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 2025 Spring Meeting
(in conjunction with AACAP’s Legislative Conference in Washington, DC)
AADCAP invites you to our Spring Meeting at the Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf, Washington, DC.
Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf
Sunday,-Monday, May 4-5, 2025
2025 SPRING MEETING REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Register for the AADCAP Spring Meeting and Banquet Dinner below.
Spring Meeting Program Schedule
Sunday, May 4
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12:00 – 2:30 PM
• New Division Directors Roundtable
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12:00 – 1:00 PM
• Lunch
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12:30 – 2:00 PM
• AADCAP-AACAP EC Working Lunch Meeting
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2:30 – 5:30 PM
• General Sessions
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2:30 – 3:30 PM
• Welcome & Business Meeting (President)
• Reports from:-
Secretary/Treasurer
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Membership
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Education Committee
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3:30 – 4:00 PM
• Break -
4:00 – 5:15 PM
Keynote Plenary Session
• Todd Peters, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Sheppard Pratt -
5:15 – 5:30 PM
• Keynote Q&A
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5:30 – 5:45 PM
• Honoring Dr. Michael Sorter (In Memoriam) -
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Banquet Dinner
• Recognition of Earl Magee, AADCAP Executive Director, on his retirement
Monday, May 5
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7:30 – 8:15 AM
• Breakfast
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8:15 AM – 1:00 PM
• General Sessions & Closing
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8:15 – 9:15 AM
Session 1: Education Committee
Conquering Microaggression
• Neha Sharma, DO
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
Fellowship Program Director -
9:15 – 10:00 AM
Session 2: Clinical Affairs Committee
Systems-Based Strategies to Identify and Address Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation
• Nasuh Malas, MD, MPH – University of Michigan Medical School
• Yael Dvir, MD – University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School -
10:00 – 10:15 AM
• Break -
10:15 – 11:00 AM
Session 3: Research Committee
Supporting Research in the Context of Clinical Training
• Larry Brown, MD – Brown University -
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 4: Administration Committee
Sustainable Innovation in Financing Pediatric Behavioral Health Care
• Lee Savio Beers, MD – Children's National Hospital
• Matthew Siegel, MD, MBA – Tufts University School of Medicine / Boston Children’s Hospital
• Facilitator: Harsh K. Trivedi, MD, MBA – President & CEO, Sheppard Pratt
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12:00 – 1:00 PM
• Working Lunch: AADCAP Advocacy Initiatives
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2:00 – 6:00 PM
• LegCon Training
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6:00 – 7:00 PM
• LegCon Reception

Meetings & Presentations
AADCAP holds two meetings spring and fall each year.

AADCAP 2024 FALL MEETING Sheraton Grand Seattle
Seattle, WA
Thursday, October 17, 2024
2:00 - 5:00 pm

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

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.
AADCAP publishes two newsletters annually.
