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Leadership

 

2026 - 2027

Officers

President

Eric Lewkowiez, MD
Augusta

Second Vice President

Kelly Coffman, MD, MPH
Atlanta

President-Elect

Justin Palanci, MD
Atlanta

Secretary

Paige Marnell, MD
Savannah

Vice President

Emile Risby, MD, JM
Atlanta

Immediate Past President

Ben Hunter, MD 
Atlanta

Treasurer

Ben Hunter, MD
Atlanta

APA Assembly Representatives

Howard Maziar, MD 
Atlanta

Joe Morgan, MD 
Valdosta

Ben Hunter, MD
Atlanta

 

Trustees

2029 Trustees

Jocelyn Bayliss, MD
Augusta

Sam Dotson, MD
Gainesville

Neha Khurana, MD
Atlanta

Mary Lynn Tyson, MD
Augusta

Joseph Vinson, MD
Atlanta

  

2028 Trustees

Susan Blank, MD
Snellville

David Goldsmith, MD
Atlanta

Jenelle Martin, MD
Tucker

Lisa Rudolph-Watson, MD
Thomasville

Sultan Simms, MD
Atlanta

  

2027 Trustees

Raymond Kotwicki, MD
Atlanta

Colleen McLemore, MD
Athens

Kalpana Prasad, MD
Gainesville

Jennifer Wootten, MD
Atlanta

RFM Trustees

Hamzah Shroof, DO
Medical College of Georgia/Augusta University

Terrance Jenkins, MD
Morehouse School of Medicine

Punita Peketi, MD
Emory University School of Medicine

Heyley Silverstein, MD
North Georgia Health System

 
Sasha Grabb, MD
Gateway Behavioral Health System
 
Namita Mehta, MD
St. Francis Emory (Columbus)
 
Anthony Cimmino, MD 
South Georgia Medical Education and Research Consortium
 Robyn Cotney, MD 
Piedmont Macon Health System


Committee Chairs
Addiction Psychiatry Committee
Paige Marnell, MD
 
Advocacy & Legislative Committee
Kelly Coffman, MD
Joe Morgan, MD
Community Psychiatry Committee
Justin Palanci, MD		 International Psychiatry Committee
Kalpana Prasad, MD
Constitution & Bylaws Committee
Peter Ash, MD
Ben Hunter, MD
Jennifer Holton, MD		 Nominating Committee
Ben Hunter, MD
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Committee
Justin Palanci, MD

Georgia Psychiatry PAC Committee
Kelly Coffman, MD
Joe Morgan, MD

Early Career Psychiatrists (ECP) Committee
Justin Palanci, MD

 GPPA Foundation Committee
Ray Kotwicki, MD
Howard Maziar, MD
Ethics Committee
Peter Ash, MD
 Women's Committee
Jennifer Holton, MD
Quality of Care Committee
Jeffrey Winston, MD		 Distinguished Fellowship Committee
Ann Schwartz, MD
Krystle Graham, DO
Disaster Representative to the APA (Co-Chairs)
Saundra Maass-Robinson, MD
Sultan Simms, MD		  
GCMB Representative
Matthew Norman, MD 		  

                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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