American Association of Directors
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
AADCAP is composed of the heads of child and adolescent psychiatry divisions and seeks to aggressively promote the field of
academic child and adolescent psychiatry.
AADCAP 2024 Fall Meeting
(in conjunction with AACAP’s Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA)
AADCAP invites you to our Fall Meeting at the Sheraton Grand Seattle in Seattle, Washington.
We’re asking members to invite a guest child psychiatry leader in their division who may find the meeting helpful in their current or future leadership roles.
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October 17, 2024
2:00 to 5:00 pm
Issaquah Room (Sheraton 3rd floor)
SCHEDULE
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Session 1: Dr. Axelson—Introduce AADCAP Leadership; Describe AADCAP Mission
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2:30 – 3:30 pm
Session 2: Roundtable discussions on top topics of interest to attendees or topics from the listserv (if large, breakout groups)
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3:30 - 4:15 pm
Session 3: Mix and mingle with all attendees
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4:15 – 5:00 pm
Session 4 (chairs): Committees discuss topics for 2025 spring meeting.
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Light refreshments will be served. AADCAP is not planning a banquet dinner in Seattle.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
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2024 Newly-elected Officers: Robert Chayer, MD (President-Elect)
Margaret "Meg" Benningfield, MD (Secretary-Treasurer)
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2024 Dues Cycle began in March 2024.
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Committee Membership: Consider joining a committee--Administration, Clinical Affairs, Research, Training & Education, Emeritus, or Diversity & Equity Inclusion
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Website Editor: AADCAP is in search of a Web Editor that reviews and recommends edits/changes. Interested members, please contact info@aadcap.org. We're considering hiring a consultant to assist the Executive Director with web edits.
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AADCAP Newsletter: The Winter 2024 issue coming soon!
Meetings & Presentations
AADCAP holds two meetings spring and fall each year.
AADCAP 2024 SPRING MEETING
Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf
Sunday, April 14, 2024
1:30 - 5:30 pm
Monday, April 15, 2024
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
AADCAP 2023 FALL MEETING
New York Hilton Midtown
New York, NY
Monday, October 23-26, 2022
1:30 - 3:30 pm
About AADCAP
AADCAP provides a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas among the child and adolescent psychiatry division chiefs in medical schools in the United States and elsewhere.
Membership in AADCAP is restricted to child and adolescents psychiatrists who are division, section or free-standing department directors of child and adolescent psychiatry within or affiliated with an accredited medical school in the U.S. or Canada.
Membership
AADCAP publishes two newsletters annually.
