About the Western Chapter of PaPS

Benefits of Membership

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

Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society members practicing in the Western Pennsylvania area, with the exception of Allegheny County and its close environs, have dues-free access to the additional benefits of the Western Pennsylvania chapter, including:

• Presents two educational dinner meetings a year on a wide variety of psychiatric issues and topics.
• Addresses membership concerns regarding managed care systems and how these systems affect patients with limited resources.
• Provides opportunities to become informed and involved in issues affecting psychiatric practice on a local level.
• Provides opportunities to socialize and interact with colleagues.
• Addresses the challenges and opportunities for practitioners in the rural and small city environment.
• Serves as a liaison between the psychiatric community and the local public mental health system.
• Represents the interests of its local members through representation to the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society's governing council.

Executive Committee & Officers

President
Benjamin Gangewere, DO

President Elect
To Be Named

Secretary-Treasurer
Allen D'Souza, MD, FAPA

Immediate Past President
Elizabeth Ramsey, DO

Councilor
Dennis Borczon, MD
Mary Anne Albaugh, MD, DLFAPA
Robert Wilson, MD, PhD, DLFAPA

ECP Representative:
To Be Named

Resident Representative:
Antony DiNunzio, DO