2025-2026 PaPS District Branch Council

President	Mark Matta, DO, DFAPA
President-Elect	Indranil Chakrabarti, MD, FAPA
Vice-President	Aileen Oandasan, MD, FAPA
Treasurer	Christine Marchionni, MD, DFAPA
Secretary	Howard Levin, MD, DFAPA
Immediate Past President	Kavita Fischer, MD, DFAPA
Early Career Psychiatrist	Robert Tessier, MD, MPH
Resident Fellow Member	Kirklan Kathe, MD
Chapter Councilors
Central Councilor	Douglas Ockrymiek, DO, DLFAPA
Lehigh Councilor	Howard Levin, MD, FAPA
Northeast Councilor	Richard Fischbein, MD, DLFAPA
Philadelphia Councilors	Heather John, MD, PhD, FAPA
	Frederick “Rick” Stoddard, MD, PhD
	Kenneth Weiss, MD, DLFAPA
Pittsburgh Councilors	Mayank Gupta, MD, FAPA
	Gary Swanson, MD, DFAPA
Western Councilor	Dennis Borczon, MD
APA Area 3 Assembly Representatives
Deputy Director	Mary Anne Albaugh, MD, DLFAPA
Area 3 Board Trustee	Kenneth Certa, MD, DLFAPA
PaPS Assembly Representatives	Zeeshan Faruqui, MD, FAPA
	Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy, MD, DFAPA
	Hope Selarnick, MD, DLFAPA, FASAM
	Keith Stowell, MD, MSPH, MBA, DFAPA
	Adam Tripp, MD, PhD, FAPA
ACROSS Representative	Mayank Gupta, MD, FAPA
APA Hispanic Psychiatrists	Hector Colon-Rivera, MD, FAPA
Chapter Presidents
Central	Luke Piper, MD, FAPA
Lehigh	Howard Levin, MD, FAPA
Northeast	Dominic Mazza, MD, DLFAPA
Philadelphia	Heather John, MD, PhD, FAPA
Pittsburgh	Mayank Gupta, MD, FAPA
Western	Benjamen Gangewere, DO
Committee Chairs
Awards	Irakli Mania, MD, DFAPA, FASAM & Mark Matta, DO, DFAPA
Bylaws	Ahmad Hameed, MD, DFAPA & Mark Matta, DO, DFAPA
Clinical	Kavita Fischer, MD, DFAPA & Mark Matta, DO, DFAPA
Education	Indranil Chakrabarti, MD, FAPA & Aileen Oandasan, MD, FAPA
Ethics	Kathleen Dougherty, MD, DLFAPA
Finance	Aileen Oandasan, MD, FAPA
Government Relations	Kenneth Certa, MD, DLFAPA & Kathleen Dougherty, MD, DLFAPA
Media & Communications	Hope Selarnick, MD, DLFAPA, FASAM & Christine Marchionni, MD, DFAPA
Membership	Indranil Chakrabarti, MD, FAPA
Nominating	Irakli Mania, MD, DFAPA, FASAM, Usman Hameed, MD, DFAPA, DFAACAP
PAC Board	Kenneth Certa, MD, DLFAPA & Ahmad Hameed, MD, DFAPA
Program Directors SIG	Ahmad Hameed, MD, DFAPA & Gary Swanson, MD, DFAPA
Resident Committee	Kirklan Kathe, MD