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January 9th, 2009

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  1. Memo from Dr. Donald Wasylenki, Chair - Dept. of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto:
    Order of Canada
     
  2. Memo from Dr. Donald Wasylenki, Chair - Dept. of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto:
    Professorial Lectures
     
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    Photos from the Chair's Holiday Reception
     

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  4. The Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide Studies, Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital:
    Suicide Studies Rounds: "Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Self Inflicted Injuries in Toronto"
    Guest Speaker: Olga Yermakhanova, MSA, MA, BSc
    (Event: January 12, 2009)
     
  5. Hospital for Sick Children:
    Psychiatry Rounds: "The Mental Health Commission of Canada: Child and Youth Mental Health is Everybody’s business"
    Presented by David S. Goldbloom, MD, FRCPC; Senior Medical Advisor, Education & Public Affairs, CAMH; Professor of Psychiatry, Univ. of Toronto; Vice-Chair, Mental Health Commission of Canada
    Simon Davidson, M.B., B.Ch, FRCPC; Chair, Child and Youth Advisory Committee, Mental Health Commission of Canada
    (Event: January 15, 2009)
     
  6. Women's College Hospital:
    Grand Rounds: "Wounded Healers: The prevalence of childhood adversity among healthcare workers and its impact on resilience"
    Presented by Robert Maunder, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T, Staff Psychiatrist, Consultation-Liaison, Mt. Sinai Hospital
    (Event: January 16, 2009)
     
  7. Women's College Hospital:
    Grand Rounds: "Thyroid dysfunction in women"
    Presented by Sandra Kim, MD, Lecturer, Department of Medicine, U of T; Staff Endocrinologist, Department of Medicine, Women’s College Hospital
    (Event: February 6, 2009)
     
  8. Women's College Hospital:
    Grand Rounds: "Sexuality research at WCH"
    Presented by Lori Ross, PhD, Co-Academic Leader, Reproductive Life Stages Program and Sexuality Working Group
    (Event: February 20, 2009)
     
  9. Women's College Hospital:
    Grand Rounds: "Morbidity and Mortality Rounds in Psychiatry"
    Presented by Cliff Posel, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T; Head, Division of General Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
    (Event: March 6, 2009)
     

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    M E M O:

    To:

    All Faculty Members, Residents and Fellows, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
     

    From:

    Donald Wasylenki, Professor and Chair
     

    Re:

    Order of Canada
     

     
    I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Garfinkel, Professor of Psychiatry and CAMH President and CEO, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. This is Canada's highest civilian honour, distinguishing people who have enriched the lives of others and made a difference to Canada. Dr.Garfinkel's appointment as Officer of the Order recognizes "a lifetime of outstanding achievement and merit of a high degree", especially dedication to the community and service to the nation and humanity at large. I am sure everyone will join me in congratulating Paul on this very significant honour.

    Donald Wasylenki, MD, FRCPC
    Professor and Chair
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Toronto
     

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    Sent on behalf of Susan Pigott, VP, Communications and Community Engagement:

    CAMH President and CEO appointed Officer of the Order of Canada

    For Immediate Release

    Paul Garfinkel(Toronto)   Governor-General Michaëlle Jean announced today that Dr. Paul Garfinkel, President and CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

    The Order of Canada is the Canada’s highest civilian honour system, distinguishing people in all sectors of our society who have enriched the lives of others and made a difference to Canada. Dr. Garfinkel’s appointment as Officer of the Order recognizes “a lifetime of outstanding achievement and merit of a high degree”, especially dedication to the community and service to the nation and humanity at large.

    “This unique distinction is an extraordinary honour. I am experiencing many strong emotions right now— feeling both extremely proud, and quite humbled to be in such august company as my fellow inductees,” Dr. Garfinkel said today. “I want to express my gratitude to the her Excellency the Governor General and the Advisory Council for paying me this tribute, an honour which I share with my family, academic colleagues, and with the clients, staff and Board of CAMH.”

    Paul Garfinkel is a nationally and internationally renowned psychiatrist, researcher, academic leader, hospital administrator, humanitarian and advocate, who has given back to the community for more than 30 years. He was President and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto from 1990-2000 (where he still teaches today). As a researcher, most of his more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers related to eating disorders; his work in the 1970’s and 80’s made Toronto one of the world leaders in this field.

    “I was proud to nominate Paul for the Order based on the undeniable contribution that he has made to the practice of psychiatry as a researcher, teacher and practicing clinician. But it is the role he has played as a leader-- advancing the cause of those with mental illness and addictions-- that truly sets him apart,” said the Honourable Michael Wilson, Ambassador of Canada to the United States of America.

    As the founding President and CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in 1998, Dr. Garfinkel oversaw, led, and inspired the creation of Canada’s largest academic health sciences centre devoted to mental illness and addictions—one of the leading such institutions in the world. As CAMH’s ongoing leader, he has broadened the traditional role of the hospital into a centre that influences public policy, challenges social attitudes and stigma, takes a broad view of the determinants of health, and conducts research that transforms the lives of affected individuals. Dr. Garfinkel’s vision of physically transforming CAMH from an antiquated, institutionalized campus into an inclusive “urban village” integrating this new kind of hospital with the community has just completed its first award-winning phase.

     “Paul Garfinkel has already changed the way people with mental illness and addictions are viewed, and helped break down the stigma that prevents so many from seeking the care they so desperately need,” said former Senator Michael Kirby, Chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. “The impact that his visionary work will have in the future is even more exciting, once the new model of care and integrated system is finally realized. Canadians owe a great debt to this very humane gentleman who is truly a national asset.”

    CAMH Board Chair Paul Beeston, a supporter of the nomination, congratulated Dr. Garfinkel on behalf of the Board and everyone at CAMH: “Paul Garfinkel is more than an innovative administrator and passionate advocate for people with mental illness and addictions-- he is a force for a civil society. I can’t imagine a more fitting recipient of this prestigious honour.”

    The ceremony where Dr. Garfinkel and the other new inductees into the Order of Canada will accept their insignias will be held at a later date.

    For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Michael Torres, Media Relations, CAMH at 416 595-6015.

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    The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.

    CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.

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    M E M O:

    To:

    All Faculty Members, Residents and Fellows, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
     

    From:

    Donald Wasylenki, Professor and Chair
     

    Re:

    Professorial Lectures
     

     
    I am writing to announce a change in venue for this year's professorial lectures. It has been a tradition in our Department to recognize promotion to full professor at an event featuring a professorial lecture and reception. This year the lecture and reception for each new full professor, 6 in all, will be held at that individual's home hospital rather than all being held at CAMH. It was the feeling of members of the Senior Advisory Committee that this would enable better attendance and lend a more collegial aspect to these key events. Faculty from all sites are, of course, invited and encouraged to attend. The first professorial lecture for this year will be presented by Professor Molyn Leszcz at Mount Sinai Hospital on February 2, 2009. Further details will be circulated very soon. I would like to encourage everyone to attend these important and significant events to honour our distinguished new professors! These lectures should be of particular interest to residents and fellows as they often encapsulate successful and instructive career trajectories.

    Donald Wasylenki, MD, FRCPC
    Professor and Chair
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Toronto
     

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, January 16, 2009
    Topic: “Wounded Healers: The prevalence of childhood adversity among healthcare workers and its impact on resilience”
    Speaker:     Robert Maunder, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T, Staff Psychiatrist, Consultation-Liaison, Mt. Sinai Hospital

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, February 6, 2009
    Topic: “Thyroid dysfunction in women”
    Speaker:     Sandra Kim, MD, Lecturer, Department of Medicine, U of T; Staff Endocrinologist, Department of Medicine, Women’s College Hospital

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, February 20, 2009
    Topic: “Sexuality research at WCH”
    Speaker:     Lori Ross, PhD, Co-Academic Leader, Reproductive Life Stages Program and Sexuality Working Group

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
    Topic: “Morbidity and Mortality Rounds in Psychiatry”
    Speaker:     Cliff Posel, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T; Head, Division of General Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    Education Development Fund
    Applications are Open

    Hello,

    The Education Development Fund Committee supported by the Council of Education Deans, is now accepting applications for the 2009 round of the EDF. The application process is online at the following website: http://admin.med.utoronto.ca/edf/

    The deadline for applications is January 23, 2009.

    The Education Development Fund supports curriculum development across the Faculty of Medicine; often it is used to support a pilot project or a new innovation in learning. Faculty educators and teachers in basic, clinical, rehabilitation and community health sciences are eligible to apply. There is an expectation of matched funding; usually this is supported by the faculty members' department, however in the past, matched funding has also been secured by hospital funds or other granting agencies. Further information and funding parameters are available on the Council of Education Dean's website here: http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/about/governance/council/edf.htm

    The Centre for Faculty Development is offering a workshop entitled "Dissemination of an Educational Innovation" which will be held on Monday, January 12, 2009 from 1-4pm at the CFD offices, 2 Queen Street East, Suite 910. This workshop, led by Dr. Glen Bandiera is designed to help prepare faculty members to submit strong, scholarly Education Development Fund proposals. For more information and/or registration, please go to the CFD Website at: http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/programs/register2009.html

    The Vice-Deans, Education would greatly appreciate your help in disseminating this information with your colleagues and in encouraging and supporting their applications to the fund.

    Please do not hesitate to contact me directly if you have any questions.

    Thank you,

    Morag Paton
    Administrative Coordinator, Council of Education Deans
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
    Medical Sciences Building, Room 2344
    Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8
    Tel: 416.946.8067
     

    http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/about/governance/council/edf.htm
     

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    TAPSCOTT CHAIR IN SCHIZOPHRENIA STUDIES
    AND HEAD, SCHIZOPHRENIA PROGRAM

    The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto is conducting a search for the joint position of Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia Studies and Head of the Schizophrenia Program. The position is situated at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

    The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto has one of the largest concentrations of faculty and students in the mental health field in the world. Academic activities are organized into 14 priority programs including schizophrenia (http://www.utpsychiatry.ca). The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is Canada's leading addictions and mental health facility, fully affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and designated as a centre of excellence by the World Health Organization (http://www.camh.net). It enjoys a high profile international reputation and plays a key role in influencing health policy at all levels of government.

    The successful candidate will be a productive clinician-scientist. He/she will be responsible for developing a strong interdisciplinary university program in schizophrenia research (basic, clinical and population) and education with a centre of excellence at CAMH. Overall success will be measured by the evolution of a stimulating academic program, characterized by recruitment and retention of productive faculty members, external funding and peer-reviewed publications and the active participation of students and fellows. The successful candidate will be a senior clinician-scientist with a strong record of independent scholarship in the schizophrenia field and with evidence of success in providing leadership and educating and mentoring students and junior faculty members. He/she will be eligible for an academic appointment at the Professor or Associate Professor level.

    Please reply with a letter of interest and current curriculum vitae to: Dr. Donald A. Wasylenki, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, CAMH-College Site, 250 College Street, Suite 835, Toronto, ON CANADA M5T 1R8.

    The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2009.

    The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community. The University especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, January 16, 2009
    Topic: “Wounded Healers: The prevalence of childhood adversity among healthcare workers and its impact on resilience”
    Speaker:     Robert Maunder, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T, Staff Psychiatrist, Consultation-Liaison, Mt. Sinai Hospital

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    • February 2009

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, February 6, 2009
    Topic: “Thyroid dysfunction in women”
    Speaker:     Sandra Kim, MD, Lecturer, Department of Medicine, U of T; Staff Endocrinologist, Department of Medicine, Women’s College Hospital

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, February 20, 2009
    Topic: “Sexuality research at WCH”
    Speaker:     Lori Ross, PhD, Co-Academic Leader, Reproductive Life Stages Program and Sexuality Working Group

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    • March 2009

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
    Topic: “Morbidity and Mortality Rounds in Psychiatry”
    Speaker:     Cliff Posel, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T; Head, Division of General Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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