Honorary President (In Memoriam)

John G. Gunderson, M.D. (1942-2019)

President and Founder

Mark L. Ruffalo, M.S.W., D.Psa., University of Central Florida; Tufts University; private practice, Tampa, FL

Dr. Ruffalo is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. He trained in psychiatric social work at the University of Pittsburgh when the chairman of psychiatry was serving as Chair of the DSM-5 Task Force. He has received advanced training through the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, and the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital (General Psychiatric Management). His main clinical interests include the psychotherapy of schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder.

Executive Board

Douglas Beech, M.D., Ohio State University; private practice, Worthington, OH

Avi J. Gordon, Psy.D., private practice, Hollywood and Boca Raton, FL

Frederic Perlman, M.S.W., Ph.D., New York University; private practice, New York, NY

Richard Seeber, M.D., Harvard University; private practice, Boston, MA

Daniel J. Winarick, Ph.D., Queens College, City University of New York; private practice, New York, NY