CAPSGW is a regional organization of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It is a not- for profit 501 (c) 3 medical specialty organization representing the approximately 250 child and adolescent psychiatrists in the District of Columbia, suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia.

One of the main objectives of The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society of Greater Washington is to stimulate and advance contributions of the knowledge and treatment of psychiatric problems of children and adolescents, both within its membership and in the community at large, within Washington, D.C., and those adjacent states from which its membership is drawn.
CAPSGW also serves as the Regional Organization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry represented in the Assembly of Regional Organizations of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (the Assembly) of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, for Washington, D.C. and nearby states.

CAPSGW Officers and Assembly Representatives

President
Brent R. Anderson, M.D.

President-Elect
Rebecca Edelson, MD

Past President
Caroline M. Sehon, M.D.

Secretary
Gary Spivack, MD

Treasurer
Micah J. Sickel, MD, PhD

Assembly Delegates
Brent Anderson, M.D.
Lance Clawson, M.D.
Jeanne G. Holzgrefe, M.D
Michael Houston, M.D.
Rebecca Edelson, M.D.  

Maryland Representative
Susan D. Rich, MD, MPH .

Virginia Representative
Catherine McCarthy, MD

Washington, DC Representative
Angelica Kloos, DO

Nominating Committee
Thomas Kobylski, MD

Newsletter Editor
Adair Parr, M.D.

Children’s Hospital Liason
Rachel Z. Ritvo, M.D.

CME Committee
David I. Driver, M.D.

Membership Chair
Hector Parada, MD

Military Affairs Committee
Nancy Black, M.D.-Chair

Liason to WPS
Smita Patel, M.D.

Multimedia Development
Clifford Sussman, M.D.