Committees
Executive Officers and Leadership
Director: Lisa Bialkin, JD, LCSW
Chair, Education Committee: Stephen Malach, MD
Chair and Associate Chair, Student Progression Committee:
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD and Susan Resek, LCSW
Executive Committee
Chair: Lisa Bialkin, JD, LCSW
Rita Ataviado, MD
Rachel Blakeman, JD, LCSW-R
Joan Bryan, LCSW
Benjamin Cheney, MD
David Frank, MD
Rajiv Gulati, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Sharon Lavon-Krein, LCSW
Stephen Malach, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Jennifer Nogi, MD
Neela Pania, MD
M. Carmela Perez, PhD
Harvey Schwartz, MD
Michael Singer, DO
Malini Singh, PhD
Jennifer I. Stephenson, LMSW (ex-officio)
Education Committee
Chair: Stephen Malach, MD
Lisa Bialkin, JD, LCSW
Kimberly Chu, LCSW
Leslie Cummins, DSW
Charles Entelis, MD
David Frank, MD
Dennis Haseley, LCSW
Samuel Herschkowitz, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Cora Johnson, MD
Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Claudia Lament, PhD
Sharon Lavon-Krein, LCSW
Arthur Lew, MD
Daniella Lukashok, MD
Monica Michell, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Barry Rand, MD
Susan Resek, LCSW
Tracy Roth, MD
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Jacqueline Schachter, PhD
Jennifer Schimmel, MD
David Schwam, MD
Aneil Shirke, PhD, MD
Michael H. Singer, DO
Herbert Stein, MD
Jason Wheeler, PhD
Admissions Committee
Co-Chair: Jacqueline Schachter, PhD
Co-Chair: Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Arthur Lew, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Michael H. Singer, DO
Herbert Stein, MD
Student Progression Committee
Chair: Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Associate Chair: Susan Resek, LCSW
Salomon Bankier, PhD
Joanna Bures, MD
Joseph Cronin, LCSW
Daniella Lukashok, MD
Stephen Malach, MD
M. Carmela Perez, PhD
Dionne R. Powell, MD
Tanya Weisman, MD
Curriculum Committee / Curriculum Revision and Review Committee
Co-Chair: Cora Johnson, MD
Co-Chair: David Schwam, MD
Lawrence Friedman, MD
Francoise Graf, PhD
Ann Landowne, MD
Angela Retano, MS, RN, NPP
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Malini Singh, PhD
Natalie Tobier, MPH, LCSW
Douglas Van der Heide, MD
Tanya Weisman, MD
Yukari Yanagino, PhD, LCSW
Graduate Society Committee
Chair: Aneil Shirke, PhD, MD
Program Chair: Marina Mirkin, MD
Lisa Bialkin, LCSW
Rajiv Gulati, MD
Arthur Lew, MD
Faculty and Affiliate Search Committee
Chair: Dennis Haseley, LCSW
Salomon Bankier, PhD
Lisa Bialkin, LCSW
Laurie Levinson, PhD
Tanya Weisman, MD
Jason Wheeler, PhD
Consultation and Treatment Service Committee
Co-Chair: Daniella Lukashok, MD
Co-Chair: Jason Wheeler, PhD
Carlos Almeida, MD
Rita Ataviado, MD
Joan Bryan, LCSW
Dionyssios Caralis, PhD
Benjamin Cheney, MD
Kimberly Chu, LCSW
David Cole, MD
Luis Garza, MD
Jason Greenberg, PhD
Sameer Khan, MD
Lucille Kellman, LCSW
Samantha Leathers, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Angela Retano, RN, MS, NPP
Terrance Rooney, LCSW
Tracy Roth, MD
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Crystal Tholany, MD
Natalie Tobier, LCSW, MPH
Patricia Winter, LCSW
Justyna Zapolska, PhD
Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Program Committee
Co-Chair: Kimberly Chu, LCSW
Co-Chair: Claudia Lament, MD
Training Analyst Selection Committee
Acting Chair: Michael H. Singer, DO
Barbara Deutsch, MD
David Frank, MD
Rajiv Gulati, MD
Dennis Haseley, MD
L. Noah Shaw, MD
Herbert Stein, MD
Sara Vogel, MD
Distance Learning Program Committee
Co-Chair: Tracy Roth, MD
Co-Chair: Herbert Stein, MD
Fellowship Program Committee
Chair: Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Leslie Cummins, DSW
Norma Green, MD
Terrance Roooney, LCSW
Medical Center Liaison Committee
Chair: David Frank, MD
Associate Chair: Jennifer Nogi, MD
K. Chapman Attwell, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Cora Johnson, MD
Daniella Lukashok, MD
Outreach Committee
Co-Chair: Leslie Cummins, DSW
Co-Chair: Jennifer Schimmel, MD
Sameer Khan, MD
Samantha Leathers, MD
Jennifer Nogi, MD
Jennifer I. Stephenson, LMSW (ex-officio)
Natalie Tobier, MPH, LCSW
Psychotherapy Committee
Co-Chair: Sharon Lavon-Krein, LCSW
Co-Chair: Monica Michell, MD
Jeanmarie Anderer, MD
Lisa Bialkin, JD, LCSW
Benjamin Cheney, MD
David Cole, MD
Norma Green, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Dawn Lohrer Engoron, LCSW
Pauline McHugh, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Angela Retano, MS, RN, NPP
Tracy Roth, MD
Desiree Santos, LCSW-R
Aneil Shirke, PhD, MD
Herbert Stein, MD
Psychoanalyst Assistance Committee
Chair: Seth Eichler, MD
Luis Garza, MD
Monica Michell, MD
Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Herbert Stein, MD
Digital Editorial Committee
Co-Chair: TBA
Co-Chair: TBA
Leslie Cummins, LCSW
David Frank, MD
Elizabeth Horwitz, MD
M. Carmela Perez, PhD
Herbert Stein, MD
Jennifer I. Stephenson, LMSW (ex-officio)
The PANY Diversity Initiative
Chair: Kimberly Chu, LCSW
Rajiv Gulati, MD
Sameer Khan, MD
Sharon Lavon-Krein, LCSW
Neela Pania, MD
Ethics Committee
Co-Chair: Samuel Herschkowitz, MD
Co-Chair: Marvin Nierenberg, MD
Elections Committee
Co-Chair: Rania Kanazi, LCSW-R
Co-Chair: Arthur Lew, MD
Marina Mirkin, MD
Milagros Picon, MD