Upcoming Philadelphia Psychiatric Society Events

All Philadelphia Psychiatric Society members are invited and welcome to attend the events listed below. Please register through the "online registration" links provided, or call 888-723-2501 with any questions.​​​​​​​​

2020 Events

Virtual Addiction Symposium
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Save the Date! Details are still being finalized and registration is coming soon.

Virtual Patient Safety & Risk Management
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Save the Date! Details are still being finalized and registration is coming soon.

2020 Schedule-at-a-Glance

Fall Webinar
Date: TBD
Virtual

Addictions Symposium
October 31, 2020
Virtual 
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Patient Safety & Risk Management
November 14, 2020
Virtual

2020 Events Impacted
​by COVID-19

Annual Women's Committee Brunch
Rescheduled for March 2021
The March 14, 2020 meeting was canceled due to the spread of COVID-19 and the travel restrictions put on our members, speakers, and attendees. The event is tentatively on the schedule for Spring 2021. Watch your email and this page for event updates. 

2020 Colloquium of Scholars
​Cancelled
The March 28, 2020 meeting was canceled due to the spread of COVID-19 and the travel restrictions put on our members, speakers, and attendees. Please watch your email and this page for COS updates.

2020 Benjamin Rush Gala
​Cancelled
Due to the uncertainty of COVID-19, the PPS Council has placed the health and well-being of our attendees and members and has canceled the Benjamin Rush Gala for 2020.  We will plan for 2021 and look forward to gathering as a Society to honor the award recipients. 

About PPS

The Philadelphia Psychiatric Society (PPS) comprises over 950 psychiatrists practicing in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Delaware Counties.

Its staff and membership are dedicated to assisting its members and working on behalf of their interests and those of the patients they serve. PPS is a chapter of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association.

For more information regarding the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society, please call 888-723-2501, or send an email message to philapsych@papsych.org. Our Deputy Association Executive is Dawn Losiewicz.

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Our Mission, Vision and Values

Benefits of Membership

Mission:
The Philadelphia Psychiatric Society is an organization of psychiatrists in southeastern Pennsylvania that:

• Advocates for its members and their patients.
• Promotes access to and implementation of the highest quality in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders - including substance abuse - for patients and their families.
• Sustains, enhances, and promotes psychiatric leadership in the provision of mental health services.
• Supports the professional development and practice needs of its members.
• Meets its goals by working in concert with its district branch, the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, and its national organization, the American Psychiatric Association.
  
  

Vision:
The Philadelphia Psychiatric Society is the voice of psychiatry in the region, promoting humane, accessible, quality prevention and treatment of psychiatric diseases.

Values:

• Preventing psychiatric illness and improving the health of people suffering from these illnesses. 
  Establishing and enhancing the importance of mental health as a cornerstone to the best overall health and quality of life.
• Fostering intellectual and social diversity within the organization.
• Promoting the highest ethical standards of professional conduct.
• Supporting patient focused, scientifically based treatment.
• Defining psychiatric diseases and psychiatric treatment to encompass all illnesses in the DSM as well as concepts and terms such as mental illness, mental health, substance abuse, addictions, and behavioral health.

Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society members practicing in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area have dues-free access to the additional benefits of the Philadelphia chapter, which provides...

• Educational meetings on a wide variety of psychiatric issues.
• Governing council meetings.
• Social and other meetings.
• An opportunity to work with committees.
• Opportunities for psychiatric residents, including representation on the Society's Council, invitations to all CME meetings, and participation in the Benjamin Rush Awards Night.
• Opportunities to socialize and interact with colleagues. A quarterly newsletter transactions with information about members, local psychiatric issues, and chapter activities.
• Representation of local issues through its representatives to the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society's governing council.

​For more information on becoming a member of the Philadelphia Psychiatric Society and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, please send an email to papsych@papsych.org​ or 1-800-422-2900.

Executive Committee & Chairpersons

President/Delegate to the PaPS Council
Ilia Nikhinson, MD

Immediate Past President/Delegate to the PaPS Council
Pietro Miazzo, MD

President-Elect/Delegate to the PaPS Council
Holly Valerio, MD

Vice President
Wei Du, MD

Treasurer
Christopher Tjoa, MD

Secretary
Ellen Conroy, DO

Councilors
Kavita Bharwani, MD
Andrea Bowen, MD

ECP Representative
Vacant

Committee Chairpersons
Senior Advisor
Michael Feinberg, MD, PhD

Education
Rajnish Mago, MD, Chair

Hospital Psychiatry Committee
Tahir Maqsood, MD, Co-Chair
Ilia Nikhinson, MD, Co-Chair

Women's Interest Committee
Andrea Bowen, MD, Co-Chair
Robin Hanson, DO, Co-Chair

​Membership Committee
Kenneth J. Weiss, MD, DLFAPA

Community Psychiatry
Lawrence A. Real, MD, Chair

Liaison Representatives from Affiliated Organizations
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
Marina Goldman, MD, Liaison

American Academy of Psychiatry and Law
Kenneth J. Weiss, MD, DLFAPA, Liaison

American Psychoanalytic Association Liaison
Charles V. Giannasio, MD

Pennsylvania Society of Addiction Medicine
Abigail L. Kay, MD

Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual Disability Services
Geoff B. Neimark, MD, Liaison
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Regional Council Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Naushad R. Jessani, MD

Past Events

2019 Benjamin Rush Gala Award Recipients
 
Congratulations to the following Philadelphia Psychiatric Society members and outstanding individuals, recipients of the 2019 Benjamin Rush Awards. The awards were presented at the Benjamin Rush Gala on Friday, November 15, 2019, at the Chubb Hotel & Conference Center.
 
Paul J. Fink Leadership Award                           Hope S. Selarnick, MD, DFAPA
Lifetime Achievement Award                             Mary Anne Delaney, MD
Outstanding Practitioner Award                       Alex Glijansky, MD, DLFAPA
Outstanding Educator Award                             Ellen H. Sholevar, MD
Benjamin Rush Amicus Award                            Jennifer Bonovitz, PhD
Robert Jones Award                                             Robert W. Stanton, MD

Previous Winners