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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 – Daniel Pearson, MD
Vice Chairman for Education – Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD
Vice Chairman for Public Policy – Joseph Penn, MD
Secretary-Treasurer – Lynda Parker, MD
Delegate – Leslie H. Secrest, MD
Delegate – Melissa Eshelman, MD
President – Phillip Balfanz, MD
President Elect – Melissa Deuter, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Derek Neal, MD
Past President – Brigitte Bailey, MD
Past President – Karen Dineen Wagner, MD
Past President – Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD
At-Large – Esteban Gonzalez, MD
At-Large – Matthew D. Jeffreys, MD
At-Large – Richard Noel, MD
President – Ken Hopper, MD
President Elect – Phillip Balfanz, MD
Secretary/Treasurer – Mary Zuezler-Arambula
Past President – Melissa Eshelman, MD
Past President – Michael Arambula, MD, PharmD
Past President – Daryl K. Knox, MD
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