Regional Council of Eastern Pennsylvania & Southern New Jersey Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Newsletter

Our next issue of the RCCAP Newsletter will be distributed on May 30, 2025. Please contact Dr. Pirooz Sholevar (piroozsholevar@hotmail.com) if you have an article you would like to place in the Newsletter.


President
Yolanda Graham, MD

Vice-President
Maura Dunfey Hwang, DO

Past President
Sylvia Maston, MD

Treasurer
Alexander Strauss, MD

Secretary
Howard Levin, MD

Membership
Chioma Iheagwara, DO - Chair
Narpinder Malhi, MD - Co-Chair

ECP
Sehar Jessani, MD

Delegates

Yolanda Graham, MD
Chioma Iheagwara, DO
Laurel Weaver, MD, Ph.D.
Randall Gurak, MD
Bettina Bernstein, DO
Narpinder Malhi, MD

Alternate Delegate
Maura Dunfey Hwang, DO

Resident Representatives
CHOP - Saad Shamshair. MD
Inspira: Dahna Atassi, DO
Jefferson - Anna Zeira, MD
Jefferson Einstein - Molly Forlines, DO
Lehigh Valley - Joseph Venditto, DO
St. Lukes - Madeleine Kaiser, DO


2025 Meeting Dates

  • January 8
  • February 12
  • March 12
  • April 9
  • May 14
  • June 11
  • July 9
  • August - No meeting
  • September 10
  • October 8
  • November 12
  • December TBD

Upcoming Events

The 31st Annual Herman Staples, MD. Memorial Lectureship, Awards Presentations and Graduation Acknowledgement will be held on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 6:00 p.m., Anthony's Restaurant, 865 W. Springfield Road, Springfield, PA 19064. Guest Lecturer: Melissa Shafer, MS, Associate Vice president of Government and Community Relations, St. Luke's University Health Network. Topic: How to Utilize Government Relations and Grassroots Advocacy to Effectuate Behavioral Health Policy Changes.

Registration through Eventbrite: contact Carol Coffman (coffmanc@verizon.net) if interested in attending.