Federal News & Issues

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4, 2021 – At the close of the American Psychiatric Association 2021 Annual Meeting, Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald, M.D., assumed the role of Speaker of the APA Assembly of District Branches.

Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport in Shreveport, Louisiana. Clinically, she is Director of the Psychiatry Emergency and Consult Services at Ochsner Louisiana State University Health Monroe. Previous roles include Vice-Chair for Psychiatry Education, Psychiatry Residency Training Director, Director of...

Washington, D.C. May 3, 2021– As part of the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) annual APA Gives Back program, APA President Jeffrey Geller, M.D., M.P.H., presented a donation today of $16,000 to this year’s recipient organization, the Skid Row Running Club (SRCC), during the Closing Session of the 2021 APA Annual Meeting. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Mitchell accepted the check on behalf of the SRCC.

Now in its 12th year, the APA Gives Back program provides an opportunity for APA, its members, and Annual Meeting attendees to support a community mental health organization in the city hosting the Annual Meeting. If not for the current COVID-19 pandemic, APA's in-person Annual Meeting would have been hosted in Los Angeles, where SRCC is based. The APA matches...