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ABPN Board of Directors
The ABPN Board consists of psychiatrists and neurologists, all of whom are certified by the ABPN and participate in continuing certification. The Board meets several times each year to set policy and oversee ABPN’s CEO, finances, and overall operations. On an annual basis the Board also selects new directors (i.e., board members) to fill the places of directors whose terms have expired.
2024 Board of Directors
Each board member’s biography can be reviewed by clicking on his/her name.
Dr. Steven Lewis is the Physician in Chief and Chief of Neurology at the Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA, where he holds the Timothy M. Breidegam Endowed Chair in Neurology. He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology and Vascular Neurology and participates in continuing certification.
He is also the liaison to the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties and the American Stroke Association. Dr. Lewis is a past Chair of the Neurology Residency Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), served as Chair of the Neurology Milestones Working Group and Advisory Group for the Neurology Milestone Project, a joint initiative of the ACGME and the ABPN, and served on the Neurology Milestones 2.0 Working Group. He is immediate past Editor-in-Chief of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Dr. Lewis is Secretary General of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), Chair of the WFN Education Committee, and serves as the Editor of World Neurology. In 2019, Dr. Lewis was the recipient of the A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education from the AAN, and in 2023 he was the recipient of the American Neurological Association (ANA) Award for Excellence in Education.
Dr. Schor is currently the Deputy Director for Intramural Research of the National Institutes of Health. For 5 years, she served as the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; for 11 years she served as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester and Pediatrician-in-Chief of its Golisano Children's Hospital. She was President of the Child Neurology Society from 2013-2015 and Secretary of the American Neurological Association from 2009-2013.
She is certified by the ABPN in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Schor serves on the Executive Committee as Board Chair and on the Neurology Council as Chair.
She was previously a member of the Science Committee of the AAN from 2009-2015 and 2018-2022 and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders NST-1 Study Section from 2008-2015. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Schor’s research program was continuously nationally funded from 1989-2017 and focused on the design and preclinical testing of targeted therapies for neuroblastoma.
Dr. Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Thomas serves on the Executive Committee as Vice Chair, on the Psychiatry Council as Chair, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
He was a Regent of the American College of Psychiatrists in 2019 - 2023 and he is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. He was previously Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Psychiatry Review Committee and the ACGME Psychiatry Milestones Committee. Dr. Thomas is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Cheong is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL and a Physician with the VHA VISN 8 Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), also in Gainesville FL, and serves as a geriatric psychiatry consultant to the VHA National Expert Consultation and Specialized Services – Mental Health (NEXCSS-MH).
She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Cheong serves on the Executive Committee as Board Secretary, on the Psychiatry Council, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
Dr. Cheong serves on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Board of Directors and as a member of the Board’s Executive Committee. She is also a liaison to the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). In the past, she had served as a member of the ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee. Dr. Cheong specializes in geriatric psychiatry, undergraduate and graduate medical education and training, and academic leadership development and mentorship. Dr. Cheong has served on numerous committees over the past 25 years within the Association for Academic Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (APA) and AAGP. She has served as Chair of the APA Scientific Program Committee in 2009 and 2013 as well as over 28 separate appointments on various APA Components since 1994. Within the VA, Dr. Cheong has been actively involved in the national VHA Office of Academic Affiliations and has served as an Associate Chief of Staff/Education at the North Florida/South Georgia VHS and as Assistant Chief, Psychiatry for Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. She has been an examination writer for various committees at the ABPN since 2004.
Dr. Khan is Professor, Chair, and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Neurology at the Emory School of Medicine. He is an Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and Graduate Medical Education.
He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Khan serves on the Executive Committee as Board Treasurer, on the Neurology Council, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
Dr. Khan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and has served numerous professional organizations, including Chair of the Consortium of Neurology Program Directors, Vice Chair of the AAN Education Committee, Chair of the Graduate Education Subcommittee, and Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Neurology Review Committee.
Dr. Ali is Professor of Neurology at University of Toledo, College of Medicine and is currently the Clair Martig Endowed Chair of Neurology. He recently served as Vice Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education prior to taking on his role as the Chair. He was appointed in July 2017 as the Inaugural Chair of the newly formed Department of Medical Education at University of Toledo and served in that role until his most recent appointment.
He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Ali serves on the Neurology Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Ali is recognized as an outstanding teacher and has received many teaching awards, including the Deans Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Ali is listed in the Best Doctors of America; he also received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award twice and was also inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Dr. Boland is Vice Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of Staff at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, TX. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Vice Chair for Education at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. He was the residency training director for the Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Residency.
He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Boland serves on the Psychiatry Council and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
He is the past president for the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (now the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry), the American Association of Directors of Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry. He is currently a member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Thomas is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Thomas serves on the Executive Committee as Vice Chair, on the Psychiatry Council as Chair, and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
He was a Regent of the American College of Psychiatrists in 2019 - 2023 and he is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. He was previously Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Psychiatry Review Committee and the ACGME Psychiatry Milestones Committee. Dr. Thomas is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Iqbal “Ike” Ahmed is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine at John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaii. He was formerly the Geriatric Psychiatry and General Psychiatry Residency Program director at the University of Hawaii, JABSOM.
Dr. Ahmed is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and participates in continuing certification. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK).
Dr. Ahmed has been a member of the ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee and was the chair of the Geriatric Psychiatry Milestones work group. He was the Associate Editor for the Adult Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination (PRITE) and is a past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Ahmed was a member of the American Psychiatric Association Assembly and is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Benjamin is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Director of Neuropsychiatry, and Vice Chair for Education in Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts T H Chan School of Medicine. He is the Director of the UMass Chan Neuropsychiatry Fellowship and Co-director of the UMass Chan Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship program.
He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Neurology and participates in continuing certification. He also is certified by the UCNS in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Benjamin serves on the Psychiatry Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Benjamin is a past president of the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) and American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the ANPA and the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Boland is Vice Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief of Staff at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, TX. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Vice Chair for Education at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. He was the residency training director for the Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Residency.
He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Boland serves on the Psychiatry Council and as Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
He is the past president for the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (now the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry), the American Association of Directors of Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry. He is currently a member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Cheong is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL and Chief, Psychiatry Consult-Liaison Service at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville FL.
She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Cheong serves on the Psychiatry Council, and is Chair and Vice Chair of several ABPN committees.
Dr. Cheong serves on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Board of Directors and is also a liaison to the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). Dr. Cheong specializes in geriatric psychiatry, undergraduate and graduate medical education and training, and academic leadership development and mentorship. She has formerly served as a member of the ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee. Dr. Cheong has served on numerous committees over the past 25 years within the Association for Academic Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association (APA) and AAGP. She has served as Chair of the APA Scientific Program Committee in 2009 and 2013 as well as a past Chair of the APA Council on Aging. Within the VA, Dr. Cheong has been actively involved in the national VHA Office of Academic Affiliations and has served as an Associate Chief of Staff/Education at the North Florida/South Georgia VHS and Assistant Chief, Psychiatry for Tennessee Valley Healthcare System from 2014-2017. She has been an examination writer for various committees at the ABPN for over 15 years.
Sandra M. DeJong, MD, MSc, is the Senior Consultant in the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and Associate Professor, Part Time, at Harvard Medical School. She is also a solo private practitioner and co-investigator on an educational grant to improve child psychiatry training in medical schools. She previously served as Program Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at CHA, as well as Interim Division Chief.
She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Neurology, as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. At ABPN, she serves on the Psychiatry Council and a variety of committees.
Dr. DeJong is past Secretary of the American Psychiatric Association, past President of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and past Editor of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency in-Training Examination. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the APA, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Henderson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Boston Medical Center in Boston, MA. He is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN director, Dr. Henderson serves on the Psychiatry Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Stolar is Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX,
She is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Stolar serves on the Psychiatry Council and as a Chair and Co-Chair of several ABPN committees.
Dr. Stolar served as Vice Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry and previously chaired the Forensic Psychiatry Working Group, Subspecialty Milestone Project, and as a member of the Forensic Psychiatry Milestones 2.0 Work Group. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Stolar served on the Council on Psychiatry and the Law, and the Committee on Psychiatry in the Workplace.
Dr. Steven Lewis is the Physician in Chief and Chief of Neurology at the Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA, where he holds the Timothy M. Breidegam Endowed Chair in Neurology. He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology and Vascular Neurology and participates in continuing certification.
He is also the liaison to the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties and the American Stroke Association. Dr. Lewis is a past Chair of the Neurology Residency Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), served as Chair of the Neurology Milestones Working Group and Advisory Group for the Neurology Milestone Project, a joint initiative of the ACGME and the ABPN, and served on the Neurology Milestones 2.0 Working Group. He is immediate past Editor-in-Chief of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Dr. Lewis is Secretary General of the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), Chair of the WFN Education Committee, and serves as the Editor of World Neurology. In 2019, Dr. Lewis was the recipient of the A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurologic Education from the AAN, and in 2023 he was the recipient of the American Neurological Association (ANA) Award for Excellence in Education.
Dr. Schor is currently the Deputy Director for Intramural Research of the National Institutes of Health. For 5 years, she served as the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; for 11 years she served as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester and Pediatrician-in-Chief of its Golisano Children's Hospital. She was President of the Child Neurology Society from 2013-2015 and Secretary of the American Neurological Association from 2009-2013.
She is certified by the ABPN in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Schor serves on the Executive Committee as Board Chair and on the Neurology Council as Chair.
She was previously a member of the Science Committee of the AAN from 2009-2015 and 2018-2022 and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders NST-1 Study Section from 2008-2015. She is also an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Schor’s research program was continuously nationally funded from 1989-2017 and focused on the design and preclinical testing of targeted therapies for neuroblastoma.
Dr. Ali is Professor of Neurology at University of Toledo, College of Medicine and is currently the Clair Martig Endowed Chair of Neurology. He recently served as Vice Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education prior to taking on his role as the Chair. He was appointed in July 2017 as the Inaugural Chair of the newly formed Department of Medical Education at University of Toledo and served in that role until his most recent appointment.
He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Epilepsy, and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Ali serves on the Neurology Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Ali is recognized as an outstanding teacher and has received many teaching awards, including the Deans Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Ali is listed in the Best Doctors of America; he also received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award twice and was also inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Dr. Erika Fullwood Augustine is Associate Chief Science Officer at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Associate Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Her clinical research program focuses on advancing therapeutic development for rare pediatric neurological disorders, with emphasis on comprehensive clinical phenotyping and trial design in the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses.
Dr. Augustine is an Executive Committee member of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NINDS) Child Neurology Career Development (K12) Program, leads the Minority Research Scholars Program, and is Associate Editor for Annals of Neurology. She also serves as a board member for the American Brain Coalition. Dr. Augustine is a prior recipient of the Sidney Carter Award from the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Brooks-Kayal is Professor and Chair of Neurology, and the Andrew John Gabor, MD, PhD Presidential Endowed Chair at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine in Sacramento, CA. Previously, she was Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at University of Colorado School of Medicine, where she served as Chief and Ponzio Family Chair in Pediatric Neurology for 12 years. She was a principal investigator and co-director of the Translational Epilepsy Research Program at University of Colorado. Dr. Brooks-Kayal is recognized as an international expert in the field of epilepsy and has received an American Epilepsy Society (AES) Founders Award and was named an Ambassador for Epilepsy by the International League Against Epilepsy in recognition of her record of lifetime achievement in the field of epilepsy.
She is certified by the ABPN in Epilepsy and Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Brooks-Kayal serves on the Neurology Council and several ABPN committees.
She is also the liaison to the AES and the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Brooks-Kayal currently serves on the Executive Committee of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders (NINDS) Child Neurology Career Development (K12) Program, on the External Advisory Board (EAB) for the NINDS Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program and as Associate Editor for Epilepsy for the Annals of Neurology. She was previously President of AES, councilor of the Professors of Child Neurology (PCN), executive councilor of the American Neurological Association, and member of the NINDS Advisory Council.
Dr. Greene is Professor of Clinical Neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, and at Houston Methodist Hospital. She is the Sumner Family Chair in Neuromuscular Research at Houston Methodist, Full Clinical Member, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Vice Chair of Education in Neurology. She is also the Associate Dean of Clinical Integration at Texas A & M School of Engineering Medicine. She is certified by the ABPN in Neurology and Neuromuscular Medicine and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN director, Dr. Greene serves on the Neurology Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Khan is Professor, Interim Chair, and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Neurology at the Emory School of Medicine. He is an Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and Graduate Medical Education.
He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Khan serves on the Neurology Council and several ABPN committees.
Dr. Khan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and has served numerous professional organizations, including Chair of the Consortium of Neurology Program Directors, Vice Chair of the AAN Education Committee, Chair of the Graduate Education Subcommittee, and Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Neurology Review Committee.
Dr. Smith is Associate Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Scottsdale, Arizona. He is the Director of the Sensory Laboratory and a Consultant for the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic.
He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Medicine, and participates in continuing certification. He also is certified by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Smith serves on the Neurology Council and many other ABPN committees.
Dr. Smith has served as the co-director of the biannual Mayo Clinic EMG/EEG Clinical Neurophysiology Course in Phoenix, Arizona, for a number of years. In addition to ABPN, he has been involved in leadership and committee positions with the AAN and AANEM for the last decade. His research focuses on measuring sensory function, identifying new patterns of peripheral neuropathy deficits and use of novel techniques such as contact heat evoked potential stimulation to study spinothalamic and other small diameter nerve fiber pathways.
Dr. Lyness is President and CEO of the ABPN, and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Before assuming his current position at the ABPN in 2023, he served as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and was Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology at Rochester. He formerly served in the Department of Psychiatry as Associate Chair for Education and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Program, and for the School as Director of (medical student) Curriculum and as Medical Director for Continuing Medical Education.
Dr. Lyness is certified by the ABPN in Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry and participates in continuing certification. He previously had served as an ABPN director, as Vice Chair of the ABPN board, and on several ABPN committees. Dr. Lyness is a Past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, a past Chair of the Steering Committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Group on Faculty Affairs, and a past Chair of the American Board of Medical Specialties Health Policy and Strategy Committee. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists.
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