Management Structure
SASOP is managed by a board of directors who is supported by an executive advisory committee and national council.
Board of Directors
President: Prof Bonga Chiliza
President-elect: Dr Sebolelo Seape
Honorary Secretary: Dr Anusha Lachman
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Indhrin Chetty
Private Sector Group: Dr Kobus Roux
Public Sector Group: Dr Kagisho Maaronganye
Advisory Commitee
The advisory committee consists of members and each manage a division of the board:
African Psychiatry - Dr Mvuyiso Talatala
Communication & Liason - Dr Anusha Lachman
Early Career & Registrars - Dr Ian Westmore
Education & Training - Prof Soraya Seedat, Prof Bonga Chiliza
Ethics, Peer Review & Disability - Dr Sebo Seape, Dr Indhrin Chetty
Mentorship - Dr Ian Westmore
Publications Division:
- Convenor: Prof Bonga Chiliza
- SA Journal of Psychiatry: Prof Jonathan Burns
- SASOP Website: Dr Neil Yorke
Scientific Meetings & CPD Division:
- Convenor: Dr Mvuyiso Talatala
- Committee (Convenors of meetings):
- Biological Psychiatry: Soraya Seedat
- Biennial National Congress (2018) Convenor: Dr Frans Brink (Free State Subgroup Chair)
- Dr Reddys Weekend: Dr Kagisho Maaroganye, National PubSec Convener
- PsychMg Weekend: Dr Sebolelo Seape (PsychMG Chair)
Social Contract & Creative Arts - Prof Bernard Janse van Rensburg
Special Interest Groups - Dr Anusha Lachman, Dr Indhrin Chetty
Subgroups - Prof Bonginkosi Chiliza
National Council
The national council consists of the regional subgroups chairs and special interest groups convenors.
The regional subgroups each have an executive subgroup management committee, which reflects national SASOP structures:
Subgroup Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Public and Private Sector Groups’ representatives.
The current Subgroups include:
Eastern Cape Subgroup:
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Chair: Dr Stoffel Grobelaar
Free State Subgroup:
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Chair: Dr Francois Potgieter
KwaZulu-Natal Subgroup:
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Chair: Dr Vasavan Agambaram
Limpopo Subgroup: Dr Matshele M Kewana
Northern Gauteng Subgroup: Dr Eugene Allers
Southern Gauteng Subgroup: Dr Pevashnee Naicker
Western Cape Subgroup: Dr Laila Asmal
Special Interest Groups
South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have been constituted in terms of sub speciality areas dimensional clusters:
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Biological Cluster (Biological SIG; HIV and Neuropsychiatry SIG; Cellular & Molecular SIG; Pain SIG; Adult ADHD SIG; Substance Use and Addiction SIG)
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Sub-Speciality Cluster (Child & Adolescent SIG, Forensic Psychiatry SIG, Old Age Psychiatry SIG)
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Psycho-Social Spiritual/Culture Cluster (Philosophy of Psychiatry SIG; Psychotherapy SIG; Social Psychiatry SIG; Spirituality and Psychiatry SIG)
Special Interest Groups Division:
Convenor: Dr Anusha Lachman, Dr Indhrin Chetty
Biological Cluster & Sub committees
Chair: Prof Soraya Seedat
(1) Biological SIG
(2) Cellular & Molecular SIG: Dr Kobus Roux
(3) Adult ADHD: Dr Renata Schoeman
(4) Substance Use and Addiction SIG: Dr Lize Weich
Subspeciality cluster & Sub committees
(1) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry SIG: Dr Fiona Schulte
(2) Forensic Psychiatry SIG: Dr Eddie Pak
(3) Old Age Psychiatry SIG: Dr Felix Potocnik
(4) Women's Mental Health SIG: Dr Bavi Vythillingum
Psycho-Social-Cultural Cluster & Sub committees
Chair: Prof Bernard Janse van Rensburg
(1) Philosophy of Psychiatry SIG: Prof Werdie van Staden
(2) Spirituality and Psychiatry SIG: Dr Judy Ludwick