Sheldon Benjamin, M.D. Wins Lifetime Service Award at the AADPRT Meeting

Congratulations to Sheldon Benjamin, M.D. for receiving the Lifetime Service Award at the annual meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT)  this past weekend in Austin, TX.  

The Lifetime Service Award is given to "recognize those important leaders who have had a significant impact on psychiatric residency education nationally, demonstrated excellence in psychiatric residency education, and/or provided generativity and mentoring in residency."

Dr. Benjamin said he wishes to "thank all of our program directors, and our alumni who are program directors in other cities, for nominating me for this great honor." 

Pictured above from the left:  Isheeta Zalpuri, M.D. (former UMass Chan resident and now child psychiatry fellowship director at Stanford), Brian Skehan, M.D.; Sheldon Benjamin, M.D.;  Auralyd Padilla Candelario, M.D.; and Elizabeth Derush, M.D.

Pictured above: AADPRT Past President Sallie Grant DeGolia from Stanford who presented  the award. 

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