Abstract
Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A., an internationally renowned addiction expert and advocate of LBGTQ+ mental health, began his term as president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) at the 2023 APA Annual Meeting in San Francisco last week, according to an APA news release. Levounis is currently professor and chair of the department of psychiatry and associate dean at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is also the chief of service at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, and director of the Northern New Jersey Medication Assisted Treatment Center of Excellence. Levounis has held numerous leadership roles within the APA that include serving on the Psychiatric News editorial advisory board, as deputy editor‐in‐chief of APA Publishing, as member and vice chair of the Council on Addiction Psychiatry, and president of the APA New York County District Branch.
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