Leadership

Officers

President

Dilipkumar Patel, MD 
Lilburn

Second Vice President

Eric Lewkowiez, MD
Augusta

President-Elect

Jennifer Holton, MD 
Atlanta

Secretary

Justin Palanci, MD
Atlanta

Vice President

Ben Hunter, MD
Atlanta

Immediate Past President

Sarah Vinson, MD
Atlanta

Treasurer

Ben Hunter, MD
Atlanta

APA Assembly Representatives

Howard Maziar, MD 
Atlanta

Joe Morgan, MD 
Valdosta

Ben Hunter, MD
Atlanta

Trustees

2026 Trustees

Kelly Coffman, MD, MPH
Roswell

Robert Cotes, MD
Atlanta

Colin Murphy, MD
Augusta

Priyanka Patel, MD, MHA
Atlanta

David Williams, MD
Augusta

2025 Trustees

Peter Ash, MD
Atlanta

Nicole Cotton, MD
Atlanta

Suneel Katragadda, MD
Atlanta

Paige Marnell, MD
Savannah

Matthew Norman, MD
Atlanta

2024 Trustees

Oksana Kershteyn, MD
Atlanta

Kristine Hsu-McDaniel, MD
Decatur

Emile Risby, MD
Lithonia

John Tumeh, MD
Atlanta 

RFM Trustees

Maytte Campoli, MD
Medical College of Georgia/Augusta Univ.

Erica Johnson, MD, PhD, MSPH
Morehouse School of Medicine

Rachel Gluck, MD
Emory University School of Medicine

Rahul Prasad, MD
Coliseum Health System

Jack Perna, MD

Emory University School of Medicine

Mary Mercer, MD

Gateway Behavioral Health System

Committee Chairs

Advocacy & Legislative
Joe Morgan, MD
Howard Maziar, MD

Investment

Peter Ash, MD
Ben Hunter, MD

Joseph Bona, MD, MBA (2016 - 2020)

Awards
Sarah Vinson, MD

International Psychiatry
Kalpana Prasad, MD

Community Psychiatry
Justin Palanci, MD

Membership
Justin Palanci, MD

Constitution & Bylaws
Peter Ash, MD
Ben Hunter, MD
Dilipkumar Patel, MD

Newsletter Editor
Gary Weichbrodt, MD

Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Rob Cotes, MD
Sarah Herbert, MD, MPH

Nominating
Sarah Vinson, MD

Early Career Psychiatrists (ECP)
Justin Palanci, MD

Georgia Psychiatry PAC
Howard Maziar, MD
Joe Morgan, MD

Ethics
Peter Ash, MD

GaFPER
Ray Kotwicki, MD
Howard Maziar, MD

Private Practice
Jeffrey Winston, MD 

Women's
Jennifer Holton, MD

Disaster Representative to the APA (Co-Chairs)
Saundra Maass-Robinson, MD
Sultan Simms, MD

Distinguished Fellowship
Ann Schwartz, MD
Krystle Graham, DO