HPMA Membership

In order to be a member of HPMA you must join the American Psychiatric Association (APA).
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APA Membership Categories:

Medical Student Member (MS) - Individuals who are enrolled in a U.S. or Canadian school of medicine, including osteopathic medicine, and remain enrolled therein. Medical Student Members are dues exempt and are required to belong at the national level only (exempt from dual membership requirement).

Members-in-Training (MT) - Physicians who have been accepted into a psychiatric residency training program that is approved by the ACGME, RCPS(C), or AOA and remain enrolled therein. Residents enrolled in a one- year primary care training program to be followed by an approved psychiatric residency are eligible for Member-in-Training status. Your First Year of APA Dues as a Member-in-Training is waived! After that, your annual national dues are only $80/U.S. and $50/Canada.

General Members (GM) - Physicians who have completed an acceptable program of training in psychiatry, and hold either a valid license to practice medicine or hold an academic, research, or governmental position that does not require licensure. General Members may apply for Fellowship or be nominated for Distinguished Fellowship provided they meet the eligibility requirements.

International Member (IM) - Physicians who live outside the United States and Canada and who meet the criteria established for General Members. Applicants for this category must be licensed physicians who have completed an acceptable program of training in psychiatry; they must also have the support of one APA member (not including Medical Students and Members-in-Training).

International Fellow (IF) - Physicians who live outside the United States and Canada and who meet the criteria for Fellowship (i.e., having made significant and continued contributions to the field of psychiatry) and who have the support of one Fellow and/or International Fellow of APA.

Leadership

2023-2024 Executive Council

Gerald Busch, MD - President

Jennifer Lyman, MD - President Elect

Shelly Wong, MD - Secretary

Heather Miura, MD - Treasurer

Helen Blaisdell-Brennan, MD - Immediate Past-President (2020-2021)

Vacant - Member in Training Deputy Representative

Leslie Gise, MD - Membership Committee Chair

Helen Blaisdell-Brennan, MD - Membership Committee Chair

Allison Chang, MD - Resident Fellow Member

Executive Council - Legislative Chair

Christina Yoneshige, MD - Early Career Psychiatrist Rep

2022-2023 Executive Council

Helen Blaisdell-Brennan, MD - President

Gerald Busch, MD - President Elect

Gerald Busch, MD - Secretary

Julienne Aulwes, MD - Treasurer

Rika Suzuki, MD - Immediate Past-President (2020-2021)

Vacant - Member in Training Deputy Representative

Leslie Gise, MD - Membership Committee Chair

Jamie Stevens, MD - Membership Committee Chair

Celia Ona, MD - Ethics Committee Chair

Executive Council - Legislative Chair

Rika Suzuki, MD - Communications Public Affairs Chair

2020-2021 Executive Council

Rika Suzuki, MD - President

Vacant - Vice President

Julienne Aulwes, MD - Secretary

Julienne Aulwes, MD - Treasurer

Vacant - President-Elect

Denis Mee-Lee, MD - Immediate Past-President (2019-2020)

Iqbal "Ike" Ahmed, MD - Assembly Rep

Leslie Gise, MD - Assembly Rep

Sara Haack, MD - Early Career Psychiatrist Rep

Megan Araujo, MD - Member in Training Representative

Vacant - Member in Training Deputy Representative

Leslie Gise, MD - Membership Committee Chair

Celia Ona, MD - Ethics Committee Chair

Executive Council - Legislative Chair

Rika Suzuki, MD - Public Affairs Chair

Vacant - Women's Committee Co-Chair

Keiko Chen, MD - Women's Committee Co-Chair

Julienne Ong Aulwes, MD – Chair of the HPMA Task Force on Access to Care

2019-2020 Executive Council

Denis Mee-Lee, MD - President

Vacant - Vice President

Michele Wang, MD - Secretary

Julienne Aulwes, MD - Treasurer

Rika Suzuki, MD - President-Elect

Celia Ona, MD - Immediate Past-President (2018-2019)

Iqbal "Ike" Ahmed, MD - Assembly Rep

Leslie Gise, MD - Assembly Rep

Sara Haack, MD - Early Career Psychiatrist Rep

Jing Foongsathaporn, MD - Member in Training Representative

Jing Foongsathaporn, MD - Member in Training Deputy Representative

Leslie Gise, MD - Membership Committee Chair

Celia Ona, MD - Ethics Committee Chair

Executive Council - Legislative Chair

Rika Suzuki, MD - Public Affairs Chair

Asif Majid, MD - Public Affairs Chair

Michele Wang, MD - Women's Committee Co-Chair

Keiko Chen, MD - Women's Committee Co-Chair

Julienne Ong Aulwes, MD – Chair of the HPMA Task Force on Access to Care

2018-19 Executive Council

Celia Ona, MD - President

Vacant - Vice President

Michele Wang, MD - Secretary

Julienne Aulwes, MD - Treasurer

Denis Mee-Lee, MD - President-Elect

Michael Champion, MD - Immediate Past-President (2016-2018)

Iqbal "Ike" Ahmed, MD - Assembly Rep

Leslie Gise, MD - Assembly Rep

Sara Haack, MD - Early Career Psychiatrist Rep

Evan Taniguchi, MD - Member in Training Representative

Chayaninin Foongsathaporn, MD - Member in Training Deputy Representative

Vlad Karpa, MD - Membership Committee Co-Chair

Leslie Gise, MD - Membership Committee Co-Chair

Gregory A. Prier, DO - Ethics Committee Chair

Jeffrey Akaka, MD - Legislative Chair

Rika Suzuki, MD - Public Affairs Chair

Asif Majid, MD - Public Affairs Chair

Michele Wang, MD - Women's Committee Co-Chair

Keiko Chen, MD - Women's Committee Co-Chair

Julienne Ong Aulwes, MD – Chair of the HPMA Task Force on Access to Care