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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.
Each board member’s biography can be reviewed by clicking on his/her name.
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, a Child Neurology Society (CNS) Bernard Sachs 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 ABPN liaison to the AES, the Association of Academic Leaders of Neurology (AALN, formerly Association of University Professors of Neurology), and the American Neurological Association (ANA).
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 ANA, AUPN and Professors of Child Neurology (PCN), and a member of the NINDS Advisory Council.
Dr. Boland is Vice Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, The Brown Foundation Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at Baylor and the 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 and a former member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Boland is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties where he chairs the Committee on Certification (COCERT). He is also the 2026 Program Chair for the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Khan is Professor and Betty Gage Holland Endowed Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Emory School of Medicine.
He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Vascular Neurology, and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Khan serves on the Neurology Council, the Board Executive Committee, 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. Stolar is Professor of Psychiatry and Advisory Dean for the School of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. Formerly the Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Dr. Stolar continues to serve BCM trainees and students as faculty for the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship and as advisor to the Office of Student Affairs.
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, as Treasurer, 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. Benjamin is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurology and Director of Neuropsychiatry at the University of Massachusetts T H Chan School of Medicine. He previously served as Residency Program Director at UMass Chan for 25 years, Interim Department Chair, Director of the UMass Chan Behavioral Neurology Neuropsychiatry Fellowship and co-director of the Adult 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 also serves on the ACGME Psychiatry Review Committee.
Dr. Benjamin is the Secretary of the International Neuropsychiatric Association, a past president of the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) and American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the ANPA and the American Academy of Neurology. He is the recipient of the UMass Chan Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Teaching, the ANPA Gary Tucker Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, and the AADPRT Lifetime Service Award.
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 Medicine at the Vashisht College of Medicine and 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. 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 Vice-Chair for Education, and the director of the General and Geriatric Psychiatry training programs 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. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Ahmed serves on the Psychiatry Council and as the Chair of the Psychiatry ABCC Committee and the Vice Chair of the Geriatric Psychiatry ABCC Committee.
Dr. Ahmed was a member of the ACGME Psychiatry Residency Review Committee, and the chair of the Geriatric Psychiatry Milestones work group. He was the Associate Editor for the Adult Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination (PRITE). He is a member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Psychiatrists. He was a President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and was a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Assembly. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award and the Jack Weinberg Award of the APA. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and the recipient of the Bowis Award by the American College of Psychiatrists. He is an author and co-editor of the book Mental Health in Older People Across Cultures (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Dr. Benjamin is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurology and Director of Neuropsychiatry at the University of Massachusetts T H Chan School of Medicine. He previously served as Residency Program Director at UMass Chan for 25 years, Interim Department Chair, Director of the UMass Chan Behavioral Neurology Neuropsychiatry Fellowship and co-director of the Adult 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 also serves on the ACGME Psychiatry Review Committee.
Dr. Benjamin is the Secretary of the International Neuropsychiatric Association, a past president of the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) and American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the ANPA and the American Academy of Neurology. He is the recipient of the UMass Chan Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Teaching, the ANPA Gary Tucker Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, and the AADPRT Lifetime Service Award.
Dr. Boland is Vice Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, The Brown Foundation Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at Baylor and the 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 and a former member of the Board of Regents for the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Boland is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties where he chairs the Committee on Certification (COCERT). He is also the 2026 Program Chair for the American College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Cooper is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. Board-certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the ABPN, she actively participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Psychiatry Director, Dr. Cooper contributes to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Certification Committee and several other ABPN committees.
A Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, she is also a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American College of Psychiatrists, and the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry. Additionally, she is a reviewer for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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 member of ACGME's Psychiatry Residency Review Committee. 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 Health System and 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. Magen is Chair, Department of Psychiatry in the College of Human Medicine and the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University. He was formerly residency training director in the department. Prior to entering psychiatry, he was a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service, serving as a General Medical Officer in the Indian Health Service.
He is certified by the ABPN in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry and is participating in continuing certification. Dr. Magen served on the Executive Council of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Education. He is a past president of the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, of the Michigan Psychiatric Society and of the American Osteopathic College of Neurologists and Psychiatrists. He was a director of the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. He was a representative from the training directors and chairs groups to the AAMC Council of Faculty and Academic Societies and is a fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He served as Vice Chair of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry.
Dr. Stolar is Professor of Psychiatry and Advisory Dean for the School of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. Formerly the Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Dr. Stolar continues to serve BCM trainees and students as faculty for the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship and as advisor to the Office of Student Affairs.
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, as Treasurer, 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. 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 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.
Nancy Bass is Professor of Neurology, Chief of Child Neurology and the Bleser Family Endowed Chair of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She is currently the Director of the Neuromuscular program and Co-Director of the Neurogenetics program.
She is certified by the ABPN in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Bass serves on the Neurology Council and on several committees.
Dr. Bass has over 20 years of experience as a Child Neurology Residency Director. She has won numerous teaching awards in her career and received the Child Neurology Society National Training Director Award in October 2024. She also received Fellow Distinction for the Child Neurology Society (FCNS) in 2024. Dr. Bass served as the President of the Professors and Educators of Child Neurology and is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Child Neurology Society Educators Committee. She was recently selected as a new member of the ACGME Neurology Review Committee. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Child Neurology Society as the Councilor to the Midwest, as well as the Board of Directors for the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialities (UCNS). She also served as a senior associate editor for the Pediatric Neurology journal and was on the ACGME Milestones 2.0 committee.
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, a Child Neurology Society (CNS) Bernard Sachs 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 ABPN liaison to the AES, the Association of Academic Leaders of Neurology (AALN, formerly Association of University Professors of Neurology), and the American Neurological Association (ANA).
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 ANA, AUPN and Professors of Child Neurology (PCN), and a 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 Medicine at the Vashisht College of Medicine and 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.
Aatif M. Husain, MD, MBA, is Professor in the Department of Neurology and Chief of the Division of Epilepsy, Sleep and Clinical Neurophysiology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. He also serves as Co-Medical Director of the Neuroscience Clinical Service Unit and Medical Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories at Duke.
Dr. Husain is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy, and Sleep Medicine and participates in continuing certification. He has served for nearly two decades as Program Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship and for over a decade as Program Director of the Sleep Medicine fellowship at Duke, reflecting his longstanding commitment to education and physician training. In 2022, he completed an MBA, complementing his leadership roles in academic medicine and national professional organizations.
Dr. Husain has held numerous national leadership roles, including President of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, Treasurer of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, National Director of the VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence, and member of the Board of Directors of the American Epilepsy Society. His editorial leadership includes service as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology and Associate Editor of Clinical Neurophysiology Practice. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Husain serves on the Neurology Council and multiple ABPN committees.
Dr. Husain is an internationally recognized clinician-scientist whose work focuses on epilepsy, critical care EEG, intraoperative neuromonitoring, evoked potentials, sleep medicine, and the application of artificial intelligence in clinical neurophysiology.
Michael Jaffee is the Bob Paul Family Professor of Neurology and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida (UF), where he is the Director of the Brain Injury, Rehabilitation, and Neuroresilience (BRAIN) Center. He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine and Brain Injury Medicine.
Before coming to UF, Dr. Jaffee spent 21 years in the US Air Force, where he served in many capacities, including National Director of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. There, he managed a network of 18 sites, and his team’s efforts contributed to deployed medical research and the publication of over 100 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Jaffee is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association. He serves on the AAN Brain Health Committee and on the AAN Public Education Editorial Board. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and was recently named Chair of the BIAA Brain Injury Action Coalition.
Dr. Jaffee’s research is funded by agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health and Human Services. His work topics include traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimer's disease, interface of sleep and neurological disorders, sleep and performance, and social and environmental determinants of health in neurodegenerative conditions. Dr. Jaffee has dedicated a significant part of his career to developing innovative educational and research collaborations between the Department of Defense, federal agencies, academic institutions and other stakeholders.
Dr. Khan is Professor and Betty Gage Holland Endowed Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Emory School of Medicine.
He is certified by the ABPN in Neurology, Vascular Neurology, and Clinical Neurophysiology and participates in continuing certification. As an ABPN Director, Dr. Khan serves on the Neurology Council, the Board Executive Committee, 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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