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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.

2020 Events

CPPS Virtual Resident Night & Abstract Competition
Thursday, September 24, 2020 | 7:00 PM
Join us for a presentation of selected abstracts followed by a social event. The top abstracts will be selected for live presentation and attendees will be able to vote on the best ones (prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place). After the presentation, attendees will be invited to stay for a virtual social.

Registration for this event is free.

WEBINAR: Common Professional Liability Exposures and Risk Management
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM

Program Overview
You are doing everything necessary to stay up-to-date with the clinical aspects of psychiatric care but sometimes it’s those things not directly related to treatment that can pose the greatest risks. In this program, we will take a “shallow dive” into topics about which questions are frequently posed to our Risk Management Consultation Service. We will discuss the most important risk management approaches you should know about each topic. Topics will include, documentation, informed consent, liability for the acts of others, suicide, supervision of nurse practitioners, telepsychiatry, and more.

Accreditation Statement
Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement
Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS) designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planners and Faculty
Charles D. Cash, JD, LLM – Planner, Content Developer, Speaker
Mr. Cash has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Virtual Patient Safety & Risk Management
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Registration is now open! Check out the event page for more details and to register.

Exhibitors Learn More and Register Here

2020 Schedule-at-a-Glance

PRMS is a proud supporter of the 2020 CME events for this chapter.

Virtual Resident Night
September 24, 2020 | 7:00 PM
Virtual

Fall Webinar: Common Professional Liability Exposures and Risk Management
September 30, 2020 | 7:00 PM
Virtual

Addictions Symposium
October 31, 2020
Virtual - Click here to register!

Patient Safety & Risk Management
November 14, 2020
Virtual

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
Jagdeep Kaur, MD

Immediate Past President
Ailyn Diaz, MD

Delegate to PaPS Council
Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DFAPA

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

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

Education Committee Chair
Yufei Duan, MD

Early Career Psychiatrist Representative
Jatinder Singh, 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

Annual Business Meeting

CPPS held its annual business meeting on May 7, 2019. Ailyn D. Diaz, MD, was formally installed as President of the Central Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society.

Dr. Diaz, thanking Immediate Past President Kawish Garg, MD, FAPA, for his leadership over the past year and presenting him with gifts from the society.