AAGP is working to grow the next generation of geriatric psychiatrists and we need your help. With your support, we can continue to grow this scholarship program and enhance the education of these world-class trainees and future leaders in the field.
The Scholars program is 100% donor funded, and your contributions directly determine how many well deserving trainees are able to participate.
Thank you to those have already donated to the 2025 program! We appreciate your generosity and commitment.
* To those who donated, IRS documents were emailed to all donors at the time that the donation was received
$4,000+
Sanford Finkel and Fern Finkel
PRMS (Professional Risk Management Services)
David Carl Steffens and Lori Bastian
Rajesh R. Tampi
Anonymous Donation
$2,500-$3,000
Adriana P. Hermida
Alan Paul Siegal
Blaine Greenwald
Josepha A. Cheong
Christoper C. Colenda
Elliott M. Stein and Shayna Stein
Gary J. Kennedy
Michelle Conroy and Jason McBean
Karen Reimers
Kim G Johnson
Marie DeWitt
Patricia Andrews
Prasad Padala
Ceri Elizabeth Hadda
$2,000-$2,499
Laura Marsh
Audra M. Yadack
$1,500-$1,999
Elizabeth J. Santos
Ellen E. Lee
Helen Lavretsky
$1,000-$1,499
Ajanta Vinekar
Eric Lenze
Erica Garcia- Pittman
George Grossberg
Kirsten Wilkins
Larry E Tune
Lisa Lynn Boyle
Maureen Nash
Nery A. Diaz
Peter Ureste
William Reichman
$500-$999
Alexander Threlfall
Univ. of Pittsburgh Dept. of Psych.
Nicolas Perez Palmer
Jeffrey Marc Lyness
David L. Sultzer
Art Walaszek
Badr Ratnakaran
Brandon C Yarns
Brent Forester
Cindy Marshall
Alfredo Torres
Vanessa Stan
Nisha Patel
Jordan F. Karp
Dina Patel
Ebony Dix
Ellen M. Whyte
James Ellison
Jason E. Schillerstrom
Cynthia D. Fields
Allan Anderson
Warren D. Taylor
Pallavi Joshi
Lessley Chiriboga
Lily Zhou
Marianne N. Klugheit
Matthew Saxon Erisman
Nanette Dowling
Jason Keri
Daniel Kim
Amita Rajesh Patel
Yeates Conwell
Paul Newhouse
Sandra Swantek
Susan Lehmann
Susan Maixner
$250-499
Aaron Kaugman
Adam Mecca
Amit Patel
Anusha Ranganathan
Constantine Lyketsos
Ganesh Gopalakrishna
Gary S. Moak
Gwenn Smith
Howard Aizenstein
Jennifer Alkema
Joseph S. Goveas
Katherine Levine
Kristina Zdanys
Luisa Skoble
Margaret S Hamilton
Mary Carol Blazek
Mary Ganguli
Matthew Biller
Meredith Lee
Neha Jain
Omar Ghosn
Patricia Junquera
Paul Rosenburg
Raisa Yagudayeva
Rebecca Michelle Radue
Ricardo Salazar
Ryan Stephen O'Dell
Smita Upkar Varshney
Under $250
Abesh Kumar Bhattacharjee
Shilpa Srinivasan
Mary Hart Bryan
Jessie M OMara
Dax Volle
Alexandra Fortunato
Steven Huege
Meghan Riddle
Julie Kay Kay Filips
Erwin L Mozer
Ariel Gerard Gildengers
Vijay N. Chennamchetty
Mirnova Ceide
Kingsley Eduwu Iyamu
Kristin Desiree McArthur
Kyle Hendrie
Laurel Bessey
Lauren Gerlach
Louis J. Nykamp
Madeleine Lipshie-Williams
Marie Anne Gebara
Christopher van Dyck
Alan Mellow
Shriti Patel
Mark Lyubkin
Jonathan Thomas Broadwell
Denise Feil
Andy Jan
Steven Starks
Melani Gentry
Katharine Brewster
Esther O. Akinyemi
Arnaldo Moreno
Vimal M. Aga
Nadia Gilbo
Nicholas Morcos
Peijun Chen
Pierre Tariot
Prabhjyot Singh
Rossano L. Bangasan
Sarah Nguyen
Saumya Butani
Jeremy Peacock
Daniel S. Kim
Alessandra Scalmati
Silpa Balachandran
Maura P. Copeland
Juan Young
Donovan Maust
Anne-Marie Giuca
Syeda Arshiya Farheen
Melanie Scharrer
Kathryn Chen
Esther Teverovsky
Arushi Kapoor
Bal Sharma
Busan Neupane
Camille Alvarado
Candace M Fraser
Charles Kenneth Lippincott
CHIKA E. UGBAJA
Christine L Schmidt
Marilise Hyacinth
Jessica Abellard
Danielle M Kelly
Alexandra Dombrovski
Stephen M Scheinthal
Megan Dawson
Julie Dumas
Elizabeth Anne Wise
Annette Anderson
Talya Shahal
Michael Duerden
Kelsey Johnson
Gauri Khatkhate
Geetha Dhatreecharan
Greg Sullivan
Heba Gad
Iqbal Ahmed
Isis Burgos-Chapman
Jenel Marino
Jennifer Jan
2025 Named Scholarship Donors
| Dan G. Blazer Scholarship | Dr. Kirsten Wilkins | Dr. Jennifer Alkema |
Dr. Ellen E. Lee |
| Drs. David Steffens & Lori Bastian Ouida S. Cooke, MD Memorial Scholarship | Dr. Nicolas Perez Palmer | Dr. Esther Akinyemi |
Dr. Vijay N. Chennamchetty |
| Drs. Michelle Conroy & Jason McBean George and Annemarie Hadda Scholarship | Dr. Ryan Stephen O'Dell | Dr. Amit Patel |
Dr. Raisa Yagudayeva |
| Dr. Ceri Hadda UCLA Scholarship | Dr. Nery A. Diaz | Dr. Mark Lyubkin |
Dr. Omar Ghosn |
| Anonymous Nonprofit Donor Zucker Hillside Hospital / Northwell Health Scholarship | Dr. Christopher H. van Dyck | Dr. Heba Gad |
Dr. Anne-Marie Giuca Jeanne Jackson-Siegal Scholarship |
| Dr. Blaine Greenwald Tampi Family Scholarship | Dr. Sarah Nguyen University of Michigan Geriatric Psychiatry Scholarship | Dr. Susan Maixner |
Dr. Alan Paul Siegal Geropsych Innovators Scholarship |
| Dr. Rajesh Tampi UConn Scholarship | Dr. Nicholas Morcos | Dr. Alan Mellow |
Dr. Ajanta Vinekar |
| Dr. David Steffens |
Dr. Donovan Maust | Dr. Peijun Chen |
Dr. Alexander Threlfall |
| Dr. Neha Jain |
Dr. Lauren Gerlach | Dr. Kristin McArthur |
Dr. Allan Anderson |
| Dr. Kristina Zdanys Yale Scholarship |
Dr. Megan Dawson | Dr. Marie DeWitt Dr. and Mrs. Bernard and Bernadette Cheong Scholarship |
Dr. Amita Rajesh Patel Nash-Newhouse-Ureste Scholarship |
| Dr. Adam Mecca |
Dr. Anusha Ranganathan | Dr. Josepha Cheong UC Sand Diego / San Diego VA Medical Center Scholarship |
Dr. Maureen Cecilia Nash |
| Dr. Isis Burgos-Chapman |
Dr. Mary Blazek | Dr. Kyle Hendrie |
Dr. Paul Newhouse |
| Dr. Peter Ureste Reichman-Stan-Swantek-Taylor Scholarship |
Dr. William Reichman |
Dr. Vanessa Stan |
Dr. Sandra Swantek |
| Dr. Warren Taylor Future Leaders in Vital Aging Scholarship |
Dr. Yeates Conwell |
Dr. James Ellison |
Dr. Lily Zhou |
| Dr. Cynthia Fields |
Dr. Jason Keri Dr. Sandra Swantek Scholarship |
Dr. and Mrs. Sanford Finkel PRMS Scholarship |
 Stepping Stones Alumnae Scholarship |
| Dr. Erica Garcia-Pittman |
Dr. Lisa Lynn Boyle |
Dr. Cindy Marshall |
Dr. Elizabeth J. Santos The University of Arizona and Banner Alzheimer's Institute Scholarship |
| Dr. Pallavi Joshi |
Dr. Jordan Karp & Paul Bowden |
Dr. Nisha Patel |
Dr. Ganesh Gopalakrishna |
| Dr. Pierre Tariot |
Dr. Marianne N. Klugheit |
Dr. Matthew Saxon Erisman Samual Monroe Graham, Jr. and John Monroe Scholarship |
Dr. Kim G. Johnson Prasad Padala Geriatric Scholarship |
| Dr. Prasad Padala Drs. Elliott and Shayna Stein Scholarship |
Drs. Elliott and Shayna Stein Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Scholarship |
Dr. Gary J. Kennedy Dr. Gary B. Talpos Memorial Scholarship |
Dr. Marie DeWitt Christopher C. and Kathryn W. Colenda Scholarship |
| Dr. Christopher C. Colenda Medical College of Wisconsin / University of Wisconsin Scholarship |
Dr. Laurel Bessey |
Dr. Joseph S. Goveas |
Dr. Matthew Biller |
| Dr. Rebecca Radue |
Dr. Vimal Aga |
Dr. Art Walaszek |
Dr. Katherin Levine |
| Dr. Melanie Scharrer |
Dr. Jeremy Peacock |
Dr. Lisa Boyle |
Dr. Kathryn Chen University of Pittsburgh / UPMC Scholarship |
| Dr. Madeleine Lipshie-Williams |
Dr. Ellen Whyte |
Dr. Howard Aizenstein |
Dr. Alexandre Combrovski |
| Dr. Alexandra Fortunato |
Dr. Mary Ganguli |
Dr. Candace Fraser |
Dr. Ariel Gildengers |
| Dr. Marie Anne Gebara |
Dr. Esther Teverovsky |
Univ. of Pittsburgh Dept. of Psych. Carl Cohen, MD Memorial Scholarship |
Dr. Alessandra Scalmati |
| Dr. Audra Yadack |
Dr. Gary J. Kennedy |
Dr. Mirnova Ceide Bright Futures in Aging Scholarship |
Dr. Badr Ratnakaran |
| Dr. Brandon Yarns |
Dr. Brent Forester |
Dr. Daniel Kim |
Dr. David L. Sultzer Lissy Jarvik, MD, PhD Memorial Scholarship |
| Dr. George Grossberg |
Dr. Helen Lavretsky T. Franklin Williams, MD Scholarship |
Dr. Jeffrey Marc Lyness |
Dr. Larry E. Tune |
| Dr. Lessley Chiriboga |
Dr. Nanette Dowling Emory University Scholarship |
Dr. Adriana Hermida Dix-Lenze-Patel-Schillerstrom Scholarship |
Dr. Ebony Dix |
| Dr. Eric Lenze |
Dr. Dina Patel |
Dr. Jason Schillerstrom Baylor / Johns Hopkins Scholarship |
Dr. Cynthia Fields |
| Dr. Susan Lehmann |
Dr. Kostas Lyketsos |
Dr. Laura Marsh |
Dr. Paul Rosenberg |
| Dr. Gwenn Smith |
Dr. Elizabeth Wise |