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EDUCATION

Degrees & Certificates

2006 – 2013
PhD with the Institute of Medical Sciences/
Royal College Clinical Investigator Program
Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 

1999 – 2003
Doctor of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

1996 – 1998
Master of Science
Completed Collaborative Program in Neuroscience
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

1992 – 1996
Honours Bachelor of Science with Distinction
Double Major: Physiology and Psychology
Faculty of Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario


CERTIFICATIONS

Courses & Training

2016   
Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM)
Addiction Medicine Training Course (The principles of managing opioid, cannabis, alcohol & benzodiazepine misuse disorders) 

2016 
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) / Buprenorphine Training
Online and In Person Training – Wiplove Lamba
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

2003 – 2008 
FRCPC Subspecialty in Anesthesia
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

RESEARCH

Postgraduate, Research and Specialty Training

2015 – Present
Director Research Unit, Toronto General Hospital
2013 – 2015 
CIHR Genetic Epidemiology Fellowship 
CIHR Stage Training Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 
2012 – 2013
Chronic Interventional Pain Fellowship – Toronto Western & General Hospitals, Toronto, Ontario