Pittsburgh

Upcoming Pittsburgh Psychiatric Society Events

All Pittsburgh Psychiatric Society members are invited and welcome to attend the events listed below. Please register through the "online registration" links provided, or call 1-866-659-8629 or 717-558-7750 with any questions.

2020 Events

Cancellation Notice
After thorough review and consideration of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, Pittsburgh Psychiatric Society leadership has made the decision to cancel the Holiday Social.

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

2020 PPS Symposium - Cancelled
September 12, 2020 | 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Pittsburgh Marriott North

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

Addictions Symposium
October 31, 2020

Pittsburgh Holiday Social - Cancelled
November 9, 2020 | 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Sheraton Station Square

Patient Safety & Risk Management
November 14, 2020
Virtual

About PPS

Benefits of Membership

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

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

Dinner 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 dinner meetings, and a Residents' Night program.
Opportunities to socialize and interact with colleagues.
A chapter page in the Pennsylvania Psychiatrist 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.

Executive Committee & Officers

President
Amita D. Mehta, MD

President-Elect and Delegate to the PaPS Council
Mark A. Matta, DO

Treasurer
Melina Spyridaki-Dodd, MD

Secretary
Adam C. Tripp, MD, PhD, FAPA

Chapter Councilors
Aileen P. Oandasan, MD (Delegate to PaPS Council)
Gary Swanson, MD

Immediate Past President
Maher O. Ayyash, MD, FAPA, FAPM

Resident Representatives
VACANT

For more information regarding the Pittsburgh Psychiatric Society, please call 866-659-8629, or send an email message to pittpsych@papsych.org. Our Deputy Association Executive is Dawn Losiewicz.

Past Events

Annual Business Meeting
PPS held its annual business meeting on June 10, 2019. Maher O. Ayyash, MD, FAPA was formally installed as Pittsburgh Psychiatric Society's President. Pictured is Immediate Past President Amit Chopra, MD, FAPA, for the official passing of the gavel to Dr. Chopra.