American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

The association has nearly 2,000 members, including psychiatrists and other health care professionals, across the United States, Canada, and abroad.

History

The association was founded in 1978 by 11 professionals who were concerned about the issues that uniquely affect older adults' mental health and well-being.

Past presidents

The following persons have been president of the association:

• Sanford Finkel (1978-1981)
• Eric Pfeiffer (1981-1982)
• Alvin Levinson (1982-1984)
• Lissy Jarvik (1984-1985)
• Elliott M. Stein (1985-1987)
• Charles A. Shamoian (1987-1988)
• Lawrence Lazarus (1988-1989)
• George Grossberg (1989-1990)
• Jonathan Lieff (1990-1991)
• Barnett Meyers (1991-1992)
• Alan Siegal (1992-1994)
• Gary Gottlieb (1994-1995)
• Ira Katz (1995-1996)
• Hugh Hendrie (1996-1997)
• Jeffrey R. Foster (1997-1998)
• Dilip V. Jeste (1998-1999)
• Soo Borson (1999-2000)
• William E. Reichman (2000-2001)
• Stephen Bartels (2001-2002)
• Gary Kennedy (2002-2003)
• Joel E. Streim (2003-2004)
• Anand Kumar (2004-2005)
• Dan Blazer (2005-2006)
• Christopher C. Colenda (2006-2007)
• Gary S. Moak (2007-2008)
• Bruce G. Pollock (2008-2009)
• Charles F. Reynolds, III (2009-2010)
• Jeffrey M. Lyness (2010-2011)
• Allan A. Anderson (2011-2012)
• Paul D.S. Kirwin (2012-2013)
• David C. Steffens (2013-2014)
• Susan K. Schultz (2014-2015)
• Gary W. Small (2015-2016)
• Daniel D. Sewell (2016-2017)
• Iqbal Ahmed, MD (2017-2018)
• Melinda Lantz, MD (2018-2019)
• Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS (2019-2021)
• Brent P. Forester, MD, MSc (2020-2022)
• Marc E. Agronin, MD (2022-2023)
• Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS (2023-2024)
• Sandra Swantek, MD (2024-2025)