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
Caroline M. Sehon, M.D.

President-Elect
Brent R. Anderson, M.D.

Past President
Stephen J. Cozza, M.D.

Secretary
Catherine L. McCarthy, M.D.

Treasurer
Susan Rich, M.D.

Assembly Delegates
Stephen J. Cozza, M.D.
Peter T. Daniolos, M.D.
Jeanne G. Holzgrefe, M.D
Michael Houston, M.D.
Caroline M. Sehon, M.D.

Maryland Representative
Rebecca G. Edelson, M.D.

Virginia Representative
Laura Tuttle, M.D.

Washington, DC Representative
Edgardo Menvielle, M.D.

Newsletter Editor
Edgardo Menvielle, M.D.

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

CME Committee
David I. Driver, M.D.

Membership Committee
Sheila Sontag, M.D.

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

Resident Representatives
David I. Driver, M.D.
Sarah J. Keiser, M.D.
Angelica Kloos, D.O.
Kayla Pope, M.D.

Liason to WPS
Smita Patel, M.D.

Multimedia Development
Clifford Sussman, M.D.