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Professional Achievements

 

Category                                      Role / Achievement                                                               Years
Clinical Leadership          Chief, Birmingham VA Mental Health Services.                  2005–2018
Clinical Leadership          Director of Telehealth Services, Birmingham VA.               2018–2024
Clinical Leadership          Chief Resident, UAB Department of Psychiatry.                 2001–2002
Academic                           Clinical Professor, UAB School of Medicine.                         2017–2024
Academic                           Director, VA Psychiatry Residency Program                        2005–2018
Academic                           Member, UAB Medical School Admissions Committee.   2010–2018
Honors                                Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association  2021
Community Service.        Founding Member & Medical Director,                                 2012–Present

                                               Red Crescent Clinic of Alabama
Community Service.         President & Secretary,                                                               2002

                                               Muslim Community of Birmingham
APPNA Leadership.          Founder, APPNA Alabama Chapter                                      2007
APPNA Leadership          Chair, APPNA International Meetings                                   2025
APPNA Leadership          Chair, APPNA Strategy Meeting                                             2022
APPNA Leadership.         Chair, APPNA CME Program, Summer Convention          2021
APPNA Leadership          Chair, APPNA National Health Care Day                              2015, 2018, 2025
VA Governance                 Chair/Member, VHA Disciplinary Appeals Board               2014–2024
VA Governance                 VISN 7 Mental Health Directors Committee                       2005–2018

Dr. Ehtsham Haq is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Clinical Professor at the UAB School of Medicine, with a career spanning over two decades of executive clinical leadership, academic medicine, and community service. As Chief of Mental Health Services and Director of Telehealth at the Birmingham VA Healthcare System, he led one of the region's most complex psychiatric programs while simultaneously shaping the next generation of physicians through the VA-site Psychiatry Residency Program he founded and directed. A founding member of the Red Crescent Clinic of Alabama — a free clinic serving underserved communities — and the founder of the APPNA Alabama Chapter, Dr. Haq has consistently translated leadership into tangible impact at the local, regional, and national levels. His APPNA service spans over 20 years of volunteer roles including chairing international meetings, CME programming, strategy sessions, and healthcare advocacy initiatives, reflecting a sustained commitment to the Pakistani American physician community.

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