MEET DR. COLIN HARRINGTON

CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT

Dr. Harrington attended Middlebury College and Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed a

Transitional Internship at Naval Hospital Portsmouth and then served for 3 years as a General Medical

Officer (GMO) in the US Navy. After his GMO service he completed an additional year of Internal

Medicine training at UNC Chapel Hill, then went on to Brown University where he completed a

Residency in Psychiatry and a Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry (BNNP).

He is board certified in General Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison (CL) Psychiatry by the American

Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry by the

United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). He is a Distinguished Fellow of the APA and a

Fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA) and the Academy of Consultation Liaison

Psychiatry (ACLP). He currently serves as Director of the CL Psychiatry service and of Neuropsychiatry

Education at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH), and as Director of the CNS-Psychiatry Clerkship and the CL

Psychiatry Fellowship at the Alpert School of Medicine (AMS) of Brown University. He is a Professor

of Psychiatry and Medicine, Clinician Educator, at AMS of Brown University.

ANPA has been his professional home for greater than 20 years and has been the source of great learning,

collaboration, and personal and professional relationships and growth throughout his career. He has been

an active participant and presenter in ANPA annual meetings and active in ANPA administrative and

leadership roles including service as Chair of the Membership Committee, Council Member across two

terms, and a member of the ANPA Advisory Committee. He has served for many years as an (ad hoc)

reviewer for the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (JNCN) (amongst other journals),

the flagship journal for ANPA and is an active member of the UCNS BNNP Examination Committee.

He is honored to be nominated to serve as President (elect) of the ANPA where he would bring his energy

and passion for the field of BNNP, his allegiance to the ANPA, and remain committed to:

- Advancing the understanding of neuropsychiatric disease and the treatment of patients (and

families) with neuropsychiatric illness

- The continued development of the specialty of Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry

- The growth and expansion of our organization and the diversity of its membership

- The ongoing cooperation and collaboration with sister neuropsychiatry-based organizations and

societies

- Continued robust programming in education and training in BNNP and support of BNNP

fellowship programs

- Continued support of the superb quality of our annual meetings, their academic and clinical

content, and of our flagship journal, the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences