Dr. William E. Reichman

President and CEO Baycrest

  • Toronto ON

Overseeing one of the leading academic healthcare organizations specializing in complex specialized geriatric care and brain research.

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Dr. William E. Reichman, an internationally-known expert in geriatric mental health and dementia, is president and chief executive officer of Baycrest, one of the world’s premier academic health sciences centres focused on aging and brain function. Dr. Reichman is also professor of psychiatry on the Faculty of
Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Reichman received a B.S. from Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut) in 1979 and an M.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine in 1984. He pursued residency training in general adult psychiatry at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Neuropsychiatric Institute and completed fellowship training in neurobehavior at the UCLA Reed Neurological Research Institute.

Dr. Reichman is a former president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and the Geriatric Mental Health Foundation and has been a consultant to the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice on the quality of dementia and mental health-care delivery within nursing homes. He served as the Senior Health columnist for the Star Ledger, New Jersey’s highest circulation newspaper and has been often interviewed and quoted by all of the major media outlets in the United States and Canada.

Dr. Reichman serves on the boards of the Association of Jewish Aging Services of North America and the International Psychogeriatric Association. He has also been a board member of numerous other organizations including the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada and the New Jersey Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Presently, Dr. Reichman chairs the Seniors Quality Leap Initiative, a collaborative of prominent eldercare organizations and their affiliated universities in the United States and Canada working together to advance the effectiveness of long-term care across the globe.

Among honors received, Dr. Reichman is named among the Best Doctors in America and Canada and previously has been recognized by the New Jersey Society on Aging as Gerontologist of the Year. He is a recipient of a Bronze Telly award for an educational documentary film that he co-created and hosted entitled, Reflections of Memory Lost: Understanding Alzheimer’s disease.

Industry Expertise

Elder Care
Corporate Leadership
Health Care - Providers
Health Care - Services
Health Care - Facilities
Health and Wellness

Areas of Expertise

Nutrition and the Aging Brain
Mental Health and Aging
Strategies for Remembering
The Interactive Impact of Fitness and Brain Health
Maintaining Autonomy: the Brain Fitness Movement
Innovations in Long-Term Care
Geriatrics

Accomplishments

President and Chief Executive Officer – Baycrest

2007-07-12

Headquartered in Ontario and fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest is the global leader in developing and providing innovations in aging and brain health. Baycrest is unique in the world, combining a comprehensive system of care for aging patients, one of the world's top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, dedicated centres focused on mitigating the impact of age-related illness and impairment, and unmatched global knowledge exchange and commercialization capacity.

Author – Psychiatry in Long-Term Care

As the baby boom generation ages, the number of people requiring long-term care will grow dramatically in developed nations. A majority of them will become increasingly frail and suffer from dementia and associated neuropsychiatric symptoms. Against this backdrop, Psychiatry in Long-Term Care comprehensively reviews the present state of knowledge on how to identify the major psychiatric disorders affecting residents of long-term care facilities and how to intervene.

Council Member – Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario

The Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) is the non-profit association of Ontario’s academic hospitals and their research institutes. CAHO provides a focal point for strategic initiatives on behalf of these academic hospitals. The CAHO community is committed to providing world-class patient care to Ontarians by harnessing our collective research strengths. Together, our members are effectively shaping health research policy in Ontario.

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Education

Trinity College

Bachelor of Science

1979

State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine

M.D.

1984

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Event Appearances

KEYNOTE INTRODUCTORY AND CLOSING COMMENTS

Sex, Aging & Memory: Canada’s First Women’s Brain Health Conference  Toronto, Ontario

2011-10-18

Cognitive Health Across the Lifespan

Baycrest Speaker Series  Toronto, Ontario

2010-03-19

KEYNOTE INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS

Innovation and the Human Brain  IBM Canada Software Lab, Markham, ON

2011-05-16

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Sample Talks

Cognitive Health Across the Lifespan

As we age, decline is often noted in several cognitive functions including our memory. In many older individuals, dementia due to disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease or stroke, compromise our well-being. This talk will review emerging evidence on how to keep our brains healthy throughout the lifespan, activities which are commonly referred to as "Brain Fitness."

History and Experience: The Direction of Alzheimer's Disease

As the global population is projected to age substantially in coming decades, the number of individuals who will develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is expected to rise dramatically. Not surprisingly, there is growing attention to successfully identify interventions to halt or delay the clinical onset of AD. This workshop reviews research advances supporting the potential for memory and other intellectual functions to be strengthened and maintained through cognitive training and lifestyle choices.

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  • Workshop Leader
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