AAPL Committees

In addition to the Executive Council, AAPL has a long list of Committees that undertake work on behalf of AAPL and the forensic psychiatry profession. They meet throughout the year.

Members are invited to join AAPL Committee. Appointments of members to Committees after the Annual meeting each year. Below is a list of AAPL Committees.

Standing Committees with Chairs

Budget

Britta K. Ostermeyer, MD, MBA

Education

Kaustubh G. Joshi, M.D.

Ethics

Rocksheng Zhong, M.D.

Membership

Danielle Kushner, MD
Trent Holmberg, MD

Nominating

Charles C. Dike, MD

International Relations Program

Juan Sosa, M.D.
Cynthia Casanova-Pelosi, MD

Administrative, Member Services and Other Committees

Assoc. of Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships

Stephen Noffsinger, M.D.

Awards

Charles Scott, MD

Journal Editorial Board

Michael A. Norko, MD

Bylaws

Richard L. Frierson, MD

Peer Review of Psychiatric Testimony

Ariana Nesbit Huselid, MD

Rappeport Fellowship

Renee Sorrentino, MD
Britta K. Ostermeyer, MD, MBA

Special Committees with Chairs

Addiction Psychiatry

Abhishek Jain MD
Ryan Wagoner, MD

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Law

Anne McBride, MD
Greg Iannuzzi, MD

Civil Forensic Committee

Ryan Sugarman, MD

Community Forensics

Li-Wen Lee, M.D.

Correctional Forensic Psychiatry

Elizabeth Ferguson, MD
Dr. Joseph V. Penn

Criminal Behavior

Joseph R. Simpson, MD

Cross-Cultural Issues

Maya Prabhu, MD

Developmental Disability

Paul A. Bryant, MD

Diversity

Charles Dike, M.D., FRCPsy
Myrline Rose Belzince, MD

Early Career Development

Gloria Osuruaka, MD
Sanya Virani, MD

Forensic Hospital Services

Kayla Fisher, MD, JD

Forensic Neuropsychiatry

Dale Panzer, MD

Forensic Training of Psychiatry Residents

Meghan Musselman, MD
George D. Annas, MD

Gender Issues

Susan Hatters Friedman, MSt, MD, DFAPA
Nina Ross, MD

Geriatric Psychiatry and the Law

Lauren Kathryn Robinson, MD
Karen Reimers, MD

Government Affairs

Neil Kayd, MD

Human Rights and National Security

Mikel Matto, MD
Fatima Masumova, MD

Judicial Action

Christopher R. Thompson, MD
William C. Darby, MD

Law Enforcement Liaison

James B. Reynolds, MD

Liaison with Forensic Sciences

Corina Freitas, MD

Maintenance of Certification

Aimee Kaempf, MD

Media and Public Relations

Praveen Kambam, MD
Karen Beth Rosenbaum, MD

Private Practice

Camille Lacroix, MD
Celestine DeTrana, MD

Program Committee

Abhishek Jain, MD
Ariana Nesbit Huselid, MD

Psychopharmacology

Ryan Hall, MD

Recovery

Alexander Simpson, MD
Eugene Lee, MD

Research

Nathan Kolla, MD

Self-Assessment Exam

Aimee C. Kaempf, MD

Sexual Offenders

Kathryn BaseliceBooth, MD

Suicidology

Leah Brar, MD

Technology

David Burrow, MD

Trauma & Stress

Mikel Matto, MD

Virtual AAPL Committee

Charles Scott, MD

Women’s Committee

Jackie Landess, MD
Sarah Baker, MD