Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society Council

Executive Committee

President

Kavita K. Fischer, MD, DFAPA

President Elect

Mark Matta, DO, DFAPA

Immediate Past President

Irakli Mania, MD, DFAPA, FASAM

Vice President

Indranil Chakrabarti, MD, DFAPA

Treasurer

Aileen P. Oandasan, MD, FAPA

Secretary

Christine Marchionni, MD, DFAPA

Central Chapter Councilor

Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DLFAPA

Lehigh Valley Chapter Councilor

Howard Levin, MD, FAPA

Northeast Chapter Councilor

Richard Fischbein, MD, DLFAPA

Philadelphia Chapter Councilors

Frederick “Rick” Stoddard, MD, PhD

Heather V. John, MD, PhD, FAPA

Kenneth Weiss, MD, DLFAPA

Pittsburgh Chapter Councilors

Mayank Gupta, MD, FAPA

Gary Swanson, MD, DFAPA

Western Chapter Councilor

Dennis P. Borczon, MD

ECP Representative

Robert Tessier, MD, MPH

Resident Representative

Kirklan Kathe, MD

Other Representatives Working for You

APA Assembly Representatives

Mary Anne Albaugh, MD, DLFAPA (Deputy Director)

Zeeshan Faruqui, MD, FAPA 
Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy, MD, DFAPA
Hope Selarnick, MD, DLFAPA, FASAM
Keith Stowell, MD, MSPH, MBA, DFAPA
Adam Tripp, MD, PhD, FAPA
 

Area 3 Board Trustee

Kenneth M. Certa, MD, DLFAPA

ACROSS Representative
Mayank Gupta, MD, FAPA

APA Hispanic Psychiatrists
Hector Colon-Rivera, MD, FAPA 

APA State Legislative Representative, APA Alternate Delegate to the AMA, PAMED Specialty Leadership Cabinet Representative, Representative PAMED House of Delegates

Kenneth M. Certa, MD, DLFAPA

PAMED Psychiatric Trustee

Ahmad Hameed, MD, DFAPA

Rep DOT Medical Advisory Committee

Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy, MD, DFAPA

Rep to Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee

Michael Feinberg, MD, PhD, DLFAPA 

Chapter Councilors and Presidents

Central Chapter

President: Luke Piper, MD, FAPA
President-Elect: Yassir Mahgoub, MD, FAPA
Secretary/Treasurer: Abhishek Nitturkar, MD, FAPA
Delegate to PaPS Council: Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DLFAPA
Immediate Past President: Pradipta Majumder, MD, FAPA
ECP Representative: Melissa Free, MD
RFM Representative: Anil Kalyoncu, MD
Councilors: Shiv S. Aggarwal, MD, DLFAPA; Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD, DLFAPA; Ahmad Hameed, MD, DFAPA
Education Committee Chair: Arya Soman, MD, DFAACAP

Lehigh Valley Chapter

President: Howard Levin, MD, FAPA
President-Elect: Elizabeth Mutter, DO
Secretary/Treasurer: John-Paul Gomez, MD, FAPA
Immediate Past President: Katherine B. Martin, MD
Delegate to PaPS Council: Katherine B. Martin, MD
RFM Representative: Radhika Patel, DO
Councilors: Courtney Chellew, MD, FAPA; Jeannie Bujdos, DO; Andrei Vedeniapin, MD, FAPA

Northeastern Chapter

President: Dominic Mazza, MD, DLFAPA

Immediate Past President: Sanjay Chandragiri, MD, DFAPA
Delegate to PaPS Council: Richard E. Fischbein, MD, DLFAPA

Philadelphia Chapter

President: Heather V. John, MD, PhD, FAPA
President-Elect: Frederick "Rick" Stoddard, MD, PhD
Vice President: Geoffrey Neimark, MD, FAPA
Immediate Past President: Kenneth Weiss, MD, DLFAPA
Treasurer: Sudha Nair, MD, MPH
Secretary: Emily Bray, DO, FAPA
Councilors: Kenneth M. Certa, MD, DLFAPA; John Chaves, MD
ECP Representative: Reid Mergler, MD
Senior Advisor: Michael Feinberg, MD, PhD, DLFAPA
Resident Representatives: Rachana Kelshikar, DO; Abigail Friel, MD; Devon Player, DO; Chase Stevens, MD

Pittsburgh Chapter

President: Mayank Gupta, MD, FAPA
President-Elect: Nicola S. Gray, MD, FAPA
Secretary/Treasurer: Tania Kannadan, MD
Immediate Past President: Aileen P. Oandasan, MD, FAPA
Delegate to PaPS Council: Mayank Gupta, MD, FAPA; Gary Swanson, MD
Councilors: Gary Swanson, MD, DFAPA; Dylan Payne, DO
ECP Representative: Ryan Wasilchak, DO
Resident Representatives: Alexandra McHugh, MD; Ijeoma Unachukwu, MD

Western Chapter

President: Benjamin Gangewere, DO
President-Elect: Peter Coffman, MD
Immediate Past President: Benjamin Gangewere, DO
Secretary-Treasurer: Allen D'Souza, MD, FAPA
Delegate to PaPS Council: Dennis Borczon, MD
Councilors: Dennis Borczon, MD; Mary Anne Albaugh, MD, DLFAPA; Robert E. Wilson, MD, PhD, DLFAPA
ECP Representative: Clarice Dixson, DO
Resident Representative: Antony DiNuzio, DO

Clinical

The Clinical Committee monitors policies proposed by the Pennsylvania Departments of Corrections, Drug and Alcohol Programs, Education, Health and Human Services, reviews bills introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and makes recommendations to the Government Relations Committee and PaPS Council on issues related to substance use, older adults with mental health issues, and VA/State Hospitals. The current co-chairs of the committee are Kavita K. Fischer, MD, DFAPA and Mark Matta, DO, DFAPA.

Education

The Education Committee develops and conducts the Society's annual patient safety/risk management CME program. The current co-chairs of the committee are Indranil Chakrabarti, MD, DFAPA and Rajnish Mago, MD, DFAPA.

E​thics

​The Ethics Committee reviews ethical complaints, investigates possible ethical violations, renders decisions in each case as to what, if any, sanctions are needed, makes recommendations to the PaPS Council, and informs the APA as to the findings in each case as per the APA's publication The Principles of Medical Ethics with Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry. The committee chair is Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD, DLFAPA.

Government Relations

The Government Relations Committee monitors bills introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and makes recommendations to the PaPS Council on legislative and regulatory issues affecting the specialty and healthcare public policy. Kenneth Certa, MD and Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD, DLFAPA co-chair these efforts.

Membership

The Membership Committee develops and implements membership recruitment and retention programs, makes recommendations to the PaPS Council on dues relief requests, and makes recommendations to the PaPS Council on Distinguished Fellow candidates. Howard Levin, MD, FAPA and Christine Marchionni, MD, DFAPA serve as co-chairs.

Media & Communications

Chair: Hope Selarnick, MD, DLFAPA, FASAM