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
2025 Scholars Program Donors
$4,000+
Sanford Finkel and Fern Finkel
David Carl Steffens and Lori Bastian
Rajesh R. Tampi
Anonymous Donation
Professional Risk Management Services (PRMS)
$2,000 - $2,499
Laura Marsh
Audra M. Yadack
$1,500 - $1,999
Elizabeth J. Santos
Ellen E. Lee
Helen Lavretsky
$500-$999
| Alexander Threlfall |
| Alfredo Torres |
| Allan Anderson |
| Amita Rajesh Patel |
| Art Walaszek |
| Badr Ratnakaran |
| Brandon C Yarns |
| Brent Forester |
| Cindy Marshall |
| Cynthia D. Fields |
| Daniel Kim |
| David L. Sultzer |
| Dina Patel |
| Ebony Dix |
| Ellen M. Whyte |
| James Ellison |
| Jason E. Schillerstrom |
| Jason Keri |
| Jeffrey Marc Lyness |
| Jordan F. Karp |
| Lessley Chiriboga |
| Lily Zhou |
| Marianne N. Klugheit |
| Matthew Saxon Erisman |
| Nanette Dowling |
| Nicolas Perez Palmer |
| Nisha Patel |
| Pallavi Joshi |
| Paul Newhouse |
| Sandra Swantek |
| Susan Lehmann |
| Susan Maixner |
| Univ. of Pittsburgh Dept. of Psych. |
| Vanessa Stan |
| Warren D. Taylor |
| Yeates Conwell |
Under $250
| Abesh Kumar Bhattacharjee |
| Alan Mellow |
| Alessandra Scalmati |
| Alexandra Dombrovski |
| Alexandra Fortunato |
| Andy Jan |
| Anne-Marie Giuca |
| Annette Anderson |
| Ariel Gerard Gildengers |
| Arnaldo Moreno |
| Arushi Kapoor |
| Bal Sharma |
| Busan Neupane |
| Camille Alvarado |
| Candace M Fraser |
| Charles Kenneth Lippincott |
| CHIKA E. UGBAJA |
| Christine L Schmidt |
| Christopher van Dyck |
| Daniel S. Kim |
| Danielle M Kelly |
| Dax Volle |
| Denise Feil |
| Donovan Maust |
| Elizabeth Anne Wise |
| Erwin L Mozer |
| Esther O. Akinyemi |
| Esther Teverovsky |
| Gauri Khatkhate |
| Geetha Dhatreecharan |
| Greg Sullivan |
| Heba Gad |
| Iqbal Ahmed |
| Isis Burgos-Chapman |
| Jenel Marino |
| Jennifer Jan |
| Jeremy Peacock |
| Jessica Abellard |
| Jessie M OMara |
| Jonathan Thomas Broadwell |
| Juan Young |
| Julie Dumas |
| Julie Kay Kay Filips |
| Katharine Brewster |
| Kathryn Chen |
| Kelsey Johnson |
| Kingsley Eduwu Iyamu |
| Kristin Desiree McArthur |
| Kyle Hendrie |
| Laurel Bessey |
| Lauren Gerlach |
| Louis J. Nykamp |
| Madeleine Lipshie-Williams |
| Marie Anne Gebara |
| Marilise Hyacinth |
| Mary Hart Bryan |
| Mark Lyubkin |
| Maura P. Copeland |
| Megan Dawson |
| Meghan Riddle |
| Melani Gentry |
| Melanie Scharrer |
| Michael Duerden |
| Mirnova Ceide |
| Nadia Gilbo |
| Nicholas Morcos |
| Peijun Chen |
| Pierre Tariot |
| Prabhjyot Singh |
| Rossano L. Bangasan |
| Sarah Nguyen |
| Saumya Butani |
| Shilpa Srinivasan |
| Shriti Patel |
| Silpa Balachandran |
| Stephen M Scheinthal |
| Steven Huege |
| Steven Starks |
| Syeda Arshiya Farheen |
| Talya Shahal |
| Vijay N. Chennamchetty |
| Vimal M. Aga |
$2,500 - $3,000
| Adriana P. Hermida |
| Alan Paul Siegal |
| Blaine Greenwald |
| Ceri Elizabeth Hadda |
| Christoper C. Colenda |
| Elliott M. Stein and Shayna Stein |
| Gary J. Kennedy |
| Josepha A. Cheong |
| Karen Reimers |
| Kim G Johnson |
| Marie DeWitt |
| Michelle Conroy and Jason McBean |
| Patricia Andrews |
| Prasad Padala |
$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
$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 |
2025 Named Scholarship Donors
Dan G. Blazer Scholarship
Drs. David Steffens & Lori Bastian
Ouida S. Cooke, MD Memorial Scholarship
Drs. Michelle Conroy & Jason McBean
George and Annemarie Hadda Scholarship
Dr. Ceri Hadda
UCLA Scholarship
Anonymous Nonprofit Donor
Zucker Hillside Hospital / Northwell Health Scholarship
Dr. Blaine Greenwald
Tampi Family Scholarship
Dr. Rajesh Tampi
UConn Scholarship
Dr. David Steffens
Dr. Neha Jain
Dr. Kristina Zdanys
Yale Scholarship
Dr. Adam Mecca
Dr. Isis Burgos-Chapman
Dr. Kirsten Wilkins
Dr. Nicolas Perez Palmer
Dr. Ryan Stephen O'Dell
Dr. Nery A. Diaz
Dr. Christopher H. van Dyck
Dr. Sarah Nguyen
University of Michigan Geriatric Psychiatry Scholarship
Dr. Nicholas Morcos
Dr. Donovan Maust
Dr. Lauren Gerlach
Dr. Megan Dawson
Dr. Anusha Ranganathan
Dr. Mary Blazek
Dr. Jennifer Alkema
Dr. Esther Akinyemi
Dr. Amit Patel
Dr. Mark Lyubkin
Dr. Heba Gad
Dr. Susan Maixner
Dr. Alan Mellow
Dr. Peijun Chen
Dr. Kristin McArthur
Dr. Marie DeWitt
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard and Bernadette Cheong Scholarship
Dr. Josepha Cheong
UC Sand Diego / San Diego VA Medical Center Scholarship
Dr. Kyle Hendrie
Dr. Ellen E. Lee
Dr. Vijay N. Chennamchetty
Dr. Raisa Yagudayeva
Dr. Omar Ghosn
Dr. Anne-Marie Giuca
Jeanne Jackson-Siegal Scholarship
Dr. Alan Paul Siegal
Geropsych Innovators Scholarship
Dr. Ajanta Vinekar
Dr. Alexander Threlfall
Dr. Allan Anderson
Dr. Amita Rajesh Patel
Nash-Newhouse-Ureste Scholarship
Dr. Maureen Cecilia Nash
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
Learn more about the AAGP Scholars Program here.