The Council on Quality Care monitors developments and carries out activities to ensure that the highest standards and quality of care remain integral parts of the APA mission.

Highlights of Responsibilities

Monitor and participate in initiatives and disseminate information in the following areas:

• Quality indicators (national quality measurement enterprise)
• Standards and survey procedures (national accrediting bodies)
• Psychotherapy by psychiatrists
• Patient safety
• Practice guidelines (Committee on Practice Guidelines)
• Electronic health records (Committee on Mental Health Information Technology)

Finally, the Council is charged with overseeing various APA awards, fellowships, and components such as committees, task forces, and workgroups that fall within its purview. Specific content areas of importance to the quality of psychiatric care may be represented by membership on the Council in the absence of a formal APA component.

Staff Liaison

• Lori Whitaker

Committees

• Committee on Mental Health Information Technology
• Committee on Quality and Performance Measurement
• Committee on Practice Guidelines

Council Members

• Glenda Wrenn Gordon, M.D., DFAPA – Chairperson
  2024-2025
• Margaret Balfour, M.D., Ph.D., DFAPA
  2019-2025
• Nicole Benson, M.D. – Early Career Psychiatrist Representative
  2023-2026
• Michelle Durham, M.D., M.P.H., DFAPA
  2023-2026
• Suliman El-Amin, M.D., M.S.
  2024-2027
• Jacqueline Hobbs, M.D., Ph.D., DFAPA
  2024-2027
• Maga Jackson-Triche, M.D., LFAPA
  2024-2027
• Ethan Kass, D.O., DLFAPA – Assembly Representative
  2024-2027
• Kathryn Ridout, M.D., Ph.D.
  2024-2027
• Kevin Simon, M.D., M.P.H.
  2023-2026
• John Torous, M.D.
  2023-2026
• Erik Vanderlip, M.D., Ph.D., FAPA
  2020-2026
• David Galarneau, M.D., DFAPA – Corresponding Member
  2024-2025
• Adrianne Lona, M.D. – Corresponding Member
  2024-2025
• Roxane Sanders, M.D. – Corresponding Member
  2024-2025
• Aakash Verma, M.D. – Corresponding Member
  2024-2025