CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT
Distinguished Fellow
Private Practice, 1984- ♦ APA Vice President, 2007- ♦ APA Treasurer, 2000-2004 ♦ APA Trustee-at-Large, 1995-98 ♦ Member, Chair, APA Committee on Graduate Medical Education, 1998-2000 ♦ APA Assembly Representative, New York County District Branch, 1989-95 ♦ New York University School of Medicine: Associate Professor of Psychiatry, 1993-; Vice Chair, Education in Psychiatry, 2006-; Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education, 2004-; Director, Psychiatry Residency, 1993-2007
It is a privilege to be nominated for the position of president-elect of APA at this critical time for psychiatry and for national health care. We must capitalize on the medical advances in neuroscience, psychopharmacology, genetics, and psychotherapy in order to have a strong, accountable, and effective national organization which can provide leadership and direction in advocacy and education for our patients and our members.
I have been actively involved in APA for more than 25 years beginning as chair of the residents' committee of the N.Y. County District Branch. I served in the Assembly for six years, chaired components including the committees on medical student and graduate education and the Institute on Psychiatric Services, and have been elected to the Board of Trustees as trustee-at-large, treasurer, and vice president. As treasurer, I converted a $4 million budget deficit into a $5 million dollar surplus and assured that our organization would be fiscally stable. My work in so many aspects of APA in combination with my extensive career in psychiatry has prepared me exceptionally well to assume this leadership role.
APA must advocate for our patients and our members. To achieve this goal, I will:
Forge close working relationships with allied organizations to improve advocacy nationwide. | |||||
Collaborate with other medical organizations to improve funding for medical research, education, and clinical care. | |||||
Develop more effective methods for assisting our local and state organizations in their legislative and educational initiatives. | |||||
Increase opportunities for members to participate actively in APA using electronic technology to develop leadership in the next generation while preserving a work/life balance. | |||||
Promote our diversity and encourage collaboration to increase the effectiveness of APA. | |||||
I will also continue to address the many challenges facing our profession and our patients including:
The persistence of stigma. | |||||
Discriminatory practices which restrict access to care. | |||||
Continuing lack of appropriate reimbursement for mental health services despite the passage of the parity bill by Congress. | |||||
Erosion of the confidentiality of the doctor-patient relationship. | |||||
Encroachment by nonmedical professionals into the practice of psychiatric medicine. | |||||
I have been an active clinician for more than 20 years. As a clinician-educator, I have dedicated my career to the education and training of the next generation, directed medical student and residency training programs, and now oversee house staff education for all residency and fellowship programs as the associate dean for GME at NYU. I have been actively involved in numerous other significant national psychiatric organizations including AADPRT, ACP, GAP, AACP, and the ABPN. I pledge to:
Advocate strenuously for our patients and our profession through effective interactions with the media and government. | |||||
Work to recruit the best and brightest students to our field and provide them with the best education possible. | |||||
Improve communication between APA leadership and our members. | |||||
Thank you for your support.
Primary Professional Activities and Sources of Income
Professional Activities
95%—Administration, education, and training
5%—Clinical, private practice
Income
100%—New York University School of Medicine
