Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (periPAN)
The Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN)
What is PeriPan?
The Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network, PeriPAN, can enhance your capacity to provide the perinatal mental health standard of care for your patients’ needs. There is no cost to you or your patients for this evidence-based, clinician-to-clinician program. Texas PeriPAN offers real-time access to a multidisciplinary network of mental health experts, including reproductive psychiatrists, for peer-to-peer consultations by phone, confirmed and personalized referrals and resources, and behavioral health CMEs.
| Note: CPAN/PeriPAN is not a crisis line. If your patient is in crisis, call 988 instead. |
PeriPAN video : https://youtu.be/ifCbNZtddN0?si=eREW7T_nQLJYeq8i
Why Choose PeriPAN?
Maternal mental health conditions are the most common complications of pregnancy and childbirth. They affect 1 in 5 perinatal women and are the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States. Women who get treatment can and do recover.
- Every Texas county has a persistent shortage of mental health care professionals.
- It is best practice to screen women for mental health conditions during the prenatal and postpartum periods.
- PeriPAN is state-funded, so there is no cost to clinicians or families.
- Your time consulting with PeriPAN may be billable to insurance.
How Does PeriPAN Work?
It’s simple to enroll, easy to use, and completely free. Call 1.888.901.CPAN (1.888.901.2726). Select prompt 3, then 4 to enroll within 5 minutes and get help with a patient quickly. No call is too small.
- Reach a mental health expert within 5 minutes. Call or text to start your consultation as you move between patients in your busy day, or during your admin time.
- We’ll send confirmed, local, and individualized referrals within 1 business day.
- Our team is here Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and we follow up on after-hours messages the next business day.
- Call as often as you need.
Who We Serve:
The Texas A&M Vashisht College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences CPAN and PeriPAN hub serves children, adolescents, and pregnant and postpartum women who live in the 20 counties we serve.
| Bell | Falls | Johnson | Milam |
| Bosque | Freestone | Leon | Navarro |
| Brazos | Grimes | Limestone | Robertson |
| Burleson | Hill | Madison | Somervell |
| Falls | Hood | McLennan | Washington |
Outside of this region? Take a look at the statewide map for how to get in contact with your nearest hub.
Meet the Team
Leadership
Annette Clark, LCSW-S; Director of CPAN/PeriPAN Dr. Andrew Harper; Psychiatrist (CAP) / Medical Director Dr. Taha Ansari; Psychiatrist (CAP) Dr. Laurie Seremetis; Psychiatrist (CAP) Dr. Michaela Marziale; Psychiatrist (CAP) Dr. Joachim Sullivan; Psychiatrist (CAP) |
Clinical Staff
Alysa Eckert, LCSW Leslie Casarez, LCSW-S |
Outreach Staff
Jolie Gutierrez |
Questions/Answers
Note that CPAN/PeriPAN is not a crisis line. If your patient is in crisis, call 988 instead!
Let our team of Psychiatrists and Behavioral Health Specialists help you with medication management, mental health assessments and symptoms, diagnostic clarification, and personalized resources and referral navigation.
The service is funded through the Texas state legislature. All CPAN and PeriPAN services are offered at no cost to the patient or provider. Our team may inquire about patient insurance to better align referrals with your patients’ needs.
Yes. Calling CPAN may be a justification to document increased time or complexity-based coding. Calling PeriPAN may be a justification for documenting increased time or complexity-based coding if it occurs outside the global billing window.
We will require the patient's name, date of birth, race, ethnicity, and insurance information if available. We also require the patient's zip code to find resources nearby. Primary care provider’s contact number and email or fax number are also needed for sending referrals or resources.
A team of 12 academic health-related institutions across Texas work together to provide peer-to-peer telehealth consultations to clinicians. Dedicated child and reproductive mental health professionals are ready to support you, so you can better support the mental health needs of your patients
Our staff are available on the phones Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., except for institutional holidays (e.g., New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, etc.). There is also a secure voicemail system where you can always leave a message outside of these times and receive a call back during regular business hours the next business day. You can text your regional CPAN/PeriPAN team anytime and we will reply during normal business hours.
Additional Opportunities
CPAN Direct
CPAN now offers free, one-time consultations with a CPAN Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist with the goal of obtaining a better understanding of your patient’s mental health needs and supporting you as you continue to provide psychiatric care.
CME Opportunities
CPAN offers free educational opportunities to pediatric clinicians in Texas through timely virtual CME events and a Project ECHO series. These are designed to expand your knowledge on important child mental health topics and connect you with other clinicians in your region as you learn.
Link to CME page button
Register Now button – takes them to a get in touch page for how to register.
Free CME Opportunities
Webinars
PeriPAN Webinar Series
Join our free lunchtime CME series with PeriPAN psychiatrists.
Participants can expect engaging discussions on evidence-based practice and care, while also receiving CME credits.
Link to series registration: Fall 2025 CPAN Webinar Registration
CPAN/PeriPAN Ethics CME
Learn about how to develop an action plan for utilizing CPAN and PeriPAN to feel more confident with basic mental health care for your patients.
You can request Ethics continuing medication education (CME) sessions for your team, hosted in person or virtually!
Just contact us to schedule a 30-minute (0.5 CME) or 1-hour (1 CME) session at a time that’s convenient for you.
Email: CPAN@tamu.edu OR PeriPAN@tamu.edu
Project Echo
Project ECHO is an interactive virtual workshop designed specifically for direct care providers. Sessions will include a brief presentation by a psychiatrist, followed by a case discussion. Project ECHO aims to educate primary care physicians on how to recognize and diagnose mental health conditions in children/adolescents. ECHO educational series offers FREE, virtual CME credits and is running from February-April 2025.
Project ECHO is designed to be participation-based, rather than lecture-based. Participants can submit a real patient case to present at some point during the series.
Register for Project ECHO button: Maternal Health ECHO by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | iECHO
Get in Touch
Contact information
- Form for provider to fill out to be contacted for more info would send to CPAN@tamu.edu or PeriPAN@tamu.edu
Call us at 1.888.901.CPAN (1.888.901.2726). Select prompt 3 then 4 to register today!