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Make your mark in the Academy by volunteering this year
Want to get involved in an ACLP committee but don’t know where to start?
Applications for committee membership are open from early June.
Choose which committee you favor and check out the webpage that tells you how to apply.
If accepted, you’d start your volunteer service from the close of this year’s Annual Meeting where Paul Desan, MD, PhD, FACLP, will become the Academy’s president for 2025-2026.
Paul Desan, MD, PhD, FACLP
“Thank you for considering volunteering for an Academy committee or subcommittee,” says Dr. Desan. “Our organization would not be enjoying its current success without the talent and dedication of more than 200 Academy committee volunteers.”
Only current Academy members may serve on a committee or subcommittee. The Executive Office verifies membership status in April each year and lapsed members are automatically removed from committee appointments.
Except for a few committees, including the Annual Meeting and Education Committees—appointments for which are stipulated in the bylaws—you are welcome to volunteer for any committee or subcommittee you wish.
You can choose which committee or subcommittee you would like to apply for here.
“There’s no need to overextend yourself,” says Dr. Desan. “It’s possible you may not be selected for your preferred committee/subcommittee choice(s), but there are usually opportunities for all who apply. Please limit your selections to no more than three.”
For each that you apply for, you are asked to describe your interest in serving on the selected committee (i.e., why are you applying?), and comment on any experience and/or skills you possess relevant to service (including any prior history with the committee).
If you have any questions about the work of a committee/subcommittee you are welcome to contact the respective chair(s) before applying.
To help keep the process manageable, applications are not accepted outside of the online application process.
Candidacies for ACLP Board of Directors Now Open
ACLP Fellows are eligible to stand for election to the Academy’s Board of Directors in November. The application deadline is June 16, 2025.
Board directors are elected at the Annual Meeting business meeting initially for three-year terms. They may succeed for a second three-year term.
Declarations of candidacy are only accepted online via the application form. The form must be submitted by 11:59 PM Central Time on Monday, June 16, 2025. Candidates must apply directly; nominating others for board elections is no longer permitted.
The Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry is a professional organization of physicians who provide psychiatric care to people with coexisting psychiatric and medical illnesses, both in hospitals and in primary care. Our specialty is called consultation-liaison psychiatry because we consult with patients and liaise with their other clinicians about their care.
With nearly 2,000 members, the Academy is the voice of consultation-liaison psychiatry in the US with international reach.
Please browse our website, read our journal, Psychosomatics, and come to our annual meeting which is in November each year. In 2020 it will be a virtual event – see www.CLP2020.org for more details.
If you are a C-L Psychiatrist and not yet a member please join our great organization and welcoming, inclusive community. Please visit this page for details on joining.
