Dr. David Conn
Vice-President, Education ; Director, Centre for Education and Knowledge Exchange · Baycrest
An expert and author specializing in training psychiatric and behavioral problems encountered by medical and non-medical staff.
Geriatric Psychiatry Aging and Depression Geriatrics
Dr. Robert Madan
Chief of Psychiatry ; Executive Medical Director for the Centre for Mental Health · Baycrest
An expert in non-pharmacological approaches for the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in the elderly.
Geriatric Care Geriatric Psychiatry Direct Observation in Health Care Education Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Cbt)
Dr Laura Booi
Senior Research Fellow · Leeds Beckett
Laura Booi is a social gerontologist focused on research and advocacy relating to brain health equity and dementia, globally and locally.
Brain Health Equity Dementia Social Gerontology
Ram Sharma, M.D.
Psychiatrist · ChristianaCare
Dr. Ram Sharma is a psychiatrist with the Behavioral Health Unit at ChristianaCare’s Wilmington Hospital.
Psychiatric Clinical Research Psychopharmacology Psychosis Treatment Resistant Depression Bipolar Disorder
David Steffens, M.D., M.H.S.
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry · University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Dr. Steffens' research focuses on late-life mood and cognitive disorders.
Dementia Late-Life Depression
Vaughn McCall, MD
Case Distinguished University Chairman for the Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior, Executive Vice Dean for the Medical College of Georgia · Augusta University
Vaughn McCall focuses on depression, electroconvulsive therapy, quality of life, insomnia, and suicide.
Suicide Quality of Life Depression Electroconvulsive Therapy Insomnia
Dr. William E. Reichman
President and CEO · Baycrest
Overseeing one of the leading academic healthcare organizations specializing in complex specialized geriatric care and brain research.
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