AAGP was founded in 1978 to foster the specialty of geriatric psychiatry and promote the delivery of quality mental health care to the aging population. A 16-member Board of Directors that is elected by the general membership governs the AAGP. In addition, nine Committees provide input to the AAGP Board of Directors on substantive issues. Task Forces are appointed by the AAGP Board to accomplish time limited projects.

AAGP's national headquarters office is located in Bethesda, Maryland – near the National Institutes of Health and not far from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The core programs of the Association include: Education and Professional Development, Late Life Mental Health Research, and Clinical Practice which are carried out through a variety of strategies including: governmental affairs and advocacy, communications, educational programming, and liaison activities. Each of these program is critical to the strategic future of the association and integral to the overall goals set forth by the AAGP Board of Directors.

AAGP publishes a monthly scientific peer reviewed journal, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (www.AJGPonline.org), as well as a bi-monthly newsletter, Geriatric Psychiatry News. AAGP maintains a primary website (www.AAGPonline.org) and hold an Annual Meeting in March (www.AAGPmeeting.org).

Mission Statement

The AAGP is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. It is dedicated to promoting the mental health and well being of older people and improving the care of those with late-life mental disorders. AAGP's mission is to enhance the knowledge base and standard of practice in geriatric psychiatry through education and research and to advocate for meeting the mental health needs of older Americans.

AAGP's Strategic Plan

  • AAGP shall increase the number and promote the expertise of geriatric psychiatrists.
  • AAGP shall improve access to appropriate, quality mental health care for older adults.
  • AAGP shall increase the awareness of the mental health needs of the nation's elderly and promote effective treatments and the role of the geriatric psychiatrist.
  • AAGP shall enhance the practice of geriatric psychiatrists and improve mental health practice in relevant disciplines and throughout all sites of care.
  • AAGP shall increase the quality and quantity of late life mental health research.
AAGP Board of Directors, 2011-2012

President
Allan A. Anderson, MD
Cambridge, MD

President-Elect
Paul D. S. Kirwin, MD
West Haven, CT

Past President
Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD
Rochester, NY

Secretary/Treasurer
Susan K. Schultz, MD
Iowa City, IA

Secretary/Treasurer-Elect
Josepha A. Cheong, MD
Gainesville, FL

CEO/Executive Vice President
Christine M. deVries
Bethesda, MD

Board of Directors

Iqbal "Ike" Ahmed, MD
Honolulu, HI

Patricia A. Arean, PhD
San Francisco, CA

Brent P. Forester, MD
Belmont, MA

Blaine S. Greenwald, MD
Glen Oaks, NY

Maria D. Llorente, MD
Washington, DC

Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS
Baltimore, MD

Amita R. Patel, MD, CMD, MHA, CPE
Dayton, OH

Daniel D. Sewell, MD
San Diego, CA

Larry Tune, MD
Atlanta, GA

Ellen Whyte, MD
Pittsburgh, PA

Steve H. Koh, MD, MPH, MBA
MIT Board Member
San Diego, CA

AAGP Committee Chairs, 2011-2012

Annual Meeting Program Committee
Paul Kiriwn, MD
2012 Chair
Dan Sewell MD
2013 Chair

Clinical Practice Committee
Robert Greenberg, MD
Co-Chair
Maureen Nash, MD
Co-Chair

CME Committee
Barbara Kamholz, MD

Diversity Committee
Jordan F. Karp, MD
Co-Chair
Maria D. Llorente, MD
Co-Chair

Education Committee
Daniel D. Sewell, MD, Chair
Dinesh Mittal, MD, Vice-Chair

Nominations Committee Maria Llorente, MD

Research Committee
Eric Lense, MD, Chair
Helen Lavretsky, MD, Vice-Chair

Public Policy and Communications Committee
Karen Blank, MD

Teaching and Training Committee
Paul D. Kirwin, MD, Chair
Brent Forester, MD, Vice-Chair

AAGP-PAC Board of Directors, 2011-2012
Karen Blank, MD
Chair
Paul D. Kirwin, MD
Treasurer
Allan A. Anderson, MD
Melinda S. Lantz, MD
Helen Lavretsky, MD

Geriatric Mental Health Foundation Board of Directors

Chair
Fred Blow, PhD

Vice-Chair
Melinda Lantz, MD

Secretary/Treasurer
Gary Kennedy, MD

Board Members
Martha Bruce, PhD
Eve Byrd, RN
Maria Llorente, MD
Susan Schultz, MD
Keith Stowell, MD

American Journal or Geriatric Psychiatry

Editorial Board, 2011

Dilip V. Jeste, MD
Editor-In-Chief

Charles F. Reynolds III, MD
Associate Editor

Anand Kumar, MD
Associate Editor

Stephan Arndt, Ph.D.
Statistical Editor

Dan Blazer, MD, MPH, PhD
Chair, Journal Advisory Committee

Brent T. Mausbach, PhD
Assistant to the Editor

Ipsit Vahia, MBBS, MD
Assistant to the Editor

Editorial Board

Howard Aizenstein M.D., Ph.D., Pittsburgh, PA
Aartjan Beekman, MD, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Maria T. Caserta, MD, PhD, Chicago, IL
Yeates Conwell, M.D., Rochester, NY
Joseph J. Gallo, MD, MPH, Philadelphia, PA
Philip Harvey, PhD, Miami, FL
Helen Kales, MD, Ann Arbor, MI
Helen Lavretsky, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Eric Lenze, M.D., Pittsburgh, PA
Benoit H. Mulsant, M.D., Pittsburgh, PA
Perminder S. Sachdev, M.D., Ph.D., Randwick, Australia
Ingmar Skoog, MD, PhD, Mölndal, Sweden

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