American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

2026 Geriatric Psychiatry Board Review Course
2026-06-13 - 2026-06-14
June 13, 2026

Claim Your 2026 Annual Meeting CMEs
2026-05-20
May 20, 2026

Board of Directors Monthly Meeting
2025-06-22 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-22 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The AAGP Baord of Board of Directors meets in the 4th Thursday of each month from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST. Please contact info@aagponline.org for any questions.

Geriatric Mental Health Certificate Task Force Meeting
2025-03-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-12-31 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-26 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-10-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-09-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-08-27 19:00 - 20:00 and 4 more dates
For more information, please reach out to Info@AAGPonline.org.

AAGP Board of Director's Meeting
2024-06-26 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-05-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-04-24 18:30 - 19:30
AAGP Board of Director's Meeting, 6:30-7:30 pm Eastern. Contact info@aagponline.org

AAGP Research Committee Meeting
2024-06-11 18:00 - 19:00
We will provide some AAGP updates and plans for the 2025 Annual meeting
Join: https://uvmcom.zoom.us/j/96295783986?from=addon

AAGP Public Policy Committee Quarterly Meeting
2024-05-22 13:00 - 14:00
AAGP Public Policy Committee Quarterly Meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Please reach out info@aagponline.org for more information.

International Medical Graduates Interest Group Meeting
2024-05-13 19:00 - 20:00
Please join us for a remote IMG Interest Group meeting on Monday, May13th from 7pm-8pm. The agenda is to facilitate a meeting place for IMGs in geriatric psychiatry and discuss the role and opportunities for IMGs in geriatric psychiatry, challenges unique to IMGs and ways to overcome barriers.

Please use the link below:

https://yale.zoom.us/j/92638851379

Hope to see many of you there. Please reach out to me at agupta.aarti@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Journal Club
2024-04-12 15:15 - 16:15
Neuroinflammation in Obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, and Depression.
Join the AAGP Journal Club and presenter Cyrus Raji MD, PhD at 3:15 pm Eastern Time on Friday. April 12, 2024. Dr. Raji will present on his publication in the AJGP from 10/2023 entitled "Neuroinflammation: A Modifiable Pathway Linking Obesity, Alzheimer's Disease, and Depression"
Abstract
ACCME Credit Designation Statement:
Update coming
Learning Objectives:

Develop a working mechanistic knowledge of how chronic neuroinflammation from obesity and metabolic syndrome contributes to the pathophysiology of both depression and Alzheimer's disease.
Review past pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions aimed at reducing neuroinflammation in obesity, depression, and Alzheimer's disease, as well as ongoing neuroimaging initiatives utilized to measure neuroinflammation in living persons.

Continuing Education (CE) Language

American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry /AAGP
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Journal Club – Neuroinflammation in Obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, and Depression.
April 12, 2024
Online
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.
Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation
Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Objectives - After Attending This Program You Should Be Able To
1. Develop a working mechanistic knowledge of how chronic neuroinflammation from obesity and metabolic syndrome
contributes to the pathophysiology of both depression and Alzheimer's disease.
2. Review past pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions aimed at reducing neuroinflammation in obesity,
depression, and Alzheimer's disease, as well as ongoing neuroimaging initiatives utilized to measure neuroinflammation.
in living persons
Disclosure of Conflict of Interest
The following table of disclosure information is provided to learners and contains the relevant financial relationships that
each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to Amedco. All of these relationships were treated as a
conflict of interest and have been resolved. (C7 SCS 6.1-6.2, 6.5)
All individuals in a position to control the content of CE are listed below.

AAGP/APA Monthly Update
2024-04-12 11:00 - 12:00
For more information, please reach out to info@aagponline.org

2024 Annual Meeting
2024-03-15 - 2024-03-18 | Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 PEACHTREE ST NE, ATLANTA, GA, 30303, United States
We look forward to seeing you at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, March 15-18, 2024. This year’s meeting theme will be "Reimagining Geriatric Mental Health: Innovations to promote the well-being of caregivers and patients."
The 2024 Annual Meeting theme in a post-pandemic world calls for innovation that can reduce stress and trauma, and promote brain health and well-being in millions of aging adults and caregivers in the United States and around the world. We will capitalize on transformative initiatives in education, clinical practice, and research to promote brain health awareness among healthcare providers and the American families that lay the foundation of healthy and positive aging across all strata of our society and the world. The 2024 Annual Meeting will provide a stimulating forum and an opportunity to share our collective wisdom and passion for our profession.
The Annual Meeting offers cutting-edge educational programming for a broad audience of allied health professionals, including geriatric and general psychiatrists, medical students, residents and fellows, psychologists, nurse practitioners, social workers, and researchers. We also encourage general psychiatry residents and medical students with a special interest in the mental health treatment of older adults to attend our annual meeting. Whether you work in a private hospital, clinic, state mental health facility, skilled nursing facility, or long-term care setting, or private practice, the AAGP Annual Meeting has something to offer you.
Check out a program outline for the 2024 Annual Meeting and more information below.

AAGP New Voices in Geriatric Psychiatry
2024-01-23 19:00 - 21:00
Dear Program Director/Dean, Student Affairs,
We are reaching out to you and your program/school to see if your residents/students would be interested in participating in the AAGP New Voices Program. This program was established to foster an increased awareness of geriatric psychiatry in a diverse student and resident population. The program will start with a webinar on January 23, 2024.
This webinar is an opportunity for your students/residents to learn about geriatric psychiatry from renowned specialists in the field. Students/Residents that participate in the full webinar program will be invited to attend the one day, AAGP Scholars Program at our next annual meeting in Atlanta, GA on Saturday March 16, 2024 as a guest of AAGP at no charge. Instructions will be sent shortly after the webinar ends to eligible participants. Please contact info@aagponline.org if you have questions.
We are reaching out to you and your program/school to see if your residents/students would be interested in participating in the AAGP New Voices Program.
The AAGP is committed to increasing access to geriatric psychiatry for all learners and we hope that we can work together to achieve this goal. We would appreciate you sharing this event with your residents/students.
Sincerely,
Azziza Bankole, MD and Brandon Yarns, MD
Co-Chairs, AAGP New Voices in Geriatric Psychiatry
Click Here to watch the recording.

AAGP Journal Club: Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer's Disease
2024-01-12 15:15 - 16:15
**PLEASE NOTE: SESSION BEGINS AT 3:15 PM ET**
Join the AAGP Journal Club and presenter Christopher van Dyck, MD at 3:15 pm Eastern Time on Friday. January 12, 2024. Dr. van Dyck will not only be discussing the results of this phase 3 clinical trial (CLARITY-AD) but will also discuss some unpublished data from the open-label extension of the study.
Abstract
ACCME Credit Designation Statement:
Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for physicians.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Learning Objectives:
1. Develop an understanding of the evidence behind the FDA approval of Lecanemab for use in early Alzheimer's disease based on the results of the CLARITY-AD phase 3 clinical trial.
2. Develop an understanding of the difference between disease-modifying therapies (Lecanemab) and symptomatic therapies (Donepezil) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
How to Get Your Certificate
1. Go to aagp.cmecertificateonline.com
2. Click on the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Journal Club – Lecanemab Therapy in Early
Alzheimer’s Disease link.
3. Evaluate the meeting.
4. Print, download, or save your certificate for your records.
5. If you lose your certificate, or need help, go to help.cmecertificateonline.com

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Brain Health Summit
2023-12-08 12:00 - 14:00
The AAGP held its first Brain Health Summit virtually with invited speakers representing the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and other stakeholders chaired by Dr. Helen Lavretsky, the President of AAGP.

For more information and to view the recording, Click Here

2023 AAGP Undergraduate Day
2023-03-04 14:00 - 19:00 | Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70113, United States
Are you a student at a local Louisiana minority serving institution who is interested in a fulfilling career that combines neuroscience, advocacy, and patient care?
The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) is hosting the inaugural AAGP Undergraduate Day! Learn about advances in dementia research and psychiatric care, talk to geriatric psychiatrists about their work and their journey, and meet like-minded students. The outreach event will be held this year at the 2023 AAGP Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This event is free to attend for interested undergraduates of any year or major.

Free transportation & refreshments will be served
Attire is Business

Registration deadline for this event was February 15, 2023 and is now closed.
Sign up today and spread the word!

If you are unable to attend after registration, please reach out to info@aagponline.org.

2023 AAGP Neuroscience Teaching Day
2023-03-03 08:15 - 12:30 | Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70113, United States
The Neuroscience of Resilience
Program Co-Chairs:
Olivia I. Okereke, MD, MS

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Julie Dumas, PhD

University of Vermont

Program Description
Neuroscience Teaching Day is a ½-day educational program on the morning before AAGP starts. The 2023 program focuses on the neuroscience of resilience and its importance in geriatric psychiatry. There is a growing awareness of the critical role of the resilience in aging with regard to better cognitive, behavioral and well-being outcomes in later life. Integration of concepts in the biology and neuroscience into our understanding of patients’ resilience and potential enhance resilience in aging will be increasingly important in the practice of geriatric psychiatry. This program features three 45-minute expert presentations and a panel discussion. These cutting-edge presentations will address three themes in the neuroscience of resilience: 1) the experience of wisdom in aging, its neurobiological basis and contributions to resilience in aging, and potential modifiers of wisdom during aging; 2) the molecular and neural mechanisms of risk and resilience in geriatric depression and the role of biological aging markers in addressing relevant treatments and clinical outcomes; 3) the neuroscience of positivity in aging. Following the presentations, the panel discussion will include questions from the participants.
Did you register for the conference and missed registering for this opportunity? It's not too late! Simply contact info@aagponline.org. AAGP Staff are standing by to help you.

Faculty
Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS
University of California Los Angeles
Dilip V. Jeste, MD
University of California San Diego
Steve Cole, PhD
University of California Los Angeles
Program Learning Objectives

To appreciate the neurobiological basis of wisdom in aging and a framework for how wisdom can be modifiable during aging
To understand the molecular and neural mechanisms involved in both risk and resilience in geriatric depression
To identify the role of aging biomarkers in evaluating risk and outcomes in geriatric depression.
To identify to brain cortical networks involved in positivity during aging

Register early and save!

Pre-registration – on or before February 16, 2023

COMPLIMENTARY HOT BREAKFAST BEGINNING AT 7:45 AM
CME Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Amedco and the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Amedco is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
