Westchester Psychiatry: A District Branch of the APA

PSW Members are invited to a CME event on Thursday, 1/26/12,  7:00 pm, presented by the New York County District Branch.  “Legal and Risk Considerations in the Age of Technology”  Presenter, Kristen Lambert, JD, MSW, LICSW. Location:  Salmon River Restaurant, 3 East 40th St. at Fifth, NY, NY 10016.  RSVP 212-685-9633. Turn your nameless worries into real fears… and solutions.

Meet with federal, state and local legislators to discuss issues relevant to our profession and the needs of our patients. Reservations by 12/8, call (914) 967-6285.  11:00 AM – 1:30 PM, Crown Plaza Hotel, White Plains. Parking $2 per hour.

APA National Election 2011:

Cast Your Vote before it’s too late. For assistance, view more election information online. Vote by 5 p.m. EST, Monday, February 7

Just in case you hadn’t heard, Our new officers have been elected and sworn in for the year.  See the DB Officers and Staff page.  JS

There are two new job postings from St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers.  See the Job Opportunties page.

In each area, the DB with the highest percentage of members registered for New Orleans will win three (3) free registrations! You can register now for a great meeting in a great place! The meeting theme is Pride and Promise:  Toward a New Psychiatry.  Go to APA website and register now! — JS

Letter to the Blog Editor from James Nininger, MD, Area II Trustee:

“I wanted to thank you for your letter of concern regarding the APA Assembly budget of 2010.   As you know, the Board approved a budget at the December meeting that did not require a further reduction beyond the original $200,000.”

This means that the Assembly will continue to function while shouldering its share of necessary cuts.  Democracy works!

-JS

It’s 1775 again. Taxation without representation. The APA Board is considering a proposal to cut the Assembly budget by 45% or $400,000. This could leave all the APA power in the hands of the elite and insulated Board of Directors, and cripple the ability of the membership to influence policy. Now is the time to email all the Board Members before they vote in a policy that could disenfranchise the membership. Go to BOARD for a block of email addresses of board members.

Our own Tina Strobos, MD was featured on October 17 in the New York Times Rye Report. The article highlights her story as a teen in Amsterdam helping Jews escape the Gestapo.

“Why would she take such gambles for people she sometimes barely knew?  ‘It’s the right thing to do,’ she said with nonchalance. ‘Your conscience tells you to do it. I believe in heroism, and when you’re young, you want to do dangerous things.'”

Search the Times online under “Strobos”

-JS

Tax Day, April 15, 6:30 P.M. at the PSW Offices, 333 Westchester Avenue, LN01, the Society will host a Town Hall Meeting with a panel Representing the Veterans Administration including:

Richard Silverman, MD

Leslie Green, PhD

Major Joseph Carl Geraci

Participants will be able to interact with the panel and will learn about the experience of the returning vet along with psychological and pharmacological treatment approaches.

Dinner will be served. There is a charge of $20 per person. RSVP to (914) 967-6285 or email Rhonda Morris wnbdb@cloudnine.net.  See you there,

Editor