Benefits of Membership

Executive Committee & Officers

For more information on becoming a member of Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society - Central Chapter, please send an email to papsych@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

Zeeshan Faruqui, MD

President-Elect

Pradipta Majumder, MD, FAPA

Secretary-Treasurer

Luke Piper, MD

Immediate Past President

Indranil Chakrabarti, MD

Delegate to PaPS Council

Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO

Resident Representatives to Council

Harsimar Kaur, MD

Councilors

Shiv S. Aggarwal, MD

Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD

Ahmad Hameed, MD

Education Committee Chair

Abhishek Nitturkar, MD

Early Career Psychiatrist Representative

Ankit Jain, 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 a wareness to mental health needs in the community.

Central Residents Night 2021

2019 CPPS Resident's Night and Poster Competition

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