognition of his services to the profession of psychiatry. The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter) was awarded the 2019 Service Recognition Award in recognition of their efforts that have brought a higher level of awareness to the mental health needs of the community.

Dr. Ailyn Diaz presents the 2019 Service Recognition Award to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter). The award was presented to recognize their efforts to bring a higher level of awareness to mental health needs in the community.

2019 CPPS Resident's Night and Poster Competition
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Colonial Country Club
Harrisburg, PA

Congratulations to the poster award winners:
First Place
Mostafa Khalil, MD, of Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Second Place
Tuna Hasoglu, MD, of Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Third Place
Hassaan Gomma, MD, of Penn State Hershey Medical Center