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 Lavinia Lumu
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)
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 Ntswaki Setlaba
KwaZulu-Natal Subgroup:
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Chair: Prof Bonga Chiliza
Limpopo Subgroup: Dr Rose Leputu
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 Indhrin Chetty
(3) Old Age Psychiatry SIG: Prof Dana Niehaus
(4) Women's Mental Health SIG: Dr Bavi Vythillingum