May 21, 2012

The Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry Award for Outstanding Contributions to Geriatric Psychiatry

First awarded in 2003.

2011
Dr. Martin G. Cole is an exceptional researcher and is recognized as a world expert on the topic of predilection, delirium. He has supervised and continues to supervise numerous students, residents, fellows and even masters and PhD candidates. He has given courses all over the world and despite his devotion to research and teaching, continues to be fully clinically active mostly in the consultation-liaison and outpatient geriatric services.

2010
Dr. Nathan Herrmann is a leading opinion leader on the psychopharmacology of dementia in Canada. He has published over 165 peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals related primarily to the pharmacology of dementia in addition to other areas of geriatric psychiatry, and has mentored many leading geriatric psychiatrists in Canada.

2009
Dr. Martha Donnelly has advanced and advocated for the inter-professional care of elders. As Chair of the Care for Elders Project she forwarded interdisciplinary learning opportunities. As a member of the Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health she led the development of its suicide practice guidelines. As Head of both the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and the Division of Community Geriatrics for Family Practice at the University of British Columbia she has led the shared care movement in geriatric psychiatry. Her simultaneous involvement in family practice and geriatric psychiatry has allowed her to influence the training of both family doctors and geriatric psychiatrists, carrying her influence far beyond the traditional mental health walls.

2008
Dr. Ken Shulman was one of the first psychiatrists in Canada to develop a comprehensive academic Geriatric Psychiatry service. Under his leadership, the University of Toronto’s geriatric psychiatry division became the leading training ground for Canada’s geriatric psychiatrists. His 1978 publication on the Decline in Admission of Older Patients to Psychiatric Units lead to a change in attitude about the health services provided to patients with dementia. He is a world leader in research into mania and old age.

2007
Dr. Lillian Thorpe is a founding member of the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry and a driving force behind the Academy's newsletters and scientific meetings. In 1999 she chaired the organizing committee of the International Psychogeriatric Assocciation International Congress. She was actively involved in national and international task forces on issues related to the elderly, co-authoring guidelines on biobehavioural issues which were published in Geneva in 2000.

2006
Dr. Joel Sadavoy was recognized for his many years of commitment to geriatric psychiatry. He is the founding President of the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry and the founding psychiatrist-in-chief of the Baycrest Centre and at the time of his award was President of the International Psychogeriatric Association.

2005
Dr. David Conn, an expert, scholar and collaborator, developed the Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health, contributed to the field of nursing home psychiatry and coauthored three textbooks, including Practical Psychiatry in the Long-Term Care Facility: A Handbook for Staff, which is widely used internationally.

2004
Dr. Kenneth LeClair was recognized for many years of commitment and innovative leadership in geriatric psychiatry in Canada through his dedication to advocacy, public policy development, education and professional development.

2003
Dr. Marie-France Tourigny-Rivard was recognized for her national leadership and outstanding contributions in education and service development in the field of geriatric psychiatry.

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