02/13/2026
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๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐
AAAPโs new Executive Committee and Board of Directors started on January 1st. Members include:
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Timothy Fong, MD - President
John J. Mariani, MD โ Immediate Past President
Larissa Mooney, MD โ Chair, Past Presidents Council
Rebecca A. Payne, MD โ President-Elect
Kevin M. Gray, MD โ Vice President
Carol Weiss, MD โ Treasurer
Jose Vito, MD โ Secretary
Kathryn Cates-Wessel โ Chief Executive Officer
๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ
Elie Aoun, MD โ Member at Large
Frances Levin, MD โ Grant Liaison
Kevin A. Sevarino, MD, PhD โ Medical Director
Alena Balasanova, MD โ AMA Liaison
Jeffrey DeVido, MD โ APA Liaison, Council on Addictions
David Lott, MD โ APA Liaison, Assembly
Ismene L. Petrakis, MD โ Editor-in-Chief, AJA
Cornel N. Stanciu, MD โ Editor, AAAP Newsletter
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Adina Bowe, MD โ Health Access
Jennifer Creedon, MD โ Youth & Adolescence
Joao De Aquino, MD โ Research
Danae DiRocco, MD โ Membership
Inbal Gafni, MD โ International
Talal Khan, MD โ Area Directors
David Marcovitz, MD โ Early Career
Carla Marienfeld, MD โ CPD
Sanchit Maruti, MD โ Addictions & Their Treatment Course
Caridad Ponce-Martinez, MD โ Scientific Program Committee
Roopa Sethi, MD โ Education
Justine Welsh, MD โ Public Policy
Laurence Westreich, MD โ Law & Addiction
๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ
Philipa Owusu-Antwi, MD
Northwell Health โ Staten Island, NY
Kathryn Renard, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital โ New York, NY
Please join us in recognizing this incredible group of dedicated and skilled individuals committed to advancing the field of Addiction Psychiatry. To quote Dr. Fong and AAAPโs mission statement: โ๐ป๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐๐ !โ ๐
