Meet the 2026 IPA Board of Directors

IPA is honored to announce the 2026 IPA Officers and Directors

Please join me in welcoming our newly elected and appointed Board of Directors:

IPA Officers (Executive Committee) - Effective 1 January 2026

Adriana P. Hermida, MD, United States
President (2026-2027)

Dr. Adriana P. Hermida is a Professor at Emory University School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. In addition to her role as the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Director, she holds the positions of Geriatric Outpatient Clinic Director and Chief of the Geriatric Division.READ MORE

	Clive Ballard MD, PhD United Kingdom President-Elect (2026-2027) Clive Ballard is Professor of Age-Related Diseases at Exeter University in the UK, with a previous role as Pro-Vice Chancellor/Dean of Medicine at Exeter. Ballard founded the digital PROTECT study in the UK, enabling linked studies in Canada, Spain, and Norway;.READ MORE
	Deborah Oliveira, PhD, Chile Secretary (2026-2027) Deborah Oliveira is a Registered Nurse with a PhD by the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. I currently work as Lecturer and Researcher at the Faculty of Nursing, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile. I am interested in research about the psychosocial experiences of people living with dementia and of their carers...READ MORE
	Terence W. Chong, MBBS, MPsychiatry, MBA, FRANZCP, Cert. Old Age Psych, Australia Treasurer (2026-2027) Dr Terence Chong is a Psychiatrist Clinician Researcher in the mental health of older adults. He is Senior Research Fellow in Psychiatry of Old Age – a joint appointment between The University of Melbourne and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. He also holds clinical appointments as a psychiatrist...READ MORE

Anne Margriet Pot, PhD, Netherlands
Immediate Past President (2026-2027)

For the past 30 years, Prof dr Anne Margriet Pot has dedicated her work on improving the mental health of, and care for older people through research, policy, education and clinical practice..READ MORE

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Term Ending 2027

Liat Ayalon, PhD, Israel

Prof. Liat Ayalon is a clinical psychologist and a researcher in the School of Social Work, at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Her main area of research for the past decade has been ageism: Prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes towards people because of their age. Between 2014-2018, Prof. Ayalon led an international research network...READ MORE

Edgardo Reich, MD, Argentina

Dr. Edgardo Reich, M.D. is a Board Certified Neurologist (National Academy of Medicine) who earned his Medical Degree from Buenos Aires University. After completed his residency training in Neurology he was Visiting Physician in the Neurobehavioral Unit and Memory Clinic at UCLA.
He worked in the last 30 years as Professor and Chairman of Neurology at Julio Mendez Hospital, in Buenos Aires, and Buenos Aires University School of Medicine... READ MORE

Rob Madan MD, FRCP(C), Canada

Dr. Robert Madan attended medical school at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Toronto. Dr. Madan has the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada designation of Geriatric Psychiatrist....READ MORE

Term Ending 2028

	Carla Kotzé, MBChB, DMH (SA), FCPsych (SA), MMed (Psych), PhD, MPhil (Applied Ethics), South Africa Upon completion of her medical and psychiatric training at the University of Pretoria, Prof Kotzé was appointed as a consultant psychiatrist at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, a tertiary facility involved in the training of medical students and specialists. ...READ MORE
	Sivakumar Palanimuthu Thangaraju, MD, India Prof. Sivakumar has been a Faculty in the Geriatric Psychiatry Services of the Department of Psychiatry at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru since 2006. He is serving as the Professor of Psychiatry since 2016 and as the Head of the Geriatric Psychiatry Unit since 2021....READ MORE
	Puleng Segalo, PhD, South Africa Puleng Segalo is a full professor of Psychology and the current incumbent of the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at the University of South Africa. Segalo's research focus includes Community Psychology and feminism in Psychology. Her research focuses on ...READ MORE
	Shunichiro Shinagawa M.D., Ph.D., Japan Dr. Shunichiro Shinagawa is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan. His clinical and research work focuses on geriatric psychiatry, behavioral neurology, and neuropsychiatry, with particular interests in neurodegenerative disorders, late-onset psychosis...READ MORE

Term Ending 2029

Juliano Flavio Rubatino Rodrigues, Brazil

He graduated in medicine from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in 2002 and completed a medical residency in psychiatry from 2003 to 2005. He specialized in psychogeriatrics at the Brazilian Psychiatric Association in 2008. Training in Interpersonal Psychotherapy...READ MORE

Maryam Noroozian, MD, Iran

My name is Maryam Noroozian, MD. I serve as a Full Professor of Neurology and Director of the Cognitive Neurology, Dementia & Neuropsychiatry Research Center at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran. I earned my MD in Medicine from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 1992. I then completed my Neurology Residency at the same institution in 1997...READ MORE

Xia Li, MD, PhD, China

I am a Chief Physician and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Department at Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, with over 30 years of dedicated service in the field of psychiatry, particularly in geriatric mental health. I hold a Ph.D. and MD in Psychiatry and Mental Health from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine...READ MORE

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