Officers (2018 – 2020)
Joseph Biederman, M.D. – President
Chief, Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD
Massachusetts General Hospital
1st Term: 2007 – 2015
President Elect: 2016 – 2018
President: 2018 – 2020
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Joseph Biederman, M.D.
Dr. Biederman is Chief of the Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of the Alan and Lorraine Bressler Clinical and Research Program for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Biederman is Board Certified in General and Child Psychiatry.
He has been the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Blanche Ittelson Award for Excellence in Child Psychiatric Research, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Charlotte Norbert Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement. He has been inducted into the CHADD “Hall of Fame”. Dr Biederman has also been selected every year since its inception into the “The Best Doctors in America” compilation of the best physicians in the country, and was recently named among the top 1% of psychiatrists by US News and World Report.
Dr. Biederman has been a mentor to more than 15 junior investigators in the field. He is on the editorial board of multiple journals, a reviewer for many Psychiatric journals, and has served as a grant reviewer in the Child Psychopathology and Treatment Review Committee of the NIMH. Dr. Biederman is the author and co-author over 750 scientific articles, 650 scientific abstracts, and 70 book chapters.
In 2000, Dr. Biederman pioneered and established a Stanley Foundation Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital dedicated to the treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder. Dr. Biederman was the recipient of the 1998 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist award. He was also the recipient of the 2002 NARSAD Senior Investigator award. Since 2002 Dr. Biederman has been Associate Editor and from 2005-2006 Deputy Editor for Child Psychiatry in Biological Psychiatry, ranked as the third most impactful scientific journal in Psychiatry. In 2005 Dr. Biederman was appointed Chair of the section on ADHD at the World Psychiatric Association. He was also recently selected by the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Awards committee as the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Research. In 2007, Dr. Biederman received the Excellence in Research Award from the New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He was also awarded the Mentorship Award from the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital in September. In 2008, the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry awarded him the William A. Schonfeld Award for outstanding achievement, excellence and dedication throughout his career in Psychiatry.
In October 2007, Dr. Biederman was ranked as the second highest producer of high-impact papers in psychiatry overall throughout the world with 229 papers cited a total of 6769 times over the past 10 years as determined by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The same organization ranked Dr. Biederman at #1 in terms of total citations to his papers published on ADD/ADHD in the past decade. Dr. Biederman's work is supported by multiple federal and pharmaceutical industry grants. In 2009, Dr. Biederman received a Distinguished Service Award for dedication to the optimal care of children with psychiatric disorders and devotion to residency education, awarded by the MGH/McLean Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency
He has been the recipient of the American Psychiatric Association Blanche Ittelson Award for Excellence in Child Psychiatric Research, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Charlotte Norbert Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement. He has been inducted into the CHADD “Hall of Fame”. Dr Biederman has also been selected every year since its inception into the “The Best Doctors in America” compilation of the best physicians in the country, and was recently named among the top 1% of psychiatrists by US News and World Report.
Dr. Biederman has been a mentor to more than 15 junior investigators in the field. He is on the editorial board of multiple journals, a reviewer for many Psychiatric journals, and has served as a grant reviewer in the Child Psychopathology and Treatment Review Committee of the NIMH. Dr. Biederman is the author and co-author over 750 scientific articles, 650 scientific abstracts, and 70 book chapters.
In 2000, Dr. Biederman pioneered and established a Stanley Foundation Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital dedicated to the treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder. Dr. Biederman was the recipient of the 1998 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist award. He was also the recipient of the 2002 NARSAD Senior Investigator award. Since 2002 Dr. Biederman has been Associate Editor and from 2005-2006 Deputy Editor for Child Psychiatry in Biological Psychiatry, ranked as the third most impactful scientific journal in Psychiatry. In 2005 Dr. Biederman was appointed Chair of the section on ADHD at the World Psychiatric Association. He was also recently selected by the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Awards committee as the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Research. In 2007, Dr. Biederman received the Excellence in Research Award from the New England Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He was also awarded the Mentorship Award from the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital in September. In 2008, the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry awarded him the William A. Schonfeld Award for outstanding achievement, excellence and dedication throughout his career in Psychiatry.
In October 2007, Dr. Biederman was ranked as the second highest producer of high-impact papers in psychiatry overall throughout the world with 229 papers cited a total of 6769 times over the past 10 years as determined by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The same organization ranked Dr. Biederman at #1 in terms of total citations to his papers published on ADD/ADHD in the past decade. Dr. Biederman's work is supported by multiple federal and pharmaceutical industry grants. In 2009, Dr. Biederman received a Distinguished Service Award for dedication to the optimal care of children with psychiatric disorders and devotion to residency education, awarded by the MGH/McLean Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency
Jeffrey Newcorn, M.D. – President Elect
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
President Elect: 2018 – 2020
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Jeffrey Newcorn, M.D.
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Mark Stein, Ph.D., ABPP – Past-President
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | Pediatrics
Seattle Children’s Hospital
1st Term: 2007 – 2009
Treasurer: 2010 – 2015
President: 2016 – 2018
Past President: 2018 – 2020
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Mark Stein, Ph.D., ABPP
Mark Stein, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics at The University of Washington, and Director of the Program to Evaluate and Enhance Attention, Regulation, and Learning (PEARL Clinic) at Seattle Children’s Hospital. An active clinician and researcher, he has specialized in ADHD for over 30 years, and started the Hyperactivity, Attention, and Learning Problems Clinic at The University of Chicago in 1987. He is a fellow if the American Psychological Association, and a diplomate in clinical psychology (ABPP). In 2013, he completed a MacLean Fellowship in Clinical and Medical Ethics at The University of Chicago.
His clinical work and teaching emphasis is on differential diagnoses and multidisciplinary treatment planning of ADHD throughout the lifespan. He has trained hundreds of pediatricians, psychologists, and psychiatrists who have rotated through the HALP and now the PEARL Clinic, and has evaluated thousands of children, adolescents, and adults.
Dr. Stein has over 100 publications, including articles in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Pediatrics, Nature Medicine, and the New England Journal of Medicine. In 1999, he coedited the text book, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity in Children and Adults. Dr. Stein is on the editorial board for Journal of Attention Disorders and Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. Dr. Stein has received research support from the National Institute of Health, the Smart Family Foundation, and industry.
He has done significant work on medical mimics of ADHD, such a sleep problems and thyroid disease, adaptive dysfunction, dose response and comparative efficacy of ADHD medications, and molecular genetics. Along with collaborators, Drs. Jeffrey Newcorn, Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Margaret Weiss, and Tanya Froehlich, current work is on treating ADHD in parents, novel treatments, sleep, and personalizing ADHD treatment.
Dr. Stein is a former member of the CHADD National Advisory Board and research editor of Attention magazine. HE has been a board member of APSARD since its founding, and has been on the executive committee for three years, and co-director of the annual meeting for the past 2 years.
His clinical work and teaching emphasis is on differential diagnoses and multidisciplinary treatment planning of ADHD throughout the lifespan. He has trained hundreds of pediatricians, psychologists, and psychiatrists who have rotated through the HALP and now the PEARL Clinic, and has evaluated thousands of children, adolescents, and adults.
Dr. Stein has over 100 publications, including articles in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Pediatrics, Nature Medicine, and the New England Journal of Medicine. In 1999, he coedited the text book, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity in Children and Adults. Dr. Stein is on the editorial board for Journal of Attention Disorders and Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. Dr. Stein has received research support from the National Institute of Health, the Smart Family Foundation, and industry.
He has done significant work on medical mimics of ADHD, such a sleep problems and thyroid disease, adaptive dysfunction, dose response and comparative efficacy of ADHD medications, and molecular genetics. Along with collaborators, Drs. Jeffrey Newcorn, Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Margaret Weiss, and Tanya Froehlich, current work is on treating ADHD in parents, novel treatments, sleep, and personalizing ADHD treatment.
Dr. Stein is a former member of the CHADD National Advisory Board and research editor of Attention magazine. HE has been a board member of APSARD since its founding, and has been on the executive committee for three years, and co-director of the annual meeting for the past 2 years.
Martin Katzman, B.Sc., FRCP(C), M.D. – Treasurer
Clinical Director
START Clinic for Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Treasurer: 2018 – 2020
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Martin Katzman, M.D., FRCP(C)
Dr. Katzman is the Clinic Director at the S.T.A.R.T. Clinic (Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, Rehabilitation and Treatment) for Mood and Anxiety Disorders. He is a faculty member at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and at the Adler Graduate Professional School, as well as in the Department of Psychology at Lakehead University.
Dr. Katzman was trained at the University of Toronto, having first completed his B.Sc. in Psychology and Neuroscience, and subsequently completed his medical training, residency and post-doctoral fellowship.
Clinically, Dr. Katzman’s works primarily focuses on adults with mood and anxiety disorders and has special interests in adults with Attention Deficit Disorders, executive dysfunction and chronic pain. Clinically, Dr. Katzman’s treatment approaches include: pharmacotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, as well as Psychodynamic and Mindfulness Based treatments in both group and individual formats.
As an educator, Dr. Katzman has developed training programs for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, and complementary and alternative medicine clinicians.
His research focuses on Hypoprefrontality, Executive Dysfunction, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Low Hedonic Tone, as well as Motivation and Energy in relation to the development of comorbidities and treatment resistance.
Dr. Katzman is also a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des Troubles Anxieux (ADAC/ACTA), and its founding and current Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board.
He is the chair of a variety of scientific advisory boards, on the editorial board for a number of journals and has published numerous papers in the areas of Anxiety, Mood, Pain and Attention Disorders.
Dr. Katzman was trained at the University of Toronto, having first completed his B.Sc. in Psychology and Neuroscience, and subsequently completed his medical training, residency and post-doctoral fellowship.
Clinically, Dr. Katzman’s works primarily focuses on adults with mood and anxiety disorders and has special interests in adults with Attention Deficit Disorders, executive dysfunction and chronic pain. Clinically, Dr. Katzman’s treatment approaches include: pharmacotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, as well as Psychodynamic and Mindfulness Based treatments in both group and individual formats.
As an educator, Dr. Katzman has developed training programs for primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, and complementary and alternative medicine clinicians.
His research focuses on Hypoprefrontality, Executive Dysfunction, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Low Hedonic Tone, as well as Motivation and Energy in relation to the development of comorbidities and treatment resistance.
Dr. Katzman is also a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association Canadienne des Troubles Anxieux (ADAC/ACTA), and its founding and current Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board.
He is the chair of a variety of scientific advisory boards, on the editorial board for a number of journals and has published numerous papers in the areas of Anxiety, Mood, Pain and Attention Disorders.
Karen Seymour, Ph.D. – Secretary
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Secretary: 2018 – 2020
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Karen Seymour, M.A., Ph.D.
Dr. Seymour received her undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame and her doctorate at the University of Maryland College Park. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC and completed a two-year National Institutes of Mental Health T32 postdoctoral fellowship focused on learning affective neuroscience techniques to apply to her research.
Dr. Seymour is currently an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. As a clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr. Seymour has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals with ADHD. In 2013, she was awarded the CHADD Young Scientist Research Award for her ADHD research. She has been involved with APSARD for a number of years and in 2016 was awarded the Best Poster distinction at the annual conference. She has also served as a member of the APSARD Awards Committee for the past 2 years.
Broadly, Dr. Seymour’s research focused on elucidating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying emotion dysregulation in individuals with ADHD. Dr. Seymour’s research utilizes affective neuroscience techniques including: computerized behavioral tasks, physiological data and multimodal neuroimaging to better understand emotion regulation deficits in individuals with ADHD. Currently, Dr. Seymour has two grants designed to examine poor frustration tolerance, a particularly impairing form of emotion dysregulation, in children with ADHD. In addition, Dr. Seymour is a co-investigator on a research study examining reward responsiveness as a mechanisms underlying successful treatment of college students with ADHD who engage in problematic alcohol use. For more information about Dr. Seymour's ongoing research projects please visit: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/volunteers.html or contact LNIR@kennedykrieger.org.
As a clinician, Dr. Seymour is focused on diagnostic clarification of child psychopathology especially for complex cases. She uses research-grade assessment measures including diagnostic interviews, parent, youth and teacher rating scales, and specialty clinician administered rating scales to complete comprehensive diagnostic evaluations.
Dr. Seymour is currently an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. As a clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr. Seymour has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals with ADHD. In 2013, she was awarded the CHADD Young Scientist Research Award for her ADHD research. She has been involved with APSARD for a number of years and in 2016 was awarded the Best Poster distinction at the annual conference. She has also served as a member of the APSARD Awards Committee for the past 2 years.
Broadly, Dr. Seymour’s research focused on elucidating the neurobiological mechanisms underlying emotion dysregulation in individuals with ADHD. Dr. Seymour’s research utilizes affective neuroscience techniques including: computerized behavioral tasks, physiological data and multimodal neuroimaging to better understand emotion regulation deficits in individuals with ADHD. Currently, Dr. Seymour has two grants designed to examine poor frustration tolerance, a particularly impairing form of emotion dysregulation, in children with ADHD. In addition, Dr. Seymour is a co-investigator on a research study examining reward responsiveness as a mechanisms underlying successful treatment of college students with ADHD who engage in problematic alcohol use. For more information about Dr. Seymour's ongoing research projects please visit: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/volunteers.html or contact LNIR@kennedykrieger.org.
As a clinician, Dr. Seymour is focused on diagnostic clarification of child psychopathology especially for complex cases. She uses research-grade assessment measures including diagnostic interviews, parent, youth and teacher rating scales, and specialty clinician administered rating scales to complete comprehensive diagnostic evaluations.
Board of Directors
Lenard Adler, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
President: 2007 – 2011
Past President: 2012 – 2015
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
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Lenard Adler, M.D.
Lenard A. Adler, MD is the Director of the Adult ADHD Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. He obtained a BA in Economics from the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University in 1978. He earned his MD from Emory University School of Medicine in 1982, and completed his residency in Psychiatry in 1986 at NYU School of Medicine. He has been interviewed numerous times in national media venues, including 60 Minutes and the Today Show, as well as The New York Times, USA Today and U.S. News & World Report on Adult ADHD. He is an active investigator and frequent lecturer, who has authored and coauthored more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is also author of the popular book on Adult ADHD: SCATTERED MINDS, G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2006 and co-editor of the textbook Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adults, Cambridge University Press 2015.
Lawrence Brown, M.D.
Assoc Prof of Neurology and Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
1st Term: 2018 – 2021
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Lawrence W. Brown, MD
Lawrence W. Brown, MD is Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Brown is past president of the Child Neurology Foundation and currently serves as chairman of its medical transition initiative to develop tools for successful transition. He is senior author on its consensus statement recently published in Neurology with endorsements by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Epilepsy Society (AES) and Child Neurology Society (CNS). He is co-principal investigator of an epilepsy education and transition project funded by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) in collaboration with the AAP.
Dr. Brown is director of the Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Program, a multidisciplinary clinic for children with complex ADHD, Tourette syndrome, high functioning autism, and genetic disorders. He has been a principal investigator funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health in an international consortium to develop a data bank of well characterized individuals with Tourette syndrome and parents analyzed with whole exome sequencing. In addition, he is a senior clinician in the Sleep Center and Pediatric Regional Epilepsy Program where he has been principal investigator on numerous investigational drug trials.
He is an active member of CNS, AES and AAP (where he served two terms as Chairman of the Section of Neurology) and AAN. He served on the AAP Subcommittee on ADHD which revised guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. In addition to peer reviewed research, Dr. Brown’s publications include associate editorship of Schwartz’s Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, Fifth Edition, as well as all previous editions. He is a member of the editorial board of Pediatric Neurology. Locally, he served for many years as chairman of the Professional Advisory Board and on the executive board of the Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania. Dr. Brown currently serves on the advisory committee for the Coordinating Center for Children and Youth with Epilepsy for the American Academy of Pediatrics with funding by HRSA and the Maternal Child Health Bureau as well as the data safety committee for the National Institute of Health’s Best Pharmaceutical for Children Act.
Almost 25 years ago he began a collaboration with the future APSARD president Tony Rostain to scientifically and comprehensively address the needs of children with neuropsychiatric problems. Since then, together and individually, they have worked tirelessly with this population. He is convinced that neurologists are crucial members of any effort to address developmental behavioral, emotional and cognitive brain disorders. They are the natural partners of pediatricians and psychiatrists as well as all who support the potential of all children with ADHD and related conditions. He wants to bring the voice of child neurology to APSARD and to promote the importance of APSARD to all child neurologists.
Dr. Brown is director of the Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Program, a multidisciplinary clinic for children with complex ADHD, Tourette syndrome, high functioning autism, and genetic disorders. He has been a principal investigator funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health in an international consortium to develop a data bank of well characterized individuals with Tourette syndrome and parents analyzed with whole exome sequencing. In addition, he is a senior clinician in the Sleep Center and Pediatric Regional Epilepsy Program where he has been principal investigator on numerous investigational drug trials.
He is an active member of CNS, AES and AAP (where he served two terms as Chairman of the Section of Neurology) and AAN. He served on the AAP Subcommittee on ADHD which revised guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD. In addition to peer reviewed research, Dr. Brown’s publications include associate editorship of Schwartz’s Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, Fifth Edition, as well as all previous editions. He is a member of the editorial board of Pediatric Neurology. Locally, he served for many years as chairman of the Professional Advisory Board and on the executive board of the Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania. Dr. Brown currently serves on the advisory committee for the Coordinating Center for Children and Youth with Epilepsy for the American Academy of Pediatrics with funding by HRSA and the Maternal Child Health Bureau as well as the data safety committee for the National Institute of Health’s Best Pharmaceutical for Children Act.
Almost 25 years ago he began a collaboration with the future APSARD president Tony Rostain to scientifically and comprehensively address the needs of children with neuropsychiatric problems. Since then, together and individually, they have worked tirelessly with this population. He is convinced that neurologists are crucial members of any effort to address developmental behavioral, emotional and cognitive brain disorders. They are the natural partners of pediatricians and psychiatrists as well as all who support the potential of all children with ADHD and related conditions. He wants to bring the voice of child neurology to APSARD and to promote the importance of APSARD to all child neurologists.
Thomas Brown, Ph.D.
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
1st Term: 2017 – 2020
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Thomas Brown, Ph.D.
Dr. Thomas E. Brown is a clinical psychologist who earned his Ph.D. at Yale University. He is Director of the Brown Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders in Manhattan Beach, California. After 20 years of serving on the clinical faculty of Yale Medical School, he has now joined the clinical faculty of the Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Keck Medical School of the University of Southern California as a clinical associate professor. In May, 2017 he relocated his clinic from CT to Manhattan Beach, CA. Dr. Brown is author of Smart but Stuck: Emotions in Teens and Adults with ADHD (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2014), A New Understanding of ADHD in Children & Adults: Executive Function Impairments (Routledge, 2013) and the prize-winning Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults.(Yale Press, 2005). He edited ADHD Comorbidities: Handbook for ADHD Complications in Children and Adults (American Psychiatric Press, 2009) and is author of the Brown ADD Scales (Pearson). His most recent book is Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults--A Practical Guide (American Psychiatric Publishing, 2017). He has presented symposia and workshops throughout the US and in more than 40 other countries. His website is: www.BrownADHDclinic.com
Betsy Busch, M.D., FAAP – Secretary
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Tufts University School of Medicine
1st Term: 2007 – 2009
Secretary: 2010 – 2018
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
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Betsy Busch, M.D., F.A.A.P
Dr. Busch is an internationally known Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, and Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. She has over 30 years of leadership experience at the forefront of advancements in addressing neurodevelopmental disorders, child mental health and the prevention of child maltreatment through strengths-based parenting education and family support.
A well-known specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD and related learning and behavioral disorders, Dr. Busch is in demand as a thought leader, clinical expert, dynamic teacher and consultant. She served for 10 years on the Tufts Medical Center Institutional Review Board. She is an experienced clinical researcher and author of numerous scientific publications and online commentaries. Dr. Busch is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Attention Disorders, and is an invited peer reviewer for a dozen other scientific journals. She has served on Clinical Advisory Boards for Akili Interactive, Alcobra, Ltd., Cephalon, Eli Lilly, Forest Laboratories, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen, Next Wave, NLS Pharma, Pfizer, Rhodes, Shire, Shionogi, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, and Tris Pharmaceuticals. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for ADHDFund, an international crowdfunding source for ADHD research. She also is a certified examiner for Major-Minor League Baseball and the National Football League.
Dr. Busch has been an active member of APSARD since its inception, and served as the Secretary of the Board of Directors from 2010-2018. She has served on the Executive Committee, was the Co-Chair of the Program Committee, Chair of the Nominating Committee, and she currently serves on APSARD's Education Steering Committee.
In addition to her work for APSARD, Dr. Busch serves as a Trustee of Tufts University and is on the Board of Advisors for the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service at Tufts University. She also is a gubernatorial appointee to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust, a private-public partnership dedicated to preventing child maltreatment. Her work in this area was recently recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds when she was honored with the 2015 Ray E. Helfer, M.D. Award.
A well-known specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD and related learning and behavioral disorders, Dr. Busch is in demand as a thought leader, clinical expert, dynamic teacher and consultant. She served for 10 years on the Tufts Medical Center Institutional Review Board. She is an experienced clinical researcher and author of numerous scientific publications and online commentaries. Dr. Busch is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Attention Disorders, and is an invited peer reviewer for a dozen other scientific journals. She has served on Clinical Advisory Boards for Akili Interactive, Alcobra, Ltd., Cephalon, Eli Lilly, Forest Laboratories, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen, Next Wave, NLS Pharma, Pfizer, Rhodes, Shire, Shionogi, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, and Tris Pharmaceuticals. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for ADHDFund, an international crowdfunding source for ADHD research. She also is a certified examiner for Major-Minor League Baseball and the National Football League.
Dr. Busch has been an active member of APSARD since its inception, and served as the Secretary of the Board of Directors from 2010-2018. She has served on the Executive Committee, was the Co-Chair of the Program Committee, Chair of the Nominating Committee, and she currently serves on APSARD's Education Steering Committee.
In addition to her work for APSARD, Dr. Busch serves as a Trustee of Tufts University and is on the Board of Advisors for the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service at Tufts University. She also is a gubernatorial appointee to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Children’s Trust, a private-public partnership dedicated to preventing child maltreatment. Her work in this area was recently recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds when she was honored with the 2015 Ray E. Helfer, M.D. Award.
Ann Childress, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Inc.
1st Term: 2018 – 2021
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Ann Childress, M.D.
Dr. Childress received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina where she also completed her psychiatry residency and child and adolescent fellowship training. She is board certified in both adult and child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Childress is currently in private practice in Las Vegas, Nevada and her focus is on clinical research with children and adults who have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and Touro University Nevada. Dr. Childress has been a co-principal investigator on more than 130 industry sponsored clinical trials and is currently a sub-recipient for a grant from the Food and Drug Administration researching the relationship between pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of different methylphenidate formulations in children who have ADHD. Dr. Childress has also been a coauthor on several peer-reviewed ADHD publications.
Stephen Faraone, Ph.D.
SUNY Upstate Medical University
1st Term: 2007 – 2014
2nd: 2015 – 2018
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Stephen Faraone, Ph.D.
Stephen Faraone, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Physiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University and Director of Medical Genetics Research for the University. He is also Senior Scientific Advisor to the Research Program Pediatric Psychopharmacology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. Prof. Faraone is Chair of the ADHD Subgroup of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) and is a founding member of the PGC Coordinating Committee. He is also Editor of Neuropsychiatric Genetics. An author on over 800 journal articles, editorials, chapters and books, he was the eighth highest producer of High Impact Papers in Psychiatry from 1990 to 1999 as determined by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI, Science, 2000, Vol 288, pg 959). In 2005, ISI determined him to be the second highest cited author in the area of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (http://www.esi-topics.com/add/interviews/StephenFaraone.html) and in 2013 he was the third most highly cited researcher in psychiatry and psychology (http://academic.research.microsoft.com/). His lifetime H-Index as of Feb 2016 was 171.
Tanya Froehlich, M.D.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
1st Term: 2014 – 2018
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
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Tanya Froehlich, M.D.
Tanya Froehlich, MD, MS is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician whose research focuses on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related disorders. Her publications have investigated the prevalence of ADHD, ADHD medication use, and preschool psychotropic medication use. She also studies the contribution of environmental exposures (e.g., lead, tobacco, and pesticides) to ADHD etiology, and has served as co-investigator on a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences R01 grant examining the effects of pyrethroid pesticide exposure on ADHD symptoms. In addition, Dr. Froehlich is working to identify predictors of ADHD medication response, and received a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) K23 Award to investigate this topic. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator on an NIMH-funded R01 aimed at characterizing effects of abrupt methylphenidate discontinuation, including evaluating genetic and phenotypic moderators of effect.
Dr. Froehlich also enhances care for children with ADHD through teaching and other professional activities. She has served as an invited speaker providing seminars for professionals and workshops for families in international, national, and regional forums. Currently, she serves on the Executive Board for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders, co-chairs the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics ADHD Special Interest Group, and is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. In addition, Dr. Froehlich has a strong interest in interprofessional training and mentoring. She is site Principal Investigator for a state-funded grant whose mission is train professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide enhanced care for families on Ohio Medicaid, with a special emphasis on care of developmental and mental health conditions. Dr. Froehlich is also supervisor for a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders interdisciplinary trainee group whose project focuses on elucidating the needs of families in homeless shelters. In addition, Dr. Froehlich serves as Associate Director of the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship as well as the Director of Research Training for the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, where she is Associate Professor of Pediatrics.
Dr. Froehlich is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and a National Research Service Award fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Dr. Froehlich also enhances care for children with ADHD through teaching and other professional activities. She has served as an invited speaker providing seminars for professionals and workshops for families in international, national, and regional forums. Currently, she serves on the Executive Board for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders, co-chairs the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics ADHD Special Interest Group, and is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. In addition, Dr. Froehlich has a strong interest in interprofessional training and mentoring. She is site Principal Investigator for a state-funded grant whose mission is train professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide enhanced care for families on Ohio Medicaid, with a special emphasis on care of developmental and mental health conditions. Dr. Froehlich is also supervisor for a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders interdisciplinary trainee group whose project focuses on elucidating the needs of families in homeless shelters. In addition, Dr. Froehlich serves as Associate Director of the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship as well as the Director of Research Training for the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, where she is Associate Professor of Pediatrics.
Dr. Froehlich is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and a National Research Service Award fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
Journal of Attention Disorders
1st Term: 2014 – 2018
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Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. is an Adjust Assistant Professor at the university of Utah School of Medicine and on staff at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute. He is Clinical Director of the Neurology Learning and Behavior Center. The Center conducts evaluation, consultation and provides treatment services to 300 individuals and families each year. Dr. Goldstein has authored fifty trade and science texts as well as over three dozen science based book chapters and thirty peer reviewed research articles. He has also co-authored six psychological tests. He currently serves as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Attention Disorders and sits on the editorial boards of six peer reviewed journals. He is Co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Child Development. Recent books include the Handbook of Intelligence: Evolutionary Theory, Historical Perspective and Current Concepts, Handbook of Resilience - 2nd Edition, Raising Resilient Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Handbooks of Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Children and Adults, Assessment of Intelligence and Achievement, Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Handbook of Executive Functioning, Assessment of Impairment and Managing Children's Classroom Behavior: Creating Sustainable Resilient Classrooms. He is the co-author of the Autism Spectrum Rating Scales, Comprehensive Executive Functioning Inventory, Rating Scales of Impairment and the Cognitive Assessment System Second Edition. Currently, he has three books and four psychological tests in development. He has lecture to thousands of professionals and the lay public in the U.S., South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
David Goodman, M.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
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David Goodman, M.D.
David W. Goodman, M.D. is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also Director of the Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Center of Maryland in Lutherville and Director of Suburban Psychiatric Associates, LLC. A 1983 graduate of Albany Medical College of Union University, Dr. Goodman completed a medical/psychiatric internship at Baltimore City Hospital and his psychiatric residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1986. Dr. Goodman has continued a full time clinical practice focusing on the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders, adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders. For over twenty-five years, he has been teaching psychiatric residents at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Goodman has presented over 600 lectures to primary care physicians, psychiatrists, medical specialists and the general public. His psychiatric commentary has been featured on national (ABC World News, CNN Anderson Cooper 360, ESPN Sports Center) and regional television around the country, PBS and national affiliate stations, national magazines (U.S. News and World Report, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Weekend Magazine, Boston Globe, BusinessWeek) and radio interviews around the country. Dr. Goodman has been a Principal Investigator for multi-site Phase II and III drug trials for the treatment of adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depression. Dr. Goodman is the lead author on the largest adult ADHD trial published and the lead author on the largest survey assessment of physician clinical practice for adults with ADHD. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored four book chapters and The Black Book of ADHD. He serves as a prepublication peer reviewer for several national and international psychiatric journals. He continues to treat patients in a full time clinical practice.
John Heiligenstein, M.D.
Pharmaceutical Industry
1st Term: 2014 – 2018
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
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John Heiligenstein, M.D.
Dr. Heiligenstein is board certified in Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry. He served in the US Army as Chief of Pediatrics at Ft. Sheridan Army Health Center. Following his psychiatry residency, he pursued a career in academic psychiatry before joining Eli Lilly as a Clinical Research Physician in the Neuroscience Division. In the latter role, he was the lead physician for a number of innovative study designs and was a strong advocate for the study of pharmaceuticals in children and adolescents. He is the inventor of atomoxetine for its use in ADHD and was the lead physician for the pediatric studies with fluoxetine. Following his career at Lilly, Dr. Heiligenstein has continued to consult to the pharmaceutical industry on the development of novel medications for ADHD. He has served as an expert on behalf of special needs youth whose parents are divorcing. He also served as a consultant psychiatrist in the British Columbia Provincial ADHD Program.
J.J. Sandra Kooij, MD, PhD
PsyQ, Psycho-Medical Programs, The Hague
1st Term: 2009 – 2015
2nd Term: 2015 – 2018
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J.J. Sandra Kooij, MD, PhD
Sandra Kooij is associate professor of psychiatry at the Free University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She started in 1995 with the development of diagnostic assessment, treatment and research in the field of adult ADHD. In 2006 she received her PhD on a thesis entitled ‘ADHD in adults. Clinical studies on Assessment and Treatment’. She developed the Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in adults (DIVA 2.0, currently being updated into DIVA-5) that is online available in many languages, and can be downloaded for free. She is initiator of the Dutch ADHD Network, and initiated and chairs the European Network Adult ADHD that unites 66 members from 24 countries. In 2014 she initiated international online crowdfunding for research on ADHD, based on patients preferences (ADHDFund) that has booked its first successes. Since 2002 she is head of the Dutch Expertise Center Adult ADHD, and involved in research, treating patients, educating and training of professionals, informing the public, publishing books, articles, websites, and an ADHD app, Super Brains, that will be available in English in the future.
Beth Krone, Ph.D.
Clinical Research Coordinator-Post Doc
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1st Term: 2018 – 2021
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Beth Krone, Ph.D.
Beth Krone, PhD, is an early career Clinical Psychologist, who is fully licensed in New York State and has spent more than a decade working in the field of developmental disabilities and severe and persistent mental illness, specializing in ADHD and related disorders. She has risen through the ranks at the Icahn School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, starting as a pre-doctoral intern in the Division of Child Psychiatry, and completing her post-doctoral studies in the Division of ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Related Disorders. She currently works in the ADHD Clinical and Translational Trials Program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as a research coordinator and study clinician. Beth is an invited lecturer in medical school didactics, and for the APA accredited Psychologist training program at Mount Sinai’s Adolescent Health Center, where she trains clinicians in diagnostics and clinical management of ADHD. She is an adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology at the City University of New York, and has a burgeoning career as an author and editor. A former New York City school teacher, Beth has extensive experience working with diverse populations in terms of age, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, economic standing, cognitive and intellectual talent, and ability/disability.
Iris Manor, M.D.
Tel Aviv University
1st Term: 2009 – 2016
2nd Term: 2016 – 2019
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Iris Manor, M.D.
Dr Iris Manor is a senior child and adolescent psychiatrist. She the director of the life-span ADHD clinic of the Dan/Petah-Tikva region for “Clalit” HMO, and Geha Mental Health Center. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine. She does research as well, having national and international collaborations.
Dr. Manor authored more than 70 papers on ADHD which have been published in peer reviewed professional journal She co-authored the first professional book in Hebrew about ADHD along with prof. Tyano – now on its fourth printing.
Dr Manor is the chair, and one of the founders, of the Israeli Society of ADHD, which belongs to the Israeli Medical Association She is also among the founders of the “Lines and Thoughts” NPO which has led major modifications in the interaction with various government agencies and which deals with raising the awareness and lowering the stigma of ADHD. At the International level, she is a member of the board of the American professional group for ADHD (APSARD), and a member of the board of the European Professional group for Adult ADHD (ENAA).
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Dr. Manor authored more than 70 papers on ADHD which have been published in peer reviewed professional journal She co-authored the first professional book in Hebrew about ADHD along with prof. Tyano – now on its fourth printing.
Dr Manor is the chair, and one of the founders, of the Israeli Society of ADHD, which belongs to the Israeli Medical Association She is also among the founders of the “Lines and Thoughts” NPO which has led major modifications in the interaction with various government agencies and which deals with raising the awareness and lowering the stigma of ADHD. At the International level, she is a member of the board of the American professional group for ADHD (APSARD), and a member of the board of the European Professional group for Adult ADHD (ENAA).
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- Dr. Manor was a Primary Investigator for the Geha Mental Health Center in research done by the Alcobra and Enzymotec companies
- Was a consultant for Jansen-Cilag, Novartis, Teva and Medison (Israel)
- Was on one-time (specific) advisory boards for Novartis, Medison, Eli-Lilly and Teva (Israel)
Greg Mattingly, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
1st Term: 2014 – 2018
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Greg Mattingly, M.D.
Gregory W. Mattingly, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor and Psychopharmacology Course Master in the Department of Psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Mattingly graduated Summa Cum Laude in chemical engineering before pursuing his medical degree at Washington University where he received a Fullbright Scholarship. He then completed his psychiatry residency at Washington University and is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is board certified in psychiatry with a subspecialty in adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Mattingly has received numerous awards and distinctions including the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry National Leadership Award, the Upjohn Neuropsychiatry Research Award, and the Southern Psychiatric Association
Research Award.
As a principal investigator in over 300 clinical trials, he has been an invited presenter at numerous national and international medical conferences. Having served as a certified examiner for both the NFL and MLB, Dr. Mattingly also sits on the board of directors for Headway House; a “club house” program for individuals with developmental disabilities and chronic mental health conditions in St Louis. Dr. Mattingly’s work has been published in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, The Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Current Psychiatry, CNS
Spectrums and Postgraduate Medicine.
Dr. Mattingly has dedicated the past 25 years of his career to caring for children, adolescents and adults with ADHD and associated conditions. His work on medical education in ADHD received the “Best Poster Award” at this year’s ADHD World Congress in Vancouver. Most importantly, as a parent of a child with developmental disabilities, Dr. Mattingly understands the ongoing need for improved coordination of research, education and clinical care for our patients and their families.
Dr. Mattingly graduated Summa Cum Laude in chemical engineering before pursuing his medical degree at Washington University where he received a Fullbright Scholarship. He then completed his psychiatry residency at Washington University and is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is board certified in psychiatry with a subspecialty in adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Mattingly has received numerous awards and distinctions including the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry National Leadership Award, the Upjohn Neuropsychiatry Research Award, and the Southern Psychiatric Association
Research Award.
As a principal investigator in over 300 clinical trials, he has been an invited presenter at numerous national and international medical conferences. Having served as a certified examiner for both the NFL and MLB, Dr. Mattingly also sits on the board of directors for Headway House; a “club house” program for individuals with developmental disabilities and chronic mental health conditions in St Louis. Dr. Mattingly’s work has been published in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, The Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Current Psychiatry, CNS
Spectrums and Postgraduate Medicine.
Dr. Mattingly has dedicated the past 25 years of his career to caring for children, adolescents and adults with ADHD and associated conditions. His work on medical education in ADHD received the “Best Poster Award” at this year’s ADHD World Congress in Vancouver. Most importantly, as a parent of a child with developmental disabilities, Dr. Mattingly understands the ongoing need for improved coordination of research, education and clinical care for our patients and their families.
Keith McBurnett, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
1st Term: 2017 – 2020
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Keith McBurnett, Ph.D.
KEITH McBURNETT is a Professor in Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. He trained in child clinical psychology at The University of Georgia and in rehabilitation psychology (neuropsychology) at New York University Medical Center, graduating in 1989. He held a faculty appointment in Pediatrics at University of California at Irvine from 1990 to 1997. From 1997 through 2001, he held a faculty appointment in Child Psychiatry at the University of Chicago. In 2001 he joined the faculty in Psychiatry at UCSF. Dr. McBurnett maintains an active clinical research program (multiple grants and clinical pharmacology trials, over 100 scientific publications) focusing on diagnostic categorization, treatment outcome, and biological factors (endocrine, neurocognitive) in child externalizing psychopathology. From 2003 through 2006, he served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. He and Linda Pfiffner edited a text, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Concepts, Controversies, New Directions, which was published in 2008. Dr. McBurnett’s most recent NIH grant investigates the relations among ADHD symptoms and Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT). His research areas of greatest impact have been in the relationship between cortisol and aggression, latent structure and validity of SCT, and efficacy of treatments for ADHD.
Brooke Molina, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh
1st Term: 2018 – 2021
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Brooke Molina, Ph.D.
Brooke Molina, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where she directs the activities of the Youth and Family Research Program (aka ADHD Research Program). She conducts research on the course, causes, and treatments of ADHD and substance abuse. Her studies, federally funded since 1995, include single and multi-site longitudinal studies of children with and without ADHD followed into adulthood, studies of pharmacologic and behavioral treatments, investigation of the neurobiological underpinnings of these disorders, and provision of ADHD-related care (especially prevention of stimulant misuse) in primary care. She serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals, served as a member of the CHADD professional advisory board, reviews grant applications for the National Institutes of Health and served a two-year term as study section chair. She is the Co-Director of the Developmental Alcohol Research Training program (T32) Institutional National Research Service Award at the University of Pittsburgh.
Andrew Nierenberg, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
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Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D.
Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D. holds the Thomas P. Hackett, MD, Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and is the Director of the Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation, Associate Director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program, and Director of Training and Education for the MGH Research Institute. Dr. Nierenberg’s academic appointment is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has published over 430 papers and has been listed among the Best Doctors in North America for the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders continuously since 1994. He has received the National Depression and Manic Depression Association (NDMDA) and Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator and Senior Investigator Awards. Additionally, Dr. Nierenberg has been awarded the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Colvin Prize for outstanding achievement in mood disorders research, and was listed among the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014 and 2015 by Thompson Reuters for being in the top 1% of literature citations in psychiatry or psychology worldwide. In his spare time, Dr. Nierenberg is an avid cyclist and a struggling tenor saxophone player.
Russell Ramsay, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvannia
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
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J. Russell Ramsay, Ph.D.
Dr. J. Russell (“Russ”) Ramsay is co-founder and co-director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program and an associate professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ramsay received his PhD from Palo Alto University (formerly known as Pacific Graduate School of Psychology). He completed an APA-approved pre-doctoral internship at CPC Behavioral Healthcare in Red Bank, New Jersey, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he continues to work as a senior staff clinician.
Dr. Ramsay has authored numerous peer-reviewed professional and scientific articles, research abstracts, as well as many book chapters. He is author of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: An Integrative Psychosocial and Medical Approach (with Dr. Anthony Rostain and published by Routledge, 2008) and Nonmedication Treatments for Adult ADHD: Evaluating Impact of Daily Functioning and Well-Being (American Psychological Association, 2010). More recently, he authored the revised and updated second edition of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: An Integrative Psychosocial and Medical Approach and its companion patient guidebook The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out (both with Dr. Anthony Rostain and published by Routledge, 2015).
Dr. Ramsay received the Martin P. Szuba Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching & Research from the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the CHADD Hall of Fame. He serves on the continuing education committee of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, on the editorial board of the Journal of Attention Disorders and is sought out as an ad hoc reviewer for many other journals. He also serves on the Professional Advisory Boards of the Attention Deficit Disorder Association and CHADD. Dr. Ramsay is frequently interviewed by various media outlets regarding issues related to adult ADHD and has lectured across the country and around the world on topics related to the assessment and treatment of ADHD in adults. His professional interests are improving the assessment and psychosocial treatment of adult ADHD. He is also serves as clinical supervisor for many clinicians-in-training through the PENN Adult ADHD Treatment & Research Program.
Dr. Ramsay has been a member of APSARD since 2009 and was elected as an at-large member of the Board of Directors in 2016. He currently serves as Chair of APSARD’s Social Media Committee.
Dr. Ramsay has authored numerous peer-reviewed professional and scientific articles, research abstracts, as well as many book chapters. He is author of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: An Integrative Psychosocial and Medical Approach (with Dr. Anthony Rostain and published by Routledge, 2008) and Nonmedication Treatments for Adult ADHD: Evaluating Impact of Daily Functioning and Well-Being (American Psychological Association, 2010). More recently, he authored the revised and updated second edition of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: An Integrative Psychosocial and Medical Approach and its companion patient guidebook The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out (both with Dr. Anthony Rostain and published by Routledge, 2015).
Dr. Ramsay received the Martin P. Szuba Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching & Research from the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the CHADD Hall of Fame. He serves on the continuing education committee of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, on the editorial board of the Journal of Attention Disorders and is sought out as an ad hoc reviewer for many other journals. He also serves on the Professional Advisory Boards of the Attention Deficit Disorder Association and CHADD. Dr. Ramsay is frequently interviewed by various media outlets regarding issues related to adult ADHD and has lectured across the country and around the world on topics related to the assessment and treatment of ADHD in adults. His professional interests are improving the assessment and psychosocial treatment of adult ADHD. He is also serves as clinical supervisor for many clinicians-in-training through the PENN Adult ADHD Treatment & Research Program.
Dr. Ramsay has been a member of APSARD since 2009 and was elected as an at-large member of the Board of Directors in 2016. He currently serves as Chair of APSARD’s Social Media Committee.
Anthony Rostain, M.D., M.A.
Director of Education, Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
1st Term: 2007 – 2011
President: 2012 – 2015
Past President: 2016 – 2018
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
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Anthony L. Rostain, M.D., M.A.
Anthony L. Rostain, M.D., M.A. is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He is Director of Education for the Department of Psychiatry where he is responsible for overseeing medical student education, residency and fellowship training. He is triple boarded in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. His primary clinical focus is "lifespan neurodevelopmental psychiatry," treating patients of all ages with Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorders (including Asperger Syndrome / High Functioning Autism), Tourette Syndrome, Learning Disabilities (Verbal and Nonverbal) and social communication disorders. He is an attending and supervising psychiatrist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS).
Dr. Rostain is the Director of the Adult Development Disorders Unit (Penn Behavioral Health) which includes the Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program and the Adult Social Learning Disorders Program. He is also Director of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Behavioral Health Center’s Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program. Dr. Rostain is also a faculty member in the Center for Neuroscience and Society where he participates in research seminars and teaches about clinical applications and ethical aspects of cognitive neuroscience. Most recently, he has been active in addressing the growing trend toward nonmedical use of stimulants for cognitive enhancement.
Dr. Rostain's research interests have focused on improving clinical outcomes for patients with ADHD and other neuropsychiatric disorders, and in creating effective service systems for high risk children, youth and families. He completed a study of combined medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults with ADHD which served as the basis of a textbook on this topic. He is currently involved in studies of differential therapeutic efficacy of medication and CBT, of developmental processes in young adults with ADHD, of predictors of treatment response for patients with co-morbid conditions such as anxiety and substance abuse.
Dr. Rostain holds several leadership positions in national professional organizations. He is President of the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), is a National Board member of Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD), and is on the Executive Council of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training (AADPRT) for which he chairs the Model Curriculum Committee. He also recently completed teaching a seminar on Coursera.org called “Pay Attention: ADHD Through the Lifespan.”
Dr. Rostain is the Director of the Adult Development Disorders Unit (Penn Behavioral Health) which includes the Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program and the Adult Social Learning Disorders Program. He is also Director of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Behavioral Health Center’s Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program. Dr. Rostain is also a faculty member in the Center for Neuroscience and Society where he participates in research seminars and teaches about clinical applications and ethical aspects of cognitive neuroscience. Most recently, he has been active in addressing the growing trend toward nonmedical use of stimulants for cognitive enhancement.
Dr. Rostain's research interests have focused on improving clinical outcomes for patients with ADHD and other neuropsychiatric disorders, and in creating effective service systems for high risk children, youth and families. He completed a study of combined medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults with ADHD which served as the basis of a textbook on this topic. He is currently involved in studies of differential therapeutic efficacy of medication and CBT, of developmental processes in young adults with ADHD, of predictors of treatment response for patients with co-morbid conditions such as anxiety and substance abuse.
Dr. Rostain holds several leadership positions in national professional organizations. He is President of the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), is a National Board member of Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD), and is on the Executive Council of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training (AADPRT) for which he chairs the Model Curriculum Committee. He also recently completed teaching a seminar on Coursera.org called “Pay Attention: ADHD Through the Lifespan.”
Mary Solanto, Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
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Mary Solanto, Ph.D.
Dr. Solanto is Associate Professor at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate education at Princeton University, and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University at Buffalo. She subsequently completed an NIMH post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Prior to joining Hofstra, she was Director of the ADHD Center in the Department of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and an Associate Professor at NYU School of Medicine.
Dr. Solanto’s research on the cognitive and behavioral functioning of children with ADHD, the effects of psychostimulants, and characteristics of the subtypes of ADHD has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases, the
National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Dr. Solanto has also worked extensively with adults with ADHD. She developed a novel cognitive-behavioral intervention which targets problems of timemanagement and organization in adults with ADHD and which was the focus of an NIMH-sponsored treatment efficacy study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The manual for therapists, titled Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Adult
ADHD: Targeting Executive Dysfunction was published in 2011 (Guilford Press).
Dr. Solanto is active in clinical work with adults and children, and in the training of psychiatrists and psychologists to diagnose and treat AD/HD and related disorders. She has conducted workshops with parents and teachers concerning identification and treatment of children with AD/HD, and has presented to adult self-help organizations on strategies to improve organization and self-management. Dr. Solanto has published numerous scholarly papers concerning ADHD in children and adults and is a frequent reviewer for professional journals. She has served as a grant reviewer for NIMH. Currently, she is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Attention Disorders, ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, and The ADHD Report. She serves on the professional advisory boards of CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD) and NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities), and the Board of Directors of APSARD (American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders). Dr. Solanto edited a book (with Amy Arnsten and Xavier Castellanos) titled: Stimulant Drugs and ADHD: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, (Oxford University Press), which is an investigation of the mechanisms of action of stimulants in ADHD.
Dr. Solanto’s research on the cognitive and behavioral functioning of children with ADHD, the effects of psychostimulants, and characteristics of the subtypes of ADHD has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases, the
National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Dr. Solanto has also worked extensively with adults with ADHD. She developed a novel cognitive-behavioral intervention which targets problems of timemanagement and organization in adults with ADHD and which was the focus of an NIMH-sponsored treatment efficacy study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The manual for therapists, titled Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Adult
ADHD: Targeting Executive Dysfunction was published in 2011 (Guilford Press).
Dr. Solanto is active in clinical work with adults and children, and in the training of psychiatrists and psychologists to diagnose and treat AD/HD and related disorders. She has conducted workshops with parents and teachers concerning identification and treatment of children with AD/HD, and has presented to adult self-help organizations on strategies to improve organization and self-management. Dr. Solanto has published numerous scholarly papers concerning ADHD in children and adults and is a frequent reviewer for professional journals. She has served as a grant reviewer for NIMH. Currently, she is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Attention Disorders, ADHD Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders, and The ADHD Report. She serves on the professional advisory boards of CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD) and NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities), and the Board of Directors of APSARD (American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders). Dr. Solanto edited a book (with Amy Arnsten and Xavier Castellanos) titled: Stimulant Drugs and ADHD: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, (Oxford University Press), which is an investigation of the mechanisms of action of stimulants in ADHD.
Thomas Spencer, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
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Thomas J. Spencer, M.D.
Thomas J. Spencer, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Chief Medical Director Home Base and Associate Chief of the Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Spencer’s research and clinical interests have focused on the effectiveness and safety of standard and novel pharmacologic treatments throughout the lifecycle. Dr. Spencer is the Principal Investigator in an FDA funded study that examines the relationship between blood levels of methyphenidate and efficacy in an analogue classroom. Dr. Spencer was the Principal Investigator in a DOD funded project that examined a method to reduce abuse liabiilty in stimulants. Dr. Spencer was the Principal Investigator in an NIMH funded project that examined the translation of improvement of ADHD symptoms into increased cognitive and functional capacities in adults with ADHD. In addition he has edited two books, published more than 320 scientific articles and 49 book chapters.
Craig Surman, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
1st Term: 2014 – 2018
2nd Term: 2018 – 2021
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Craig Surman, M.D.
Dr. Craig B.H. Surman is the Scientific Coordinator of the Adult ADHD Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and a member of the CHADD Professional Advisory Board. Dr. Surman’s research strives to improve self-regulation challenges in adulthood. He co-authored two books, “ADHD in Adults: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management”, and “FAST MINDS: How To Thrive If You Have ADHD (or think you might).”
Roberta Waite, Ed.D., R.N.
Drexel University
1st Term: 2016 – 2019
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Roberta Waite, Ed.D.
Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF is a Professor and serves as the Assistant Dean of Academic Integration and Evaluation of Community Programs at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP). She also holds a secondary appointment in the Health Sciences and Services Research Department at CNHP. She is a graduate of Widener University (BSN) and the University of Pennsylvania (MSN). She earned a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration-Leadership from Widener University and completed a 2-year post-doctoral research fellowship (T32) at the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Dr. Waite is also a Josiah Macy Faculty Scholar Alumni. Dr Waite’s educational research focuses on leadership development of students in the health professions while concurrently fostering critical consciousness using a social justice lens. Her clinical scholarly work looks at social determinants of health using a life course development perspective, examining depression, adult ADHD, and psychological trauma and adversity. Her research aims to support development of prevention and early intervention measures.
Dr. Waite has served as a Board of Director for the International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses Foundation Board, Mental Health America of Southeastern PA, Southeastern Pennsylvania Area Black Nurses Association, National Attention Deficit Disorder Association, and the Black Women’s Health Alliance. Currently, Dr. Waite serves as a Board of Director for Corporate Trinity Health, which serves people in 21states with 82 hospitals; 89 continuing care facilities, home health, and hospice programs. She is also on several editorial boards for nursing and interdisciplinary journals.
Dr. Waite has served as a Board of Director for the International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses Foundation Board, Mental Health America of Southeastern PA, Southeastern Pennsylvania Area Black Nurses Association, National Attention Deficit Disorder Association, and the Black Women’s Health Alliance. Currently, Dr. Waite serves as a Board of Director for Corporate Trinity Health, which serves people in 21states with 82 hospitals; 89 continuing care facilities, home health, and hospice programs. She is also on several editorial boards for nursing and interdisciplinary journals.
Margaret Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
University of British Columbia Children and Women’s Health Centre
1st Term: 2014 – 2017
2nd Term: 2017 – 2020
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Margaret D. Weiss, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Margaret D. Weiss, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), is currently the Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University of Arkansas Medical Sciences and the Head of the ADHD Lifecycle Clinic at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She has specialized in diagnosis, treatment and research in ADHD in all age groups. She received her MD and Fellowship in Psychiatry from McGill University and her PhD in the History of Science from Harvard University. Dr. Weiss has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles relating to these topics. She is the author of two book chapters on ADHD, and coauthored the book ADHD in Adulthood: A Guide to Current Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Dr. Weiss is known for her research demonstrating that melatonin is a safe and effective treatment for initial insomnia in ADHD. She is the author of the Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale, a widely used measure translated into thirteen languages. She has lectured in more than twenty-one countries. She was the Director of the ADHD Program at Children’s Hospital for 15 years. She has helped launch and participated in writing the Canadian guidelines for ADHD for the last four editions. She opened Weiss ADHD Care January 1, 2013 to improve access to multi-disciplinary and multi-modal care for adults and children with ADHD.