New York City

AACP Chapter

The New York Regional Chapters of the

American Association of Community Psychiatrists

and the

American Association of Psychiatric Administrators

Objectives

Providing for the effective and efficient consolidation of knowledge and new information

regarding administration of mental health facilities, programs and systems by psychiatrists

working within the public sector; formulating, promulgating, and maintaining qualifications and

standards for all psychiatrists working within the public sector

Providing education to psychiatrists and the community regarding the relationship of

administration and psychiatric care; and

Providing better understanding and professional support among psychiatrists working within

the public sector by promoting collegiality, networking and consultation.

Our History

The New York Regional Chapters of the AACP and AAPA began meeting together in 2009 to

more effectively promote public psychiatry in New York.

Did You Know

Most of our members are alumni of the Columbia University Public Psychiatry Fellowship

Program, initiated in 1981 with funds from the NYS Office of Mental Health.

Annual Conference

The chapter's next annual conference will be held on Friday, April 27, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital West in NYC. The conference is titled: “Community Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System: What Needs to Change?” The Keynote Speaker is Judge Steven Leifman.

For further information about the chapter or the conference, contact Hiwot Woldu, Chapter President, at nypublicpsych01@gmail.com

Chapter Executive Committee: 2017-18

President

Hiwot Woldu, MD

President-Elect

Matthew Erlich, MD

Secretary

Heather Straccia, MD

Treasurer

Mirabela Bodic, MD

Councilors:

Vanessa Bobb, MD, PhD