Benefits of Membership
- Two CME dinner meetings throughout the year, for members and their spouses or guests.
- One social event per year, for members and their spouses or guests.
- Opportunities to become informed and involved in issues affecting psychiatric practice on a local level.
- Psychiatric resident outreach programs, including attendance at all dinner meetings free-of-charge to residents and their spouses or guests.
- Representation of local issues through its representatives to the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society’s governing Council.
Executive Committee & Officers
President
Luke Piper, MD, FAPA
President-Elect
Yassir Mahgoub, MD, FAPA
Secretary-Treasurer
Abhishek Nitturkar, MD, FAPA
Immediate Past President
Pradipta Majumder, MD, FAPA
ECP Representative
Melissa Free, MD
RFM Representative
Anil Kalyoncu, MD
Education Committee Chair
Arya Soman, MD, DFAACAP
Delegate to PaPS Council
Douglas A. Ockrymiek, DO, DLFAPA
Councilors
Shiv S. Aggarwal, MD, DLFAPA
Kathleen C. Dougherty, MD, DLFAPA
Ahmad Hameed, MD, DFAPA
Past Events
Holiday Networking Party – 12/6/2024
Central Chapter PaPS Virtual Poster Night 2024
The Central held its annual Virtual Poster Night on January 25 hosted by moderators Abbishek Nitturkar, M.D., and Luke Piper, M.D. The event was exceptionally successful – 18 posters were submitted for judging! Three posters were selected from the group for prizes. The 2024 winners are:
FIRST PLACE: Lydia Maliackel: “Describing the role of the exposome to explain variance in youth suicide attempts: individual level psychosocial exposome”
SECOND PLACE: Moises Santana, M.D.: “Barriers to psychiatric care and placement in patients with ASD presenting to the ED for behavioral health concerns”
THIRD PLACE: Setareh K. Gooshvar: “The Role of Broad Pharmacogenomic Testing in Anxiety Management”
Additionally, two “Peoples’ Choice” Awards were voted on in real time during the course of the event.Those 2024 winners are:
FIRST PLACE: Robyn A. Panchaud, M.D.: “Managing the Psychiatric Comorbidities of a Patient with Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System (PACNS)”
SECOND PLACE: Mark T. Shephard, D.O.: “Design and Implementation of a jumpstart course in counseling techniques for first year psychiatry residents”
Special thanks go out to our judges for that evening’s event: Indranil Chakrabarti, M.D.; Luke Piper, M.D.; Irakli Mania, M.D.; and Abbishek Nitturkar, M.D.
Click on THIS LINK to view the poster submissions.