Executive Committee Members (2026 - 2030)
The IACAPAP Executive Committee comprises 27 officers from around the world. Officers do not represent their country or member organisation, but serve as individuals.
MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU
Addressing the day-to-day affairs of the association

PRESIDENT
Ayesha Mian, MD, SFHEA, DFAACAP
Consultant, Adult, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Founder and CEO of Synapse Pakistan Neuroscience Institute
Pakistan
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SECRETARY-GENERAL
Professor Dave Coghill
Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health
Departments of Paediatrics and Psychiatry | University of Melbourne
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Australia

TREASURER
Andrés Martin, MD, PhD
Riva Ariella Ritvo Professor
Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
United States

PAST PRESIDENT
Luis Augusto Rohde, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Director
ADHD Program
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Brazil
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Ammar Albanna, MD, FRCPC, IFAPA
Director, Al Amal Psychiatric Hospital, Emirates Health Services, UAE
Founding President, Emirates Society for Child Mental Health, Emirates Medical Association
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
United Arab Emirates
Anne-Catherine Rolland Bride
France

Ayotunde Omotoso, MBBS, FWACP, MSc (CAMH)
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Nigeria

Cao Qingjiu
Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Ward, Deputy Director of Center for Child Mental Health, Peking University Institute of Mental Health / Peking University Sixth Hospital, China
China
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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION
Hesham Hamoda, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Attending Psychiatrist, Boston Children’s Hospital
USA
United States
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Marie-José van Hoof, MD, PhD, MSc
iMindU GGZ Leiden the Netherlands | Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The Netherlands
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Roberto Pallia
Consulting Professor, Italian Hospital University (UHI), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Honorary Head, Pediatric Mental Health Service, UHI
Academic Committee for the University Programs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology with Children, Adolescents, and Families, UHI
Advisory Council of the Latin American Federation of Associations of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Related Professions (FLAPIA)
Argentina
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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Valsamma Eapen MBBS., PhD., FRCPsych., FRANZCP
Chair, Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney
Head, Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry (AUCS) &Clinical Academic South Western Sydney Health District & Ingham Institute
Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP)
Australia
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Yukiko Kano, MD, PhD
Director / National Medical and Educational Consulting Center for Children
Japan
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MOOC COORDINATOR
Bruno Falissard MD, PhD
Professor of Public Health, Université Paris-Sud.
Paris, France
France
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Helmut Remschmidt, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
Germany
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Myron L. Belfer, MD, MPA
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Senior Associate in Psychiatry
Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, USA
United States
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NON-ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

DONALD J COHEN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (DJCFP) COORDINATOR
Jordan Sibeoni, MD, PhD
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Paris Cité University
Head of IP2SEA, Department of Youth Mental Health and Early Intervention, Argenteuil Hospital Center, France.
France
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DONALD J COHEN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (DJCFP) COORDINATOR
Dr. Sowmyashree Mayur Kaku, MBBS, PhD
Senior Consultant, Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ICAMH), PES Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kuppam
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Advanced Research in Autism and Developmental Disorders (CAREADD), St. John's Research Institute, Bengaluru
Co-Founder, The Yoga Environment and Neuroscience Research Institute (YENRI) Trust, Bengaluru
India
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EARLY CAREER GROUP (ECG) COORDINATOR
Andrés Román-Jarrín, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa
Attending Psychiatrist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Canada
Canada
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EARLY CAREER GROUP (ECG) COORDINATOR
Charlene Gumbo
Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Researcher
Chiromo Hospital Group
Department of Psychiatry
Kenya
Kenya
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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Clinical Psychologist, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Red Cross Children's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town,
South Africa
South Africa
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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor of Psychiatry
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
South Korea
South Korea
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E-TEXTBOOK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Uttara Chari, B. Sp. Ed., M. Phil., Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru
India
India
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HELMUT REMSCHMIDT RESEARCH SEMINAR (HRRS) COORDINATOR
Prof. Dr. Christina Schwenck
Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen
Faculty 06 Psychology and Sports Science
Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10c
35394 Gießen
Germany
Germany
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HELMUT REMSCHMIDT RESEARCH SEMINAR (HRRS) COORDINATOR
Petrus J de Vries, MD
Sue Struengmann Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health
University of Cape Town
46 Sawkins Road, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa
South Africa
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HENRIKJE KLASEN iCAMH TRAINING COORDINATOR
Nicholas Mark Kowalenko, MD
University of Sydney
Deputy Chair, Emerging Minds
Australia
Australia
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WHO LIAISON
Prof. MD. MSc. Susanne Walitza
Chair / Director
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Psychiatric University Hospital
University of Zurich
Neumünsterallee 9
8032 Zürich
Switzerland
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