ANNOUNCEMENTS

2012 APA President elect nominees speakout

IAPA Salutes

Dr. Dilip Jeste

The IAPA would like to announce that our very own, Dr. Dilip Jeste has won the APA’s President-elect elections for 2011! Dr. Jeste received 58% of the votes and came out a distinct winner! On behalf of all our membership, we extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Jeste; wish him many more years of phenomenal success and look forward to further enhancing the collaboration between APA and IAPA, under his leadership! 

In brief, Dr. Jeste has been an IAPA member for over a quarter century, and has immensely contributed towards IAPA. For the APA, Dr. Jeste serves as a distinguished Life Fellow, elected Trustee-at-Large, and a member of the DSM-5 Task Force. He was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Vice Chair of the Council on Aging, and Co-Chair of the Task Force on Tardive Dyskinesia. He has served on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Psychiatry and has been a recipient of several awards from the APA, including its Research Award, Jack Weinberg Award in Geriatric Psychiatry, George Tarjan Award for IMGs, and Distinguished Lecturer Awards. Dr. Jeste has been a prolific author and his research has spanned from neuroscience to community psychiatry and from schizophrenia to successful cognitive aging. In one of his recent research, he has compared the concept of wisdom in the Bhagavad Gita with that in the modern western literature, and showed that there were numerous similarities in the conceptualization of wisdom, suggesting that wisdom may have neurobiological roots. He has mentored over 200 young trainees, many of them women and those from minority groups including IMGs. He has been listed in the “Best Doctors in America”, and is one of only about 60 psychiatrists across the world, who has been elected to the Institute of Medicine.

To enhance collaborations between APA and IAPA, Dr. Jeste will continue to advocate for a voting minority and under-represented (MUR) member on the APA Board of Trustees. He would also like to develop a separate listserv for residents from minority ethnic groups so that they can communicate with and help one another. He plans on enhancing the role of the APA as a resource for IMGs –in terms of visa availability, residency slots available for IMGs, choosing underserved areas for meeting visa requirements. Once again, our Salutations & wholehearted  Congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Dilip Jeste!

Congratulations to
Dr.Gaurav Jain! on winning the 2011 APA/Lilly Resident Research Award.

Dr. Gaurav Jain is a third-year resident in the combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry program at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Jain is a 2004 graduate of the King George Medical University in Lucknow, India. In 2007, he completed a residency in Psychiatry at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India.

Dr. Jain’s research interests include clinical and academic psychiatry as well as the integration of psychiatry into primary care. He is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the Indo American Psychiatric Association, the American College of Physicians, and the Association of Medicine & Psychiatry.  Dr. Jain has received American Psychiatric Association’s resident research award in 2009 and 2011. Dr. Jain has also won national vignette competitions, and received teaching and research awards. In his leisure time he likes to travel, take photographs, and relax. After residency graduation, Dr. Jain hopes to work in an academic setting and pursue his research interests.  

Dear Colleagues:

As you get ready for the holiday season, I should like to give you a quick update about our Association and related news.

Recently, Presidents of various Chapters actively participated in a teleconference which was a landmark event for improving collaboration between the national and regional teams for better serving you. Kindly contact your regional leader. Please see contact information on our website http://www.myiapa.org/chapters.html and feel free to contact us if you need any help. Success at regional level means success at the national level! And, you can make a difference!

Kochi, India is going to be the hottest town during the monsoon season in January, 2012 as it hosts two major international psychiatric conferences back to back. Indo Global Psychiatric Institute (IGPI) meets on January 17-18; please browse http://www.indianglobalpsychiatricinitiative.org/registration/igpi-registration.html for specific details. Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society (ANCIPS) will be held at Le Meridien from January 19 to January 22, 2012; please browse www.ancips2012.com for specific details. Both are expected to be well attended events that will present excellent scientific/educational programs.

American Psychiatric Association has just released the slate of various candidates for the election – see www.psych.org for the details. For the President Elect position, there is a 3 way race:

Renee L Binder, MD
Mary Helen Davis, MD
Jeffery Lieberman, MD

Soon, we will invite all 3 candidates to respond to the following question and post their brief responses on our website. While we do not and cannot officially endorse any candidate, we do want our membership to know the views of the election candidates vis-à-vis our Association. Question:

How can Indo American Psychiatric Association help APA address the challenges it faces? Since our Association enjoys the success due primarily to our committed volunteers, we always welcome you if you would like to volunteer your precious time for it. Please contact me at rprakash@myiapa.org

Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving,

Rudra Prakash, MD, DFAPAIAPA President, 2011-13

EVENTS/MEETINGS

2012 Annual National Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society (ANCIPS)  

2012 The Indian Global Psychiatric Initiative.

2012 ANNUAL 165th APA &
33rd IAPA MEETINGS IN PHILADELPHIA  

IAPA Scientific/Business Meeting will take place on Sunday May 6th.

Please stay tuned for details

Philadelphia - General View.

 Philadelphia - Night View

Over 100 psychiatrists are expected to be in attendance, including dignitaries from the APA, the Canadian Psychiatric Association, the Indian Psychiatric Society, and the British Indian Psychiatric Association. 

"Be the change
that you wish to see in the world."

Mohandas K. Gandhi