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Society of Iranian Psychiatrists of North America

OUR STORY

Society of Iranian Psychiatrists of North America (SIPNA) is a professional, non-profit, non-political organization that was founded in 1982 by Dr. Iraj Siassi. SIPNA aims to connect Iranian psychiatrists of North America. In addition, SIPNA promotes, generates and disseminates scholarly information and research on psychiatry and related fields among mental health professionals of Iranian origin.

OUR MISSION

1. Promoting public awareness for mental health and psychiatric disorders.
2. Supporting our community with arrangement of referral mechanism for Iranians in need of professional help with promotion of the highest quality care for individuals with mental illness.
3. Facilitating scholarly research by promoting collaboration between SIPNA members.
4. Acting as a liaison between international medical and psychiatric associations for educational and cultural exchange.
5. Maintaining close relationship with Iranian medical and psychiatric societies.
6. Providing a platform for sharing experiences, knowledge, scholarly works, and publications.
7. Organizing scientific meetings for physicians and conducting educational conferences for the public.

Objectives of SIPNA

1- Establishment of and maintenance of communication and ties among our colleagues who share the proud persoan heritage.
2-to provide the educational and cultural information related to the field of psychiatry for Iranians in this country and Iran and other countries abroad the other countries.
3-To assist Iranian Physicians who are interested in psychiatric training in the US and Canada.
4-to maintain an up-to-date directory of psychiatrists in North America.
5-to establish direct connection through the website with the Iranian psychiatric Association and psychitric associations of iranians in other countries.
6-Encourage psychiatric research among Iranian psychiatrists by providing them with the forum for in our website.

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About SIPNA

SIPNA’s ByLaws

This year in the month of May during the SIPNA Annual meeting we will celebrate SIPNA’s 40th anniversary.

Dr. Bijan Nia, Dr. Iradj Maani, and Dr. Kambij Pahlavan provided us with our constitution documents to allow SIPNA to become a component of APA. However, during those 40 years, we have been without an established Bylaw, to detail the responsibilities and Boundaries of SIPNA’s various

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SIPNA Executive Committee Nominations for May 2026–May 2028 Term

Dear SIPNA Members,

In accordance with SIPNA’s traditions and bylaws, SIPNA’s Board of Election is pleased to announce the nominations received to date for the SIPNA Executive Committee for the May 2026–May 2028 term:

President: Dr. Dennis Gelyana
President-Elect: Dr. Mehran Motamed
Alternate Member / Past President: Dr. Morteza Nadjafi
Secretary: Dr. Reza Eskandari
Treasurer: Dr. Ali Shamie

Through this official notice, we invite eligible members who are interested in serving SIPNA to step forward and nominate themselves for consideration in the upcoming election.

Deadline for submission of nominations: May 6, 2026.

This year, voting will take place during the Annual Meeting, both in person and online.

If any eligible member wishes to be nominated, please notify the Board of Election by email at info@sipna.net before the stated deadline.

Sincerely,
The Board of Trustees

Dear colleagues

Contacts

Our membership is open to every psychiatrist with Iranian background who is residing at North America ( USA and Canada ).

1- If you are in training or graduaterd in the field of psychiatry,you can become a full Member of our society with all the previleges as a Member without any membership fee on the yearly basis.
please fill out the-short questionair at the bottom of the site at “Contat us“
or send your information to linfo@sipna.net”
we would send you a “Certificate of Membership “.

2- Associate Membership :
Any Mental Health professional with Iranian Background also can join our Society as Associate Members and enjoy full Associate membership benefits without paying any membership Fee on yearly basis.
please sign up by filling the short application under “contact Us” posted at the bottom of our websit or email your information to “ info@sipna.net”.
we would send you a “membership Certificate”.

looking forward for an stronger and more unified voice in Mental Health Advocacy amoung our new generations.
Together, we can make a big difference,

Sipna Executive Committee.