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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 – Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD
Vice Chairman for Education – Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD
Vice Chairman for Public Policy – Joseph Penn, MD
Secretary-Treasurer – Brigitte Bailey, MD
Delegate – Leslie H. Secrest, MD
Delegate – Melissa Eshelman, MD
President – Melissa Deuter, MD
President Elect – Derek Neal, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Esteban Gonzalez, MD
Past President – Phillip Balfanz, MD
Past President – Brigitte Bailey, MD
Past President – Karen Dineen Wagner, MD
At-Large – Esteban Gonzalez, MD
At-Large – Matthew D. Jeffreys, MD
At-Large – Richard Noel, MD
President – Phillip Balfanz, MD
President Elect – Mary Zuezler-Arambula, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Susan Wynne, MD
Past President – Ken Hopper, MD
Past President – Melissa Eshelman, MD
Past President – Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD
At-Large – Gary L. Etter, MD
At-Large – Conway McDanald, MD
At-Large – Martha Leatherman, MD
President – Andrew Diederich, MD
President Elect – Joseph Shotwell, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Lisas Falls, MD
Past President – Laura Stone, MD
Past President – Debra Atkisson, MD
Past President – Phillip Balfanz, MD
At-Large – Nakia Scott, MD
At-Large – Brigitte Bailey, MD
At-Large – Dawnelle Schatte, MD
Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research – Melissa Eshelman, MD
Texas Medical Association – Michael Darrouzet
Texas Osteopathic Medical Association –
Brent Sanderlin, DO, FACOFP