Nominations for the Jerry M. Wiener, MD, Resident Member of Council are being accepted by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for first year child and adolescent psychiatry residents, fourth year triple boarders, and second year post pediatric portal trainees who are current AACAP members. The primary purpose of the Jerry M. Wiener, MD, Resident Member of Council is to work in partnership with the John E. Schowalter, MD, Resident Member of Council to interact with and involve as many general and child and adolescent psychiatry residents and medical students as possible in AACAP.

The Jerry M. Wiener, MD, Resident Member is responsible for attending a three-day June Council Retreat and the October Council meetings during the AACAP Annual Meeting in order to represent the concerns of residents during his/her two-year term on Council (October 2019–October 2021). Travel costs will be funded by AACAP for the June Council meetings each year. Council Residents are encouraged to apply for travel funding from the Educational Outreach Program for the October Annual Meetings. Priority is given to Council Residents regardless of their program completion date as AACAP classifies trainees with Resident status through the end of the calendar year the child and adolescent program is completed.  Residents are expected to ask their Regional Organization or Training Program to match the EOP funding. To learn more about the Educational Outreach Program and to apply online, please visit AACAP’s website.

The first meeting the resident will be required to attend is the 2019 October Council meeting. This meeting will serve as an orientation at which the current Jerry M. Wiener, MD, Resident will prepare the selected resident for his/her term. The resident’s institution should pay for travel expenses.

Additional responsibilities of the Jerry M. Wiener, MD, Resident Member include serving as a member (first year) and co-chair (second year) of the Medical Students and Residents Committee (MSR) as well as writing four brief articles and soliciting two articles for AACAP News. As a member of the MSR Committee, the resident will be expected to do the following:

• Attend the MSR conference calls on a regular basis.
• Attend the MSR Committee meeting at the AACAP Annual Meeting
• Co-lead the conference calls and share responsibilities with the current MSR co-chair during his/her second year serving as co-chair
• Participate in and contribute to the Annual Meeting events as well as other committee tasks, such as serving on a selection subcommittee for selecting medical student and general psychiatry resident awards

The selected individual will also serve as member on the Training and Education Committee during their term and will be expected to do the following:

• Attend the Training and Education Committee meeting at the AACAP Annual Meeting.
• Attend the Training and Education Committee January meeting in DC
• Participate in and contribute to the Annual Meeting programming events, committee conference calls and other committee tasks.

George “Bud” Vana, MD, the current Jerry M. Wiener, MD Resident, and Amanda Downey, MD, the current John E. Schowalter, MD Resident, are available to answer questions. They can be reached via email at bud.vana@gmail.com or downeyae2@upmc.edu.

I look forward to receiving your application/nomination that should include the following:

1. The candidate’s curriculum vitae.
2. A statement of two pages or less from the candidate on why he/she would like to be the Jerry M. Wiener, MD, Resident Member and ideas for his/her role as resident member of Council.
3. A letter of recommendation from the resident’s Program Director supporting the application.

Please email these items to Executive Office Coordinator, Reina Hamayama at rhamayama@aacap.org. Drs. Downey and Vana will review the nominations and select the top three candidates. The incoming President selects the final candidate to serve during his/her term. The deadline for receipt of all applications is August 1, 2019 and the final selection will be made by August 15, 2019.

Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD
President-Elect
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry