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Dr. Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Thomas serves on the Executive Committee as Vice Chair, on the Psychiatry Council as Chair, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
He was a Regent of the American College of Psychiatrists in 2019 - 2023 and he is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. He was previously Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Psychiatry Review Committee and the ACGME Psychiatry Milestones Committee. Dr. Thomas is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Iqbal “Ike” Ahmed is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine at John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaii. He was formerly the Geriatric Psychiatry and General Psychiatry Residency Program director at the University of Hawaii, JABSOM.
Dr. Ahmed is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and participates in continuing certification. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK).
Dr. Ahmed has been a member of the ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee and was the chair of the Geriatric Psychiatry Milestones work group. He was the Associate Editor for the Adult Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination (PRITE) and is a past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Ahmed was a member of the American Psychiatric Association Assembly and is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Benjamin is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Director of Neuropsychiatry, and Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts T H Chan School of Medicine. He is the Director of the UMass Chan Neuropsychiatry Fellowship and Co-director of the UMass Chan Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship program.
He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Neurology and participates in continuing certification. He also is certified by the UCNS in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Benjamin serves on the Psychiatry Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Benjamin is a past president of the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) and American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the ANPA and the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Boland is Vice Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of Staff at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, TX. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Vice Chair for Education at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. He was the residency training director for the Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Residency.
He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Boland serves on the Psychiatry Council and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
He is the past president for the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (now the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry), the American Association of Directors of Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry. He is currently a member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Cheong is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL and Chief, Psychiatry Consult-Liaison Service at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville FL.
She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Cheong serves on the Psychiatry Council, and is Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
Dr. Cheong serves on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Board of Directors and is also a liaison to the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). Dr. Cheong specializes in geriatric psychiatry, undergraduate and graduate medical education and training, and academic leadership development and mentorship. She has formerly served as a member of the ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee. Dr. Cheong has served on numerous committees over the past 25 years within the Association for Academic Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (APA) and AAGP. She has served as Chair of the APA Scientific Program Committee in 2009 and 2013 as well as a past Chair of the APA Council on Aging. Within the VA, Dr. Cheong has been actively involved in the national VHA Office of Academic Affiliations and has served as an Associate Chief of Staff/Education at the North Florida/South Georgia VHS and Assistant Chief, Psychiatry for Tennessee Valley Healthcare System from 2014-2017. She has been an examination writer for various committees at the ABPN for over 15 years.
Sandra M. DeJong, MD, MSc, is the Senior Consultant in the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and Associate Professor, Part Time, at Harvard Medical School. She is also a solo private practitioner and co-investigator on an educational grant to improve child psychiatry training in medical schools. She previously served as Program Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at CHA, as well as Interim Division Chief.
She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Neurology, as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. At ABPN, she serves on the Psychiatry Council and a variety of committees.
Dr. DeJong is past Secretary of the American Psychiatric Association, past President of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and past Editor of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency in-Training Examination. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the APA, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Henderson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Boston Medical Center in Boston, MA. He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN director, Dr. Henderson serves on the Psychiatry Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Stolar is Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX,
She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Stolar serves on the Psychiatry Council and as a Chair and Co-Chair of several ABPN committees.
Dr. Stolar served as Vice Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry and previously chaired the Forensic Psychiatry Working Group, Subspecialty Milestone Project, and as a member of the Forensic Psychiatry Milestones 2.0 Work Group. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Stolar served on the Council on Psychiatry and the Law, and the Committee on Psychiatry in the Workplace.
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