AAGP 2010 Annual Meeting




	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, 2010 – 2011 President Charles F. Reynolds, III, MD Pittsburgh, PA President-Elect Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD Rochester, NY Past President Bruce G. Pollock, MD, PhD, FRCPC Toronto, ON, Canada Secretary/Treasurer Allan A. Anderson, MD Cambridge, MD Secretary/Treasurer-Elect David C. Steffens, MD, MHS Durham, NC CEO/Executive Vice President Christine deVries Bethesda, MD Members of the Board: Iqbal "Ike" Ahmed, MD Honolulu, HI Josepha A. Cheong, MD Gainesville, FL Laura B. Dunn, MD San Francisco, CA Paul D. Kirwin, MD West Haven, CT Helen H. Kyomen, MD Belmont, MA Melinda S. Lantz, MD New York, NY Maria D. Llorente, MD Miami, FL Constantine G. Lyketsos, MD, MHS Baltimore, MD David W. Oslin, MD Philadelphia, PA Robert A. Sweet, MD Pittsburgh, PA Keith R. Stowell, MD, MSPH, MIT Board Member Pittsburgh, PA AAGP Committee Chairs, 2009-2010 Annual Meeting Program Committee Susan Schultz, MD 2010 Chair Eric Lenze, MD 2011 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 Nominations Committee David Oslin, MD Research Committee Paul A. Newhouse, MD 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, 2009-2010 Karen Blank, MD Chair Paul D. Kirwin, MD Treasurer Allan A. Anderson, MD Melinda S. Lantz, MD Helen Lavretsky, MD *American Journal or Geriatric Psychiatry* Editorial Board, 2009-2010 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 Thomas Meeks, MD Assistant to the Editor Colin A. Depp, PhD Assistant to the Editor Editorial Board Deborah Blacker, MD, Sc.D Christopher C. Colenda, MD, M.P.H. Yeates Conwell, MD Warachal Faison, MD Alastair Flint, M.B. Celia Hybels, Ph.D. Eric Lenze, MD Benoit H. Mulsant, MD John T. O'Brien, D.M., F.R.C.Psych. Ruth O'Hara, Ph.D. Robert G. Robinson, MD Perminder S. Sachdev, MD, Ph.D. Top of page