August 2021
Pennsylvania Healthcare Power 100
PaPS member Dale Adair, MD and PaPS president Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy, MD have been named to the list of PA’s Healthcare Power 100. The list recognizes the public officials, health care executives, innovators, academics, advocates, and activists that have played a part in the state’s response to COVID-19 and its plan for the future. You can see the full list here.
Online CME Available!
6.5 CME Credits – Recordings from the 2019 Patient Safety & Risk Management Meeting

  • Tips on Safely Prescribing Psychotropic Medications to Patients on Opioid Agonist Therapy
  • Evaluating and Managing the Cardiovascular Adverse Effects of Psychotropic Medications
  • Pennsylvania’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP): Obligations & Responsibilities
  • Workshop: Psychiatric Malpractice: Practical Strategies for Risk Management 
Get Involved in Your Society!

PaPS has many committees who would welcome new members. Are you interested in bylaws and parliamentary procedure? Our bylaws committee needs you! Do you want to know more about our advocacy efforts and help with those efforts? The Government Relations Committee would be a fit for you! Contact Jennifer Redmond, executive director, at jredmond@pamedsoc.org or 800-422-2900 for more details.
PaPS PAC Giving is now Online!

The Society has made it easier for members to make personal donations to the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society Political Action Committee. The site is user friendly, and you can set up monthly donations if you would like. Through our PAC, psychiatrists are able to educate legislators about issues important to psychiatry.
Upcoming Meetings/Events
CPPS Resident Night (Virtual)
August 19, 2021
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
7th Annual Addictions Symposium (Virtual)
Saturday, September 18, 2021

Save the Date - Virtual Patient Safety and Risk Management
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Striving for Excellence Series: Addressing Mental Health Disparities Among African Americans/Blacks Through Patient Care
The Morehouse School of Medicine & APA have launched Striving for Excellence, a new virtual learning series that focuses on racial disparities in mental health. Past webinars are archived online, and the next, on August 6 at 3 p.m. EDT, is entitled Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool.

You can learn more about the Striving for Excellence Series here.
2022 Annual Meeting Submissions Now Open
APA is now accepting abstract submissions for its 2022 Annual Meeting, which will be held May 21-25, in New Orleans, on the theme of “Social Determinants of Mental Health.” For consideration, please submit abstracts on APA’s website by Thursday, Sept. 9, at 5 p.m. ET. Learn more.