FEDERATION OF TEXAS PSYCHIATRY

            A United Voice for Texas Psychiatry

The Federation of Texas Psychiatry unites Texas' professional psychiatric organizations. Voting member organizations - the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, the Texas Academy of Psychiatry, and the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Associate member organizations - the Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research, the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association - together represent about 45,000 physicians in Texas united in advocacy for patients and quality psychiatric care.


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TEXAS SOCIETY OF PSYCHIATRIC PHYSICIANS

The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians was established in 1956 as the Texas District Branch Association of the American Psychiatric Association. It incorporated as a non-profit scientific organization in 1963. Following a membership vote in May, 1986, the Constitution and Bylaws were amended to reflect the new name, Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians. The name was changed to emphasize that psychiatry is the only branch of medicine which specializes in and deals with the delivery of care and treatment of persons with mental illness, and that it is the only mental health provider whose members are trained and licensed as physicians. By adopting the name change to the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, the Society underscored psychiatry’s special, unduplicated role in the care and treatment of mental illness. TSPP has 18 Chapters located throughout Texas (see below).

TSPPs purpose is summarized in its Mission Statement: The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians is dedicated to developing the highest quality of comprehensive psychiatric care for patients, families, and communities.

TSPPs objectives are to function in cooperation with, and as a component part of, the American Psychiatric Association:


★ to promote the best interests of patients and those actively or potentially making use of mental health services;

★ to advance the standards of all psychiatric services and facilities;

★ to foster the cooperation of all who are concerned with the medical, psychological, social, and legal aspects of mental health and illness;

★ to make psychiatric knowledge available to other practitioners of medicine, to scientists in other fields of knowledge, and to the public; and,

★ to assist the American Psychiatric Association in the promotion of its aims and objectives.

GOVERNANCE 2007-2008

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL VOTING MEMBERS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


President - William H. Reid, MD

President-Elect - Martha E. Leatherman, MD

Secretary-Treasurer - Richard L. Noel, MD

Immediate Past President - Leslie H. Secrest, MD

COUNCILORS


Past Presidents

Gary Etter, MD (2009)

Leslie Secrest, MD (2010)

Clay Sawyer, MD (2008)

At-Large

Patrick Holden, MD (2010)

Lynda Parker, MD (2008)

Franklin Redmond, MD (2009)

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE APA ASSEMBLY


A. David Axelrad, MD (2010)

Priscilla Ray, MD (2009)

J. Clay Sawyer, MD (2008)

REPRESENTATIVES TO APA DIVISIONS


APA Division of Government Relations - Leslie Secrest, MD (2009)

APA Division of Public Affairs - Debra Kowalski, MD (2009)

COMMITTEE CHAIRS


Academic Psychiatry Committee - Valerie Robinson, MD

Children and Adolescents Committee - M. Scott Woods, MD

Constitution and Bylaws Committee - Franklin Redmond, MD

Continuing Medical Education Committee - Jefferson E. Nelson, MD

Ethics Committee - Milton Altschuler, MD

Fellowship Committee - Patrick Holden, MD

Finance Committee - Richard L. Noel, MD/Conway L. McDanald, MD

Forensic Psychiatry - Joseph L. Black, MD

Government Affairs Committee - Martha E. Leatherman, MD

Members-in-Training Section - Lori Shahidi, DO

Nominating Committee - Leslie H. Secrest, MD

Professional Practices Committee - Lynda M. Parker, MD

Public Mental Health Services Committee -Jim Van Norman, MD/Joseph Burkett, MD

Socioeconomics Committee - Gary E. Miller, MD

Strategic Planning and Oversight Committee - J. Clay Sawyer, MD

CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES


Austin Chapter - Jefferson Nelson, MD

Bexar County Chapter - Franklin C. Redmond, MD/Soad Michelsen, MD

Brazos Valley Chapter -

Corpus Christi Chapter - Krishnaiah Rayasam, MD

East Texas Chapter - James Buckingham, MD/Jonathan Lockhart, MD

El Paso Chapter - David Briones, MD/Frank Giordano, MD

Galveston-Brazoria Chapter - Sunil Athavale, MD/Michael Stone, MD

Heart of Texas Chapter - Gail Eisenhauer, MD

Houston Chapter - Sylvia Muzquiz-Drummond, MD

Lone Star Chapter - Clay Sawyer, MD

North Texas Chapter - Daniel Pearson, III, MD/John Debus, MD

Panhandle Chapter - Valerie Robinson, MD

Red River Chapter - Joseph Black, MD/Harvey Martin, MD

South Texas Chapter - Esteban A. Gonzalez, MD/Alex Kudisch, MD

Southeast Texas Chapter - James Creed, MD

Tarrant Chapter - Edward S. Furber, MD

Victoria Chapter - James Dotter, MD

West Texas Chapter -

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL NON-VOTING MEMBERS

MEMBER-IN-TRAINING REPRESENTATIVES


Austin Psychiatric Residency - Aashish R. Parikh, MD

Austin Psychiatric Residency, Child/Adolescent -

Baylor College of Medicine -

Baylor Child/Adolescent - Ayanna Brown, MD*

JPS Psychiatric Residency - Lori Shahidi, DO

Texas A&M, Scott & White - Joachim Sullivan, MD

Texas A&M, Scott & White, Child/Adolescent - Meghna Joshi, MD

Texas Tech, El Paso - Khaild Afzal, MD

Texas Tech, Lubbock - Ariel Vitali, MD

UTHSC, Houston - Fermin Briones, Jr., MD

UTHSC, Houston, Child/Adolescent - Patricia Hess, MD

UTHSC, San Antonio - Diana Deister, MD

UTHSC, San Antonio, Child/Adol - John Tobis, MD

UTMB, Galveston - Arthur Chavason, MD

UTMB, Child/Adolescent - Malik Naz Kalimuddin, MD

UT Southwestern - Simardeep Mann, MD

UT Southwestern, Child/Adolescent - Jason Yanofski, MD

UT Southwestern, Geriatric - Haroon Siddique, MD*

UT Southwestern, Addiction -

UT Southwestern, Forensic - Sarah S. Rasco, MD

Wilford Hall - Elizabeth Sarnoski, MD

MEMBER-IN-TRAINING PROGRAM COORDINATORS


Austin Psychiatric Residency - Kari Wolf, MD

Baylor College of Medicine - Linda Andrews, MD

Baylor Child/Adolescent - Florence F. Eddins, MD

JPS Psychiatric Residency - Scott Winter, MD

Texas A&M, Scott & White - Jane Ripperger-Suhler, MD

Texas Tech, El Paso - Frank Giordano, MD

Texas Tech, Lubbock - Piro Rjepaj, MD

UTHSC, Houston - Edward Reilly, MD

UTHSC, Houston, Child/Adolescent - Cynthia Santos, MD

UTHSC, San Antonio - Kenneth Matthews, MD

UTHSC, San Antonio, Child/Adolescent - Thomas Matthews, MD

UTMB, Galveston - Cindy Wigg, MD*

UTMB, Child/Adolescent - Christopher Thomas, MD

UT Southwestern - Paul Mohl, MD

UT Southwestern, Child/Adolescent - Maryam Rezai, MD

UT Southwestern, Geriatric - Mustafa Husain, MD

UT Southwestern, Addiction - Sidarth Wakhlu, MD*

UT Southwestern, Forensic - Heidi Vermette, MD

Wilford Hall - Catherine Bobenreith, MD*

OTHER REPRESENTATIVES


TSPP Scientific Program Chair - George D. Santos, MD

Federation of Texas Psychiatry - Gary L. Etter, MD

Texas Academy of Psychiatry - Lauren Parsons, MD

Texas Depart. of State Health Services - Bill Race, MD

TMA Interspecialty Society Committee - Richard Noel, MD

Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Valerie Robinson, MD

Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research - Linda J. Rhodes, MD

PAST PRESIDENTS COUNCIL


1956 - John L. Otto, MD *

1957 - Bruce Beard, MD *

1958 - William Cantrell, MD *

1959 - Hamilton Ford, MD *

1960 - Clarence Hoekstra, MD *

1961 - Robert Stubblefield, MD*

1962 - Cy Ruilmann, MD *

1963 - H. Harlan Crank, MD*

1964 - E. Ivan Bruce, Jr., MD *

1965 - Perry Talkington, MD *

1966 - Alfred Hill, MD *

1967 - James K. Peden, MD *

1968 - Alexander Bankhead, MD *

1969 - Pete C. Palasota, MD*

1970 - Marshall L. Fowler, Jr., MD*

1971 - Irvin M. Cohen, MD

1972 - Wade H. Lewis, MD

1973 - E. Winston Cochran, MD*

1974 - Harry K. Davis, MD

1975 - Thomas H. Allison, MD*

1977 - Walter E. Reifslager, MD

1978 - Laurence C. McGonagle, MD*

1979 - Jane H. Preston, MD*

1980 - William A. Cantrell, MD*

1981 - Tracy R. Gordy, MD

1982 - Keith Johansen, MD*

1983 - Grace K. Jameson, MD

1984 - Frank P. Schuster, MD *

1985 - Spencer Bayles, MD

1986 - Myron F. Weiner, MD

1987 - Robert L. Zapalac, MD

1988 - Victor J. Weiss, MD *

1989 - Doyle I. Carson, MD

1990 - Paul H. Wick, MD

1991 - Edward L. Reilly, MD

1992 - David F. Briones, MD

1993 - Bernard M. Gerber, MD

1994 - Larry E. Tripp, MD

1995 - Arthur J. Farley, MD

1996 - Conway McDanald, MD

1997 - Robert G. Denney, MD

1998 - Jefferson E. Nelson, MD

1999 - A. David Axelrad, MD

2000 - Deborah C. Peel, MD

2001 - Charles L. Bowden, MD

2002 - R. Sanford Kiser, MD

2003 - Priscilla Ray, MD

2004 - J. Clay Sawyer, MD

2005 - Gary L. Etter, MD

2006 - Leslie H. Secrest, MD

* Deceased

COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRS


Academic Psychiatry Committee - Ray Faber, MD

Children and Adolescents Committee - Debra Kowalski, MD

Constitution and Bylaws Committee -

Continuing Medical Education Committee -Leslie Secrest, MD/Patrick Holden, MD

Ethics Committee -Marie Kelly, MD/George Trapp, MD

Fellowship Committee - Valerie Robinson, MD

Finance Committee -

Forensic Psychiatry -William Reid, MD

Government Affairs Committee - Leslie Secrest, MD

Members-in-Training Section -

Nominating Committee - Gary Etter, MD

Professional Practices Committee - Ed Nace, MD

Public Mental Health Services Committee -

Socioeconomics Committee - Ed Furber, MD

Strategic Planning and Oversight Committee - Jacqueline McGregor, MD

TSPP EXECUTIVE OFFICE


Executive Director - John R. Bush

Assistant Director - Debbie Sundberg


CHAPTER GOVERNANCE

The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians has 18 Chapters geographically distributed in Texas. Each TSPP member is assigned membership in a regional Chapter. Please contact Chapter Officers for information about specific Chapters.

Austin (Chapter #6 / 111 Members)

President - Samantha Symons, MD

President-Elect - Tiffany Ballard, DO

Vice-President - Lynn Spillar, MD

Secretary/Treasurer - Michelle Magid, MD

Ethics Reps -

Fellowship Rep -

Rep to Exec. Council -

Alternate Rep - Jefferson Nelson, MD

Chapter Staff Person - Pat Lynch,

c/o 1500 W. 38th St. #46, Austin 78731; 512/420-8484; 512/459-8508 (fax)

Chapter Counties: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Mason, Travis, Williamson

Bexar County (Chapter #7 / 183 Members)

President - Soad Michelsen, MD

President-Elect - Angela Velez, MD

Vice President - Maria Ruiz-Sweeney, MD

Secretary/Treasurer - Audra Ochsner, MD

Ethics Reps - Michael Arambula, MD/Joseph Simpson, MD

Fellowship Rep - Patrick Holden, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Franklin C. Redmond, MD

Alternate Rep - Soad Michelsen, MD

Chapter Counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, DeWitt, Dimmitt, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Wilson, Zavala

Brazos Valley (Chapter #12 / 4 Members)

President -

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary -

Treasurer -

Ethics Rep -

Fellowship Rep - David H. Rosen, MD

Rep to Executive Council - Joseph Castiglioni, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Walker, Washington

Corpus Christi (Chapter #13 / 14 Members)

President -

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary -

Treasurer -

Ethics Rep -

Fellowship Rep -

Rep to Executive Council - Krishnaiah Rayasam, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio

East Texas (Chapter #3 / 26 Members)

President - Joseph Arisco, MD

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary-Treasurer - James Buckingham, MD

Ethics Reps - Wendy J. Burke, MD

Fellowship Rep - John Hall, MD

Rep to Executive Council - James Buckingham, MD

Alt. Rep to Executive Council - Jonathan Lockhart, MD

Chapter Counties: Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Freestone, Gregg, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Jasper, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Polk, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

El Paso (Chapter #10 / 22 Members)

President - Gerardo Moreira, MD

President-Elect - Nicholas Baida-Fragoso, MD

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer -

Ethics -

Fellowship - David Briones, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - David Briones, MD

Alternate Rep - Frank Giordano, MD

Chapter Counties: El Paso

Galveston-Brazoria (Chapter #17 / 28 Members)

President - Sunil Athavale, MD

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary-Treasurer -

Ethics Rep -

Fellowship Rep -

Rep to Exec. Council - Sunil Athavale, MD

Alternate Rep - Michael M. Stone, MD

Chapter Counties: Brazoria, Galveston

Heart of Texas (Chapter #5 / 30 Members)

President -

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer -

Ethics Rep -

Fellowship Rep - Gail Eisenhauer, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Gail Eisenhauer, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Bell, Comanche, Coryell, Erath, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills, San Saba, Somervell

Houston (Chapter #1 / 391 Members)

President - R. Andrew Harper, MD

President-Elect - Edythe P. Harvey, MD

Vice President - Jacqueline McGregor, MD

Secretary - Britta Ostermeyer, MD

Treasurer - Dawnelle J. Schatte, MD

Ethics Reps - William Patrick Moore, MD

Fellowship Rep - Richard L. Noel, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Sylvia Muzquiz-Drummond, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Harrison, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto,Waller, Wharton

Lone Star (Chapter 16 / 17 members)

President - Melanie Illich, MD

President-Elect - Clay Sawyer, MD

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer -

Ethics Rep - Clay Sawyer, MD

Fellowship - Clay Sawyer, MD

Rep to Exec. Council Rep - Clay Sawyer, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Bosque, Falls, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Limestone, Llano, McLennan

North Texas (Chapter #4 / 261 Members)

President - Nicole Cooper, MD

President-Elect - Ed Nace, MD

Vice President - Ed Nace, MD

Secretary/Treasurer - Rege Stewart, MD

Ethics Rep - Daniel Pearson, III, MD

Fellowship Rep - John Debus, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Daniel Pearson, III, MD, MD

Alternate Rep - John Debus, MD

Staff: Angela Mestemacher, PO Box 2205, Frisco, TX, 75034, 972/987-6420

Chapter Counties: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, Montague, Navarro, Rockwall

Panhandle Chapter (Chapter #18/ 37)

President - Terry McMahon, MD

President-Elect - Ashot Azatian, MD

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer - Kathleen Stanley, MD

Ethics Rep - Lynda Parker, MD/Terry McMahon, MD

Fellowship Rep - Valerie Robinson, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Valerie Robinson, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam,Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, Wheeler, Yoakum

Red River (Chapter #14 / 7 Members)

President - Harvey C. Martin, MD

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer -

Ethics Rep - Joseph Black, MD

Fellowship Rep - Joseph Black, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Joseph Black, MD

Alternate Rep - Harvey C. Martin, MD

Chapter Counties: Archer, Baylor, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger

South Texas (Chapter #9 / 16 Members)

President - Estaban A. Gonzalez, MD

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer - Jose Igoa, MD

Ethics Rep -

Fellowship Rep - Fructuoso Irigoyen, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Esteban Gonzalez, MD

Alternate Rep - Alex Kudisch, MD

Chapter Counties: Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy, Zapata

Southeast Texas (Chapter #2/ 6 Members)

President - James Creed, MD

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer -

Ethics Rep -

Fellowship Rep - James Creed, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - James Creed, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Orange

Tarrant (Chapter #11 / 78 Members)

President - Gary Etter, MD

President-Elect -

Vice President - Ross Tatum, MD

Secretary - Daniel Goggin, MD

Treasurer - Jordan Yee, MD

Ethics Rep - Marie Kelly, MD

Fellowship Rep - A. Scott Winter, MD

Rep to Exec. Council - Edward S. Furber, MD

Alternate Rep -

Chapter Counties: Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Tarrant, Wise, Young

Victoria (Chapter #15 / 6 Members)

President -

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer -

Ethics -

Fellowship -

Rep to Exec. Council - James F. Dotter, MD

Chapter Counties: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jackson, Live Oak, Matagorda, McMullen, Refugio,Victoria

West Texas (Chapter #8 / 20 Members)

President -

President-Elect -

Vice President -

Secretary/Treasurer -

Ethics Reps -

Fellowship Rep -

Rep to Exec. Council -

Chapter Counties: Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Jones, Kimble, Loving, Martin, McCullough, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackleford, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Winkler

* Not a member

 

 

 

 

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