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The Federation of Texas Psychiatry unites Texas’s professional psychiatric organizations. Voting member organizations consist of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (the district branch of the American Psychiatric Association), the Texas Academy of Psychiatry, and the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (the regional organization of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). Associate member organizations include the Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research,
the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association – together representing over 50,000 physicians in Texas united in advocacy for patients and quality psychiatric care.
Chairman – Daniel Pearson, MD
Vice Chairman for Education – Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD
Vice Chairman for Public Policy – Joseph Penn, MD
Secretary-Treasurer – Lynda Parker, MD
Delegate – Leslie H. Secrest, MD
Delegate – Melissa Eshelman, MD
President – Brigitte Bailey, MD
President Elect – Phillip Balfanz, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Melissa Deuter, MD
Past President – Karen Dineen Wagner, MD
Past President – Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD
Past President – Timothy Wolff, MD
At-Large – Esteban Gonzalez, MD
At-Large – Matthew D. Jeffreys, MD
At-Large – Richard Noel, MD
President – Melissa Eshelman, MD
President Elect – Ken Hopper, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Phillip Balfanz, MD
Past President – Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD
Past President – Daryl K. Knox, MD
Past President – Debra Atkisson, MD
At-Large – Gary L. Etter, MD
At-Large – Conway McDanald, MD
At-Large – Martha Leatherman, MD
President – Laura Stone, MD
President Elect – Andrew Diederich, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Joseph Shotwell, MD
Past President – Debra Atkisson, MD
Past President – Phillip Balfanz
Past President – Susan Wynne, MD
At-Large – Nakia Scott, MD
At-Large – Brigitte Bailey, MD
At-Large – Dawnelle Schatte, MD
Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research – Richard Noel, MD
Texas Medical Association – Michael Darrouzet
Texas Osteopathic Medical Association –
Brent Sanderlin, DO, FACOFP
“For me, TSPP is my ‘professional family.’ Through my participation in the organization, I have found mentors who are older and more experienced than me. At the joint Resident Fellow Members (RFM) and Academic Committee Fall workshops, I spoke with experienced psychiatrists in fields I was initially interested in. In asking them questions about their experience and what they learned, I was able to better navigate my own path to my chosen niche in psychiatry. I have found a community of colleagues.”
Leah Kolar,
Chair of the RFM Committee