Curriculum Vitae – January 2020

Allan D. Peterkin M.D.

Program Head, Health, Arts and Humanities, University of Toronto

Humanities Lead in UME, University of Toronto

Humanities Lead Post-MD Education

Humanities Lead PHES Division, Department of Psychiatry

Professor, Psychiatry and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Senior Fellow, Massey College

Biographical Information

Primary Office         Mount Sinai Hospital
                              600 University Avenue, Room 965
                              Toronto, ON M5G 1X5

Telephone 416-586-4800 Ext. 3204

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Email allan.peterkin@sinaihealthsystem.ca and allan.peterkin@utoronto.ca

EDUCATION

Degrees

1981 – 1985 M.D., Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1985 B.Sc. Med., Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

1976 – 1979 B.A., English and French Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Postgraduate, Research and Specialty Training

1990 – 1992 Diploma in Psychiatry, Research Degree, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1985 – 1990 Joint Residencies, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Qualifications, Certifications and Licenses

1990 F.R.C.P., Specialist Certification in Psychiatry, Royal College of Physicians Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. License Number: 013144

1989 C.C.F.P., Certification in Family Medicine, College of Family Physicians Canada, Mississauga,

Ontario, Canada. License Number 61725/Specialty Number: 013144

EMPLOYMENT

Current Appointments

2017 Humanities Faculty Lead for Post-MD Studies ( Residency/Faculty Development/CPD)

2013 – ongoing Humanities Faculty Lead for Undergraduate Medical Education

2014 – ongoing Humanities Lead, PHES Division, Dept. of Psychiatry

1996 – present Clinical Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, cross-appointed to CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2014 – present Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry cross-appointment to Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2010 – 2014 Affiliate/Visiting Faculty and Telephone Faculty Supervisor, Hofstra University Medical School, Hempstead, New York, U.S.A.

2010 – 2012 Visiting Faculty, Narrative Medicine Program, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

2009 – present Program Head, Health, Arts and Humanities Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2012 – present Cross-Appointed to the Music and Health Research Collaborative. Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2013 – present Named (first) Humanities Lead for Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

Previous Appointments

CLINICAL

1990-95 Psychiatry in Chief, University of Ottawa Health Services, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

UNIVERSITY

2005 – 2014 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry cross-appointment to Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1996 – 2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1994 – 1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

UNIVERSITY – CROSS APPOINTMENT

1996 – 2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

UNIVERSITY – RANK HISTORY

2014 Promotion to FULL PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY and FAMILY MEDICINE

2005 Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine.
(Promoted on grounds of teaching and creative professional development.)

1996 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine.

HONOURS AND CAREER AWARDS

Distinctions and Research Awards

INTERNATIONAL

2015 – ongoing Member, The Group For The Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) – a prominent invitation-only US-based mental health think-tank.

2012 Mom’s Choice Award, Gold Recipient, (Mom’s Choice Awards USA, Chesapeake, Virginia, United States). For picture book The Flyaway Blanket

2006 Clinical Service Award, Co-recipient, Association for GLBT Psychiatrists (APA), Washington, D.C., For outstanding achievements in Community LGBT care (Health Clinic for HIV-Related Concerns).

NATIONAL

2012 Donald Wilson Award, Recipient. Royal College Associated Medical Services. Ottawa, Canada. To honour a medical educator or leader who demonstrates excellence in integrating the CanMEDS roles into a Royal College or other health related training program. This award highlights Dr. Peterkin’s significant accomplishment in contributing to the essential components of medical education, equipping physicians with the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to provide the diversity of services required to meet the needs of society today. This award is a testament to his leadership in the Health, Arts and Humanities program as well as his commitment to transforming the teaching of medicine to students and other health professionals through the development of reflective capacity.

2011 Designated Distinguished Fellow, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

2008 Honourable Mention, The Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose competition (for “Sweet Things”)

2008 Grant for Literary and Art Magazines, Co-recipient, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON, Canada. For Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts and Humanities.

2006 – 2011 Five-Year Grant, Co-recipient, Munk School of Global Affairs, Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. For Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts and Humanities.

2006 Grant for Literary and Art Magazine, Co-recipient, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON, Canada. for Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts and Humanities.

2006 Named Fellow, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

2006 Designated National Speaker, Canadian AIDS Society Speakers’ Bureau, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

2005 Named Fellow, College of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada.

LOCAL

2013 Henry Durost Award, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Toronto for Excellence In Creative Professional Activities.

2011 Fellowship (Reappointed, Five-year term), Sexual Diversity Studies, University College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2008 Named Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2006 Listed as Expert Speaker, in the University of Toronto Guide to HIV/AIDS Experts, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2009 Nominated for The Casey Award, The Casey House HIV/AIDS Hospice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
For “leadership and exemplary contributions in the area of HIV/AIDS and social justice.

Teaching Awards

LOCAL

2011 (June) Best Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.

Student/Trainee Awards

INTERNATIONAL

1979-80 Lycée Voltaire College Funded English Language Teaching Assistant Position, Selected by the University of Manitoba and the Government of France, Paris, France.

LOCAL-Undergraduate Awards

1983 Alexander Wrights on Hogg Memorial Bursary, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Specialty,

1979 Isbister Undergraduate Scholarship, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Highest standing in any year but the graduating year of Arts.

1979 Stella English Scholarship, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Excellence in third year English.

1979 Chancellor’s Prize, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Best Undergraduate Creative Writing.

1978 Aitkins II Scholarship, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Highest Standing in Second-year Honours English.

1977 William Briskie Award, University of Manitoba, St. Paul’s College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Achievement in Academic History.

Professional affiliations and activities

Professional Associations

[Presented in reverse chronological order]

2017- Co-founded the Canadian Association For Health Humanities ( www.cahh.ca)

2015 – ongoing Member/Medical Humanities Consultant, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry USA (GAP)

2007 – ongoing Member, Wilson Centre for Healthcare Educational Practice

2003 – ongoing Member, Rainbow Health Coalition

1985 – ongoing Member, Canadian Medical Association

1990 – ongoing Member, Canadian Psychiatric Association

1990 – ongoing Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

1989 – ongoing Member, College of Family Physicians of Canada

2004 – ongoing Member, American Society of Bioethics and Humanities

2010 – ongoing Member, Association of Medical Humanities (UK)

1997 – ongoing Member, The Writers’ Union of Canada

2000 – ongoing Member, The League of Canadian Poets

1996 – ongoing Member, Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)

2010 – ongoing Member, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators USA (SCBWI)

2011 – ongoing Member, Canadian Association of Medical Educators

1999 – ongoing Member, Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators

Administrative Activities

INTERNATIONAL

2016 The National Beard and Mustache Championships
Judge, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (related to cultural history studies of facial hair)

2013 The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Judge, Student Essay Contest, New York, NY, United States.

2012 – ongoing Association of Medical Humanities (UK)
Member, Advisory Board, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.

2011 – ongoing International Health Humanities Network
Member, Advisory Board, International Health Humanities Network, Nottingham, England, UK.

2010 – ongoing University of Colorado
Member, Advisory Board, Arts and Humanities in Health Care Program, Denver, CO, USA.

2006 – 2008 St. Thomas University
Co-organizer and Chief Fundraiser, Narrative Matters International Conference (May 2008, Toronto), Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative.

2005 – 2006 Outgames
Delegate, International Conference on GLBT Health.

1986 – 1987 American Psychiatric Association
Resident Representative, American Psychiatric Association, Quebec.

NATIONAL

2017 – Co-founded the Canadian Association For Health Humanities ( www.cahh.ca)

1999 – 2000 Canadian Psychological Association
Member, Canadian Advisory Committee on AIDS Impact, Ottawa.

1994 – 1998 Canadian Psychiatric Association
Chair, Working Group on HIV Disease.

REGIONAL & PROVINCIAL

2010 – ongoing Art Gallery of Ontario
Consultant, on medically-themed exhibits/lectures.

LOCAL

2013 – ongoing University of Toronto
Executive Member and Health Humanities Representative, PHES Division of Psychotherapy, Humanities and Educational Scholarship, Department of Psychiatry.

2011 – ongoing Mount Sinai Hospital
Member, Employee Emotional Wellness Program Committee.

2011 Mount Sinai Hospital
Member, Planning Committee, Art of Diversity Photography Project, Mount Sinai Hospital’s Healing Arts Space Initiative.

2010 – ongoing University of Toronto
Chair, Advisory Board, Health, Arts and Humanities Program, Faculty of Medicine.

2010 – 2011 Mount Sinai Hospital
Curator, Created work plan for Art Space Diversity Art Exhibit (held May, 2011).

2009 – ongoing University of Toronto
Member/Consultant, Portfolio Development Committee, Undergraduate Medicine.

2008 – 2014 University of Toronto
Member, Diversity and Equity Committee, Faculty of Medicine.

2007 – ongoing University of Toronto
Associate, Lecturer and Consultant, Sexual Diversities Studies Program.

2006 – ongoing University of Toronto
Member, PGME Resident Wellness Steering Committee.

2006 Ryerson University
Consultant. TB-AIDS Diary Photography Exhibit.

2004 – 2006 Sherbourne Health Centre
Chair, Quality of Care Committee, community-based inner-city health care centre in Toronto, ON.

2003 – 2006 Sherbourne Health Centre
Member, Board of Directors, community-based inner-city health care centre in Toronto, ON.

2004 Mount Sinai Hospital
Member, Planning Committee, Ninth Annual Day in Applied Psychoanalysis.

PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Journal Review-Peer Reviews for Academic Journal/Presses

2017 Canadian Family Physician (one article)

2017 Arts and Health (one article)

2017 Oxford University Press – Physicianship and the Rebirth of Medical Education by J. Donald Boudreau, Eric J. Cassell, and Abraham Fuks (Textbook-Pub Date 2018)

2004 – ongoing Co-founder / Editor Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, The Arts and Humanities (38 reviews).

2016 Peer reviewed books/textbooks for publication for University of Toronto Press, University of Chicago Press, Broadview Press and Arsenal Pulp Press (six books in total)

2011 HIV Rehabilitation Module. The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

2010 Training Modules. Canadian Family Physician Journal of Medical Humanities. College of Family Physicians.

2011 – 2015 Associate Editor, Medical Humanities. BMJ (14 reviews).

2009 – 2015 Poetry Editor and Humanities Editor. CMAJ (30 reviews).

2008 – 2009 Contributing Editor. CMAJ: Humanities Section (6 reviews).

1985 – 1991 Member of Publications Committee. CMAJ (10 reviews).

2004 – ongoing Reviewer. Literature and Medicine (journal) (2 reviews).

Published Manuscript Reviews

2014 Review of Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery in Mental Health for the Mental Health Review Journal.

2013 Review of The LGBT Casebook. (Levounis, P., Drescher, J., and Barber, M.E., 2012) In Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 17:1-3, 2013, DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2012.73427

2012 “Note to Parents – When a Pet Dies” review of Goodbye Brecken, published by Magination Press 2013.

2010 “The Last Hour of the Day.” Book review published in CMAJ, p. 945, June 15, 2010.

2007 – ongoing Book Reviewer. The Literary Review of Canada.

2006 “Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire.” Book review published in CMAJ, 174(4), Feb. 14, 2006

2002 “Landscape with Human Figure.” Rafael Campo. Book review published in CMAJ, June 11, 2002.

1996 – 1998 Multiple reviews published in Humane Medicine/Humane Healthcare (monthly humanities journal).

1999 “Blood and Bone.” Belli, A. Poems by physicians. Review published in CMAJ, May 4, 1999.

Other Reviews

2011 Review Video Documentary: “What’s Art Got To Do With It?” Creative Works Studio. St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.

OTHER RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2004 Media Consultant on psychiatry and popular culture, University of Toronto.

1989 Medical Consultant. Young Doctor: Current Therapy magazine.

INNOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING AND EDUCATION-UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

2017 Conceptualized/Co-created 8 part Narrative Competence Reflective Writing Workshop, Centre for Faculty Development (to begin January, 2018)

2016-ongoing Co-Course Director, The Narrative Atelier-a Four Day Certificate Program in Narrative-based Healthcare with Dr. Rita Charon (Canada’s first in-depth narrative medicine course) to be offered again in June 2018

2017 – ongoing Co -Curator of the Art of Medicine Speakers’ Series ,Women’s College Hospital/ Faculty of Medicine

2015 Curator/Moderator of annual Canadian Writers’ Speaker Series, Faculty of Medicine

2015-ongoing Co-founder and Master of Ceremonies of PERFORMING PSYCHIATRY-A CREATIVE DEPARTMENT IS A HEALTHY DEPARTMENT- an ANNUAL evening of art work and performances (dance, theatre, music) by members of our Department oF Psychiatry (students, residents, clinicians across disciplines, support staff)

2013-2017 Co-Creator and Course Director –Certificate of Distinction in Inter-professional Health Humanities (the first such health humanities certificate in Canada with students from 11 clinical disciplines)

2013-ongoing Creator and Lead of TEAM NARRATIVE which curates narrative medicine teaching campus-wide to inter-professional learners

2013 -ongoing Faculty Supervisor –ARTBEAT- Canada’s first medical student humanities blog see: (www.utmedhumanities.wordpress.com)

2012-ongoing Created and Supervised “The Companion Curriculum” which matches literary pieces (poetry/short stories) to all lectures/themes/learning blocks in undergraduate medical education

2011-2012 “A Narrative Approach to Medical School Admissions” with Dean of Admissions, University of Toronto. Review article published in journal INTIMA.

2012-2017/ongoing Co-founder /Planning Committee Member. “Creating Space”, Canada’s annual Health Humanities Conference, affiliated with CCME (Canadian Conference on Medical Education)

2011 Moderator/Curator of Art Gallery of Ontario “Duets” series. Commentator on works of Henry Moore/Francis Bacon (2014)

2011-ongoing Created Poet-in-Residence Program, Mount Sinai Hospital.(Ontario Arts Council – funded)

2011-ongoing Created, co-curated “Docs for Docs” (now CINEMA MEDICA) Film Series. Toronto, Ontario.

2011 Co-sponsored First Jackman Health Institute: Health, Art, Humanities Public Lecture: “DW Winnicott–Regenerating Psychoanalysis by Elizabeth Young-Bruehl.”

2011 Co-founded, Organized and hosted First National Conference on Health Humanities: “Creating Space for Arts and Humanities in the Education of Health Professionals.”

2011 Conceptualized/co-curated Healing Art Space Initiative. First Project: The Art of Diversity Project. Mount Sinai Hospital.

2010-ongoing Co-founded and supervised the Barbara Moon Editorial Fellowship and annual student creative writing workshops, Massey College

2010 Co-created Ars Medica – CMAJ Annual Writing Contest. For Canadian students, faculty and clinicians across all healthcare disciplines.

2010-ongoing Curated/moderated Monthly Humanities Lunch and Learn Series. University of Toronto.

2006 Consulting Editor. In our Hands: Canadian Doctors in Training (published 2007)

FUNDING-Research Funded and Unfunded

2019 Member of Music and Health Research Cooperative, (MAHRC) Faculty of Music.

2017(December)Received AMS-Phoenix Grant for Creating Canadian Association For Health Humanities $45,000 (Three Year Commitment)

Peer-Reviewed Research Grants

2012 – 2013 Co-Investigator. Fostering Humanism and Professionalism through faculty role-models within a Canadian Context. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Faculty Development Grant. PI: Brett-Maclean, Pamela, PhD. Collaborator(s): WIlliam T. Branch Jr., MD, MACP & Carol Hodgson, PhD, Salvatore Spadafora, MD, FRCPC, MHPE, Gerri Frager, MD, FRCPC. 5,000 CAD.

2011 – 2012 Co-Principal Investigator. Working With Portfolios: Measuring medical students’ reflective capacity and empathy levels over time and evaluating student narratives for reflective capacity. The Education Development Grant (EDF), University of Toronto. Collaborators. Michael Roberts, M.D. $9,000 CAD plus $9,000 CAD matched funds from Depts of Family Medicine and Psychiatry.

2011 – 2012 Principal Investigator. Measuring Medical Students’ Reflective Capacity and Empathy Levels Over Time and Evaluating Student Narratives for Reflective Capacity. Royal College/AMS CanMEDS Research and Development Grant. Collaborators: Ken Locke, MD., Michael Roberts, MD. $23,250 CAD.

2012 Co-Principal Investigator. A Pathway To Caring: Introducing A Multiple Narrative Approach To the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum. AMS/Phoenix Project Call To Caring Project Grant. Collaborator(s): Co-Principal Investigator: Kenneth Locke, MD. 40,000 CAD.

2009 – 2010 Co-Principal Investigator. Narrative Means To Professional Ends-Writing About CanMeds Roles. University of Toronto. Undergraduate Medical Curriculum Development Fund. University of Toronto. Collaborators: Michael Roberts, M.D. $20,000 CAD.

2007 Co-Investigator. PHA ACCESS. Ontario HIV Treatment Network and Mount Sinai Hospital. Collaborator: Bill Gayner. $50,000 CAD.

2006-2010 Co-Investigator. Resilience and Vulnerability in Gay Communities. FQRSC (Quebec). Collaborator: Shari Brotman, Bill Ryan, MSW. $114,151 CAD per year for 4 years.

2006-2011 Co-Investigator. Resilience and Vulnerability in Gay Communities. CIHR. Collaborator: Shari Brotman, Bill Ryan, MSW. $161,037 CAD per year for 5 years.

2002-2006 Co-Investigator. Psychosocial, Health and Housing Needs for Gay and Lesbian Elders. SSHRC. Principal Investigators: Dr. Shari Brotman, Bill Ryan MSW. $88,322 CAD.

2003 Co-Investigator. Improving Therapeutic Communication by Medical Residents in Difficult Treatment Situations. RCPSC. Co-investigators: Dr. Bill Lancee, Dr. Paula Ravitz. $25,000 CAD.

1998 Co-Investigator. St. John’s Wort versus Sertraline in the Treatment of Depression in Individuals with HIV. CANFAR. Co-investigator: Dr. Bill Lancee. $60,000 CAD.

Unfunded Research Projects:

2015 (Funding Pending. – The Role of Patient As Educator in Mental Health (with Mary-Jane Esplen, Paula Ravitz, David Wiljer) focuses on inviting/coaching volunteer patients with 5 mental health diagnoses to video-record their stories. Teaching modules for residents in psychiatry will be created and tested, based on a review of best practices in the Patient as educator movement.

2015-16 Unfunded. A Review of Health Humanities Teaching In Canadian Psychiatric Residency Programs (with Anna Skorsewska, MD) –will survey all postgraduate psychiatry programs in Canada on their current offerings, future plans, perceptions of efficacy and obstacles in such humanities-based teaching.

2015-17 Unfunded. The Health Humanities In Canadian Medical Schools-a National Survey with Natalie Beausoleil PHD (Memorial University) and Monica Kidd MD (University of Calgary) utilizes questionnaires and interviews of key informants in medical humanities teaching at each of the medical schools in Canada to explore successes/obstacles/possibilities relevant to incorporating humanities-based content into the medical curriculum.

2015 – 2016 Unfunded. Co-Creating Meaning Through “Cancer Caregiving and Living Meaningfully through Expressive Writing and Reading-CALMER” A Pilot Study with Yvonne Leung, Gary Rodin Princess Margaret Hospital
(Paper completed-not yet sent for publication)

2014 Unfunded. Member of Music and Health Research Co-operative , (MAHRC) Faculty of Music and Member of Connaught 2014 Research Team

2006 – 2007 Unfunded Pilot Study: “Shared Care Among Residents: A New Form of Peer Mentoring.” Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Family Medicine. Toronto, Ontario

2005 Unfunded Pilot study. “The Efficacy of HIV Narrative Groups.” With Dr. Mary Jane Esplen and Julie Hann, O.T., Mount Sinai Hospital. Toronto, Ontario.

Publications

Legend:                 PA     Principal author
SRA Senior responsible author
CA    Co-principal author
C       Collaborator

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

2017 CA, Peterkin, A and Grewal, S Bibliotherapy-The Therapeutic Uses of Fiction and Poetry in Mental Health, IJCPM (at Press)

2017 Peterkin, A Physician Intuition, CMAJ. 2017 Apr 10;189(14):E544. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160972.

2016 PA Peterkin, A., Curating the Medical Humanities Curriculum: Twelve tips (Editorial). Medical Humanities (BMJ), 42(3). 147-148. DOI:10.1136/medhum-2015-010795

2013 CA Peterkin, A., & Benigno, T., Revisiting Written Submissions as Part of the Medical School Application: Paying Attention to Narrative Competence in Admissions Policies. Intima: A journal of Narrative Medicine, Spring 2013

2012 CA Naimer, M., Peterkin, A., McGillivray, M., Permaul, J.A. Evaluation of a Collaborative Mental Health Program in Residency Training. Academic Psychiatry, 36(5): 411-413.

2012 CA Havey, T., Kavanagh, L., Peterkin, A., Roberts, M. A Narrative Means to Professional Ends: New Strategies for Teaching CanMEDS Roles in Canadian Medical Schools. Canadian Family Physician, 58(10): e563-e569.

2012 SRA Peterkin, A., Esplen, M.J., Hann, J., & Lawson, A. A Pilot Study of a Narrative Competence Group to Enhance Coping and Quality of Life in Patients with HIV. Arts & Health: An International Journal, 1(14). Ahead of Print. DOI:10.1080/17533015.2012.693513

2012 PA Peterkin, A. Practical Strategies for Practising Narrative-Based Medicine. Canadian Family Physician, 58(1): 63-64.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. Primum Non Nocere: On accountability in narrative-based medicine. Literature and Medicine 29(2), 396-411.

2011 CA Fidler, D., Trumbull, D., Ballon, B., Peterkin, A., Averbuch, R., & Katzman, J. Vignettes for Teaching Psychiatry with the Arts. Academic Psychiatry, 35(5): 293-297. September-October 2011

2011 PA Peterkin, A. “Dissecting Dad.” Journal of Medical Humanities, 32(1):61-3. March 2011.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. White Coat Ceremonies: Not So White (or Black)? Atrium: The Report of the Northwestern Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program, (9):24-26. Spring 2011

2010 PA Peterkin, A. Getting To Sleep In New Jersey: Learning from John Stone and William Carlos Williams. Academic Medicine, 85(5): 853. May 2010. DOI:10.1097/01.ACM.0000372013.17605.23

2010 PA Peterkin, A. Why We Write (and How We Can Do It Better). Canadian Medical Association Journal, 182(15): 1650-1652. October 19, 2010. DOI:10.1503/cmaj.101329

2009 CA Peterkin, A., & Prettyman, A. A. Finding a Voice: Revisiting the History of Therapeutic Writing. BMJ–Medical Humanities, 35(2): 80-88. DOI:10.1136/jmh.2009.001636

2008 PA Peterkin, A. Medical Humanities for What Ails Us. CMAJ, 178(5), DOI:10.1503/cmaj.071851

2007 CA Brotman, S., Ryan, B., Collins, S., Chamberland, L., Cormier, R., Julien, D., Meyer, E., Peterkin, A., & Richard, B. Coming Out to Care: Caregivers of Gay and Lesbian Seniors in Canada. Gerontologist, 47(4): 490-503.

2007 PA Peterkin, A. Therapeutic Writing for People Living with HIV. Lapidus Quarterly (Autumn 2007).

2006 PA Peterkin, A. Narrative Competence Psychotherapy for People with HIV. Focus: A Guide to HIV Research and Counseling (USCF), 21(2).

1994 PA Peterkin, A. The Impact of Rapid HIV Testing In The Clinical Setting. Ottawa: Commissioned by Health Canada

1993 PA Peterkin, A. Self-help Movement Experiencing Rapid Growth in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 148(5).

1991 SRA Dworkin, M., & Peterkin, A. Comparing Psychotherapies for Primary Care. Canadian Family Physicians, 37: 719-25.

1991 PA Peterkin, A. The Burden of Silence: The Need to Tell. Canadian Medical Assoc Journal, 144(2).

1991 PA Peterkin, A. Medical Students: Young Physicians Worried About Their Future in Quebec. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 144(5).

1990 PA Peterkin, A. Guidelines Covering Disclosure of Errors Now in Place at Montreal Hospital. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 140(9).

1989 PA Peterkin, A. The Law: There Are Some Questions Residency Interviewers Have No Right to Ask. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 140.

1988 PA Peterkin, A. Is Professional Courtesy Disappearing?” Canadian Medical Association Journal, 139.

1986 CA Green, M., El Guebaly, N., & Peterkin, A. Mental Illness and the Media: An Assessment of Attitudes and Communication: Part 2. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 30, 431-433.

1985 CA El Guebaly, N., Green, M., & Peterkin, A. Mental Illness and the Media: An Assessment of Attitudes and Communications Part 1. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 30, 12-17.

Books/Textbooks-Peer Reviewed

2017 CA Peterkin, A. and Bleakley, A. Staying Human During Foundation Training (UK fully revised/rewritten edition). Oxford, UK: Taylor and Francis.

2017-18 CA Peterkin, A , Risdon, C, Bourns, A Caring For Lesbian and Gay People ( second edition) University of Toronto Press (pub date 2018)

2017 CA Peterkin , A and Skorzewska A. (eds) The Arts and Humanities In Residency Education , Oxford University Press (USA) (pub date 2018)

2016 PA Peterkin, A. Portfolio To Go: 1000+ Reflective Writing Prompts and Provocations For Clinical Learners. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2016 CA Peterkin, A and Brett-Maclean, P. Editors, Keeping Reflection Fresh: A Practical Guide for Clinical Educators. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press.

2016 PA Peterkin, A. Staying Human during Residency Training: How to Survive and Thrive After Medical School (6th Edition), Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2012 PA Peterkin, A. Staying Human During Residency Training (5th edition, fully revised). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. The Flyaway Blanket (a children’s picture book). American Psychological Association. Washington: Magination Press.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. (editor and project manager). Body and Soul: Narratives of Healing From ARS MEDICA. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2008 PA Peterkin, A. Staying Human During Residency Training (4th edition, fully revised). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2008 CA Peterkin, A., & Hann, J. Still Here: A Post-Cocktail AIDS Anthology (Narratives from writing group, HIV therapeutic. Available as web-learning resource at www.ohtn.on.ca). Toronto: LifeRattle Press.)

2007 Editorial Consultant Peterkin, A. In Our Hands: On Becoming a Doctor, Linda Clarke, Editor

2004 PA Peterkin, A. Staying Human during Residency Training (3rd edition, fully revised). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2003 CA Peterkin, A., Risdon, C.Caring for Lesbian and Gay People: A Clinical Guide. (selected as “Prescribed Reading” by CMA/CMAJ). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division.

1998 PA Peterkin, A. Staying Human During Residency Training (2nd edition). (Selected as “Prescribed Reading” by CMA/CMAJ). Toronto: University of Toronto Press

1991 PA Peterkin, A. Staying Human During Residency Training (1st edition). Canadian Medical Association.

Book Chapters-Peer Reviewed

2017 PA Peterkin A. A Brief Guide To Close Reading , the CMAJ Humanities Reader (pub date 2018)

2017 CA Peterkin, A., Wilson, S. Risk in A Medical vs. Artistic Life. In A. Bleakley (Ed.) Dangerous Currents: Risk and Regulation at the Interface of Medicine & The Arts. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (2017)

2016 PA Peterkin, A. Foreword. In V.L. Harvey & T.H. Housel (Eds.) Health Care Disparities and the LGBT Population. Plymouth, UK: Lexington Books.

2016 CA Peterkin. A. Hamer D., Kancir J, Fuller J., Kuper A., Bryden P. Every Step of The Way: A New Student-Driven Literature Curriculum at The University of Toronto. In A. Peterkin & P. Brett-MacLean (Eds.) Keeping Reflection Fresh: A Practical Guide for Clinical Educators. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press.

2016 PA Peterkin, A. Curating a Reflection Course in Postgraduate Medical Education. In A. Peterkin & P. Brett-MacLean (Eds.) Keeping Reflection Fresh: A Practical Guide for Clinical Educators. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press.

2014 CA Peterkin, A. What’s Wrong With This Intake Form? In T. Jones, D. Wear & L.D. Friedman (Eds.) Health Humanities Reader, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press

2010 PA Peterkin, A. Foreword. In V. Tischler (Ed.) Mental Health, Psychiatry and the Arts: A Teaching Handbook. New York: Radcliffe Publishing.

2009 PA Peterkin, A. Osler and the Decameron. In M. Lacombe (Ed.) Osler’s Bedside Library. Philadelphia: ACP Press.

2005 CA Peterkin, A., & Brouillette, M. J. Dedication. In K. Citron, M. J. Brouillette, & A. Beckett (Eds.) HIV and Psychiatry: Training and Resource Manual. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

1993 PA Peterkin, A. Psychosocial Issues in HIV-Primary Care. In M. Tobin, F. J. Chow, I. Bowmer & G. Bally (Eds.) A Comprehensive Guide for the Care of Persons with HIV Disease Module 1: Adults – Men, Women and Adolescents. Mississauga: The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Multimedia

2013 CA (interviewee) The ALLY LGBT Video Project (Ontario Ministry of Health)

2012 PA Excerpts from Staying Human During Residency Training. Royal College website.

2011 PA Ten Strategies for Staying Human During Residency Training. CAIR (Canadian Association Of Interns and Residents) website.

2011 PA Teaching Module: Wrote/created first Medical Humanities web-learning module on Narrative Medicine for Annals of Internal Medicine/American College of Physicians website.

2008 CA Video: Interview on “Resident Wellness.” Educational DVD. University of Toronto.

2002 CA Contributed video content to School of Nursing and Distance Education Technology: Video/Web/Distance Learning. With University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. University of British Columbia.

1999 PA Caring for Gay & Lesbian Patients: Educational Video and Study Guide. Ottawa: Canadian Psychiatric Association.

1996 PA Learning To Care: An Introduction to HIV Psychiatry. Canadian Psychiatric Association/Health Canada.

1986 CA That Kind of Pain (on siblings of dying children).

Other Publications-Clinical Guidelines

2007 CA Peterkin, A., Hann, J. Narrative Competence, Psychotherapy: Exploring Therapeutic Writing (Research Manual at www.ohtn.on )

1996 CA Peterkin, A., Chuang, H., Etkin, M., Fitzpatrick, S., DeRoche, P., Lefèbvre, A., Brouillette, M. J., & Ross, D. (CPA Working Group on HIV Disease and Psychiatry and the Council on Professional Standards and Practice). Position Statement on HIV Disease. (National Standard). Ottawa: Canadian Psychiatric Association.

1996 CA Brouillette, M. J., DeRoche, P., Halman, M., MacAdam, P., & Peterkin, A. Living with HIV and Dementia: A Guide for the Extended Family (Revised Edition). Ottawa: Canadian Psychiatric Association.

1995 CA Steben, M., Hankins, C.A, Bally, G., O’Shaughnessy, M. V., Peterkin, A., & Walters, D. J. (CMA Working Group). Counselling Guidelines Group) Counselling Guidelines For HIV Testing (Revised Edition). (National Standard). Ottawa: Canadian Medical Association.

1994 PA Peterkin, A. The Impact of Rapid HIV Testing In The Clinical Setting. Ottawa: Health Canada

NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

2017 CA Peterkin, A. with Sasso, D. and Skorzewska, A “Why Psychiatry Needs the Humanities” , Psychiatric Times (USA)

2011 PA Peterkin, A. Ten Strategies for Staying Human During Residency. Canadian Association of Interns and Residents Learn From the Masters Series. CAIR Website.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. Why Healthcare Needs the Humanities. The Medical Post. Canadian Healthcare Network.

2010 PA Peterkin, A. Using Reflective Writing with Students: Ten Tips. CAME Newsletter.

2009 PA Peterkin, A. How to Grow a Healthcare Humanities Program. NYU LitMed blog.

2009 CA Peterkin, A. Narrative Medicine/Ars Medica. University of Toronto Medicine Journal. Summer 2009.

2009 PA Peterkin, A. Ten Strategies for Resident Wellness. Memorial U Newsletter.

2001 CA Peterkin, A., & Brotman, S. “Equity in Health Service Delivery to Gay & Lesbian Patients.” In The Context of Family Medicine Report. McGill University.

Books

2012 PA Peterkin, A. One Thousand Mustaches: A Cultural History of the Mustache. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.

2009 PA Peterkin, A. CHILL!: Discover the Cool (and Creative) Side of Your Fridge. Toronto: Kids Can Press.

2008 CA Peterkin, A., Hann, J. Still Here: A Post-Cocktail Aids Anthology. (Publication of a collection of patient narratives and guidelines for running narrative workshops.) Sponsored by The Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Toronto: Life Rattle Press.

2008 CA Peterkin, A., & Burns, N. The Bearded Gentleman. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.

2001 PA Peterkin, A. One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.

1999 PA Peterkin, A. The Bald-Headed Hermit & The Artichoke: An Erotic Thesaurus. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.

1992 PA Peterkin, A. What about me? When Brothers and Sisters Get Sick (Children’s book on siblings of ill children). New York: American Psychological Association Magination Press. (Korean edition appeared in 2009).

1989 PA Peterkin, A. The Psychiatrist’s Little Book of Wisdom. (reflections on psychiatric practice and the art of medicine). Michigan: Physicians’ Press.

Editorials

2017-18 Interviewed for Editorial on Dark Humour in Medicine, UofT Medicine, Winter

1996-99 PA (Editor/coordinator) Peterkin, A. HIV/AIDS Question and Answer series. Canadian Psychiatric Association Bulletin (One question per issue).

1996-99 PA (Columnist) Peterkin, A. Life Lines (Syndicated Health/Psychiatry Column). The Toronto Star.

Other Publications

2013 PA Peterkin, A. To a Young Doctor (poem) CMAJ

2013 PA Peterkin, A “LIMP” (poem) Insight Two (book) University of Alberta Press (June 2013)

2012 PA Peterkin, A. “And What Felled the Princes of Europe” (poem). Healing Muse.

2012 PA Peterkin, A. “A Doctor’s Instrument”. (poem)The International Journal of Healing and Caring Online. Online: accepted June 2011.

2011 CA Peterkin, A., Roberts, M. Narrative-based medicine: The next revolution of medical education. Department of Family & Community Medicine Newsletter (Sept 2011).

2011 PA Peterkin, A. Book Review of A review of Opening My Heart: A Journey from Nurse to Patient and Back Again, by Tilda Shalof, and My Operation: A Health Insider Becomes a Patient, by Sholom Glouberman, On the Gurney, Literary Review of Canada.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. Book Review of My Operation: A Health Insider Becomes a Patient, by Sholom Glouberman, On the Gurney, Literary Review of Canada.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. “First Visit” (poem). Pulse, June 2011.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. “What’s in a Name?” Hospital Drive, Fall 2011.

2011 PA Peterkin, A. “Dissecting Dad” (memoir piece). Journal of Medical Humanities, March 2011.

2010 PA Peterkin, A. “Hands” (poem) in “Milles Mots D’Amours” Anthology.

2010 PA Peterkin, A. “Les Mains” (poem) in “Milles Mots D’Amours” Anthology.

2010 PA Peterkin, A. “The Boy as Glenn Gould” (poem). Medical Humanities (BMJ), September.

2008 PA Peterkin, A. “Sweet Things.” Finalist in the Writers’ Union of Canada Short Fiction Contest.

2007 PA Peterkin, A. “Falls.” The Healing Muse. (now used in Curriculum at SUNY, Syracuse).

2007 PA Peterkin, A. “Borodin.” CMAJ, November 20, 2007.

2007 PA Peterkin, A. “The Psychopharmacologist Writes to His Young Son.” The Windsor Reviews.

2006 PA Peterkin, A. (poetry contributor). Body Language: Poems of the Medical Training Experience, BOA Editions (November, 2006)

2006 PA Peterkin, A. “First Suture.” Writing the Medical Experience: An Anthology. Rochester: SUNY.

2004 PA Peterkin, A. “Last Word” CMAJ, June 21

2002 PA Peterkin, A. “Land” Kaleidoscope, Fall

2002 PA Peterkin, A. On Reading My Mother’s Journal. Hart House Review.

2001 PA Peterkin, A. “Mommadonetoldme” (poem). Prairie Fire (winter issue)

2001 PA Peterkin, A. “Wolf Boy” (poem). Prairie Fire, (winter issue).

2001 PA Peterkin, A. “Nutmeg” (poem). Prairie Fire, (winter issue).

2001 PA Peterkin, A. “Love” (poem). Prairie Fire, (winter issue),

2001 PA Peterkin, A. “First Suture” a poem. CMAJ, June 2001.

2000 PA Peterkin, A. “Haiku (Lilacs).” Time Haiku Group, London, England, (spring issue)

2000 PA Peterkin, A. “Space” (poem). Hart House Review, (spring issue)

2000 PA Peterkin, A. “Nutmeg” (poem). Open Windows Two Anthology. Brighton, ON: Hidden Brook Press.

2000 PA Peterkin, A. “Pillow Book” (poem). Open Windows Two Anthology. Brighton, ON: Hidden Brook Press.

2000 PA Peterkin, A. “MTF” (poem). CMAJ, October 3

2005 PA Peterkin, A. Strategies for Staying Human During Residency: In Creating a Healthy Culture in Medicine: A Report from the 2004 International Conference on Physician Health. Canadian Medical Association.

1998 PA Peterkin, A. “Annie” (poem). CMAJ (Ottawa), spring.

1998 PA Peterkin, A. Impossible Trees” (poem). Amethyst Review, summer.

1998 PA Peterkin, A. “Love” (poem). Church-Wellesley Review, October.

1998 PA Peterkin, A. “Scar” (poem). The Medical Post. Toronto. November 3.

1998 PA Peterkin, A. “Anxious Attachment” (poem). Psychopoetica 43. Hull, England.

PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

International audience

September, 2016 Poster. “Interprofessional Certificate in the Health, Arts and Humanities: Developing Collaborative Compassionate Care. All Together Better Health VIII, Oxford, England.

March, 2016 Invited Keynote Speaker. “Mind Vs. Brain: Why Psychiatry Needs The Humanities,” Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

March, 2016 Invited Keynote Speaker. “Staying Resilient During Residency Training,” Stanford University, Stanford, CA

November, 2015 Invited Keynote Speaker. “The Healing Power of Narrative,” Art Heals Health Conference, University Health Network, Toronto, ON

October, 2015 Invited Moderator/Discussant. MINDFEST Mental Health and Resilience Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

October, 2015 Invited Keynote Speaker. “A Humanities Toolkit: Public Health Program,” Memorial University, St. John’s, NL.

September, 2015 Invited Speaker. “An Introduction To Narrative Medicine,” Massey College Barbara Moon Writing Workshop, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

June, 2015 Invited Keynote Speaker. “Risk In Medicine and The Arts,” Association of Medical Humanities(UK), Dartington Hall. Falmouth, UK.

March, 2015 Invited Moderator/Discussant. BLOOD: A Public Reading by Lawrence Hill, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON.

August,2013 Moderator. “HIV and the Humanities” , Association of Medical Humanities Annual Meeting, Aberdeen, Scotland

August, 2013 Presenter. “Keeping Reflection Fresh”, Association of Medical Humanities, Aberdeen, Scotland

March, 2013 Invited Presenter and Workshop Leader. Invited for a consultation visit to the University of Hong Kong, Li Kashing Faculty of Medicine and to evaluate the Medical Humanities Program. Gave 3 lectures and one workshop on narrative medicine and the health humanities. Hong Kong.

July, 2012 Panelist. “Secrets and Silences: Exploring loss, stigma and isolation.” Graphic Medicine Conference. Toronto, ON.

July 2012 Panelist. “A Parallel Literature Curriculum in Undergraduate Medication Education.” Association of Medical Humanities (panel). Cork, Ireland.

March, 2012 Presenter. “Mount Sinai Employee Emotional Wellbeing.” QWQHC Sixth Annual Summit, Vancouver, BC

October, 2011 Panelist. “Regenerating Medical Culture: Narrative Approaches.” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.

September, 2011 Panelist. “Advances in HIV Mental Health and Prevention.” World Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

July, 2011 Invited Presenter. “Narrative Medicine: An Introduction.” Hofstra University, Long Island, NY.

June, 2011 Invited Presenter. “What is the Role of the Medical Humanities in Medical Education?” Hiram College. Hiram, OH.

May, 2011 Poster. “Narrative Means to Professional Ends.” Creating Space Conference. Toronto, ON.

April, 2011 Invited Presenter. “Everyone Has a Story – Writing Your Way Through HIV.” University of the Western Cape, Capetown, South Africa.

March, 2011 Invited Presenter. “Creative Writing for Teaching Professionalism.” American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Workshop, Washington, DC.

January, 2011 Invited Presenter. “Reflective Writing Webcast.” American Medical Students Association.

October, 2010 Presenter. “Witness and Response: Physician-Writers/Health/Illness/Intake.” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

October, 2010 Panelist. “Physician Writing and Social Accountability.” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.

July, 2010 Presenter. “Narrative and Professionalism.” Humanities at the Cutting Edge Conference. Cornwall, England.

April, 2010 Presenter. “Premature Closure in HIV Narratives.” International Conference on Narrative. Cleveland, Ohio.

March, 2010 Invited Presenter. “Staying Human In Medicine.” American Medical Students Association National Convention. Anaheim, CA.

April, 2009 Invited Presenter. “Engaging the Creative Voices of Physicians.” Examined Life Conference. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

June, 2009 Invited Presenter. “Staying Human During Residency Training.” Web Lecture. American Medical Students Association.

September, 2009 Invited Presenter. Columbia University Narrative Medicine 3-day Workshop. Venice, Italy.

May, 2008 Invited Presenter. “Still Here: Patient HIV Narratives.” (Reading and Gathering) Narrative Matters Conference, Toronto, ON.

October, 2006 Invited Presenter. “Medical Literary Journals: Challenging Orthodoxy Through Authenticity.” American Society of Bioethics & Humanities, Denver, CO.

August, 2006 Presenter. “Narrative Competence Psychotherapy: The Healing Power of Writing.” XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, ON.

September, 2005 Invited Presenter. “Narrative Therapy.” USCF AIDS Project, San Francisco, CA.

October, 2004 Invited Presenter. “Balance In Residency.” AMA-CMA Joint Conference on Physician Health. Chicago, IL.

May 6, 2004 Invited Presenter. “Still Here: Reflections on a hospital-based Narrative Therapy Group for People Living with HIV.” (with Allen, G. PhD) Narrative Medicine Rounds. Columbia University. New York, NY.

June, 2002 Presenter. “Narrative Psychotherapy in Medical Illness.” (with Allen, G. PhD) Writing & Healing Conference, Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning. Estes Park, Colorado.

July, 2001 Poster. “HIV Narrative Therapy.” AIDS Impact: 5th International Conference. Brighton, UK.

August 18, 2000 Invited Presenter. “An Overview of HIV Psychiatry.” The National AIDS Centre. At invitation of Malgorzata Czerniawaka-Ankiersztejn, Managing Director. Warsaw, Poland.

November, 1999 Invited Presenter. “HIV Psychiatry.” Psychiatric Rounds. Emmanuel Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

November, 1999 Presenter. “Mood Disorders in HIV Infection: An Overview.” (with Dr. Ken Citron). First International Conference on AIDS in Ethiopia (Harvard University). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

November, 1999 Presenter. “Neuropsychiatric Disorders in HIV-Infected Individuals: An Overview.” (With Dr. Ken Citron) First International Conference on AIDS in Ethiopia (Harvard University). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

June, 1990 Presenter. “Learning to Care: An Overview of HIV Psychiatry.” AIDS Impact. Melbourne, Australia.

July, 1983 Presenter. “Psychiatry and the Media.” VIIth World Congress of Psychiatry. Vienna, Austria.

July, 1999 Invited Panel Moderator / Speaker. “Strategies for Prevention.” AIDS Impact: International Conference on the Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection. Ottawa, ON.

October, 1994 Invited Moderator / Presenter. “Psychiatry and AIDS.” American Psychiatric Association, Quebec Chapter. Montreal, PQ.

November, 2008 Poster. “Resident Wellness: Challenges and Solution,” BMA-CMA-AMA Physician Health Conference, London, England

May, 2006 Workshop Presenter. “Achieving and Maintaining Psychotherapy Effectiveness.” American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, On.

October, 2004 Presenter. “Strategies for Staying Human During Residency Training.” Physician Health Conference. American Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association. Oak Brook, IL.

September, 1986 Assistant Video Producer. “That Kind of Pain.” Shown at the VIth World Congress on Palliative Care and then rebroadcast as Narrative Rounds (web-bases – see www.narrativemedicine.org)

Media Appearances

October, 2005 Interview by Parkhurst Exchange on “Gay and Lesbian Health Issues.” Published October 5, 2005.

National audience-Invited

November, 2017 Family Medicine Forum, Montreal (Humanities Toolkit Presentation Co-Written With Michael Roberts Md, Presented By Dr Roberts At Meeting)

October 23, 2017 “Finding Our Way Back-On Physician Happiness” Keynote Speaker Cma Physician Health Conference, Ottawa

April 2017 Discussant, Closing Remarks Creating Space Medical Humanities Conference, Winnipeg

June, 2012 Invited Presenter. “Arts and Humanities in Health Professional Education.” CIHR-sponsored What’s the Impact?” University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

May, 2012 Invited Presenter. “Staying Human During Residency.” Medical Resident Day. Fédération des Médecins Résidents du Québec (FMRQ). Montreal, PQ.

April, 2012 Presenter. UME Reading Accompaniment. Literary Companion Curriculum. Canadian Conference on Medical Education. Banff, AB.

November, 2011 Presenter. “Narrative and CanMeds Roles.” Family Medicine Forum. Montreal, PQ.

May, 2011 Presenter. “One, Two, Three – Reflect.” International Conference of Faculty Development Panel. Canadian Conference of Medical Education, Toronto, ON.

November, 2008 Presenter. “Pain Management and The Power of Storytelling.” Family Medicine 2008 Forum. Toronto, ON.

October, 2004 Invited Planner / Discussant / Workshop Leader. “Telling Stories: Using Narrative in Medicine, Art & Psychoanalysis.” Ninth Annual Day in Applied Psychoanalysis, York University, Toronto, ON.

October, 2002 Presenter. “An Approach to Narrative Therapy.” Canadian Psychiatric Association 52nd Annual General Meeting. Banff, AB.

March, 2001 Discussant / Presenter. Health Canada Working Group on Gay & Lesbian Health. McGill University, Montreal, PQ.

October, 2000 Presenter. “Working with Patients who have Unsafe Sex Practices.” Canadian Psychiatric Association General Meeting. Victoria, B.C.

September, 1999 Co-organizer. “Mental Health and HIV in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: A workshop for Mental Health Workers,” (with staff from the Clinic for HIV-related Concerns). Canadian Psychiatric Association Pre-Conference Workshop. Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

July, 1999 Session Chair. “Symposium on Intervention for Prevention.” Fourth International AIDS Impact Conference. Ottawa, ON.

September, 1998 Presenter. “Educating Medical Learners About Gay & Lesbian Healthcare,” (with Dr. Brian Cornelson). Conjoint Conference on Medical Education. The College of Family Physicians of Canada and The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Toronto, ON.

April, 1998 Presenter. “Educating Medical Learners about Gay and Lesbian Health Care.” Canadian Association of Medical Colleges Annual Meeting. Ottawa, ON.

September, 1995 Invited Presenter. “Learning to Care: An Introduction to HIV Psychiatry Care,” learning video. Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Victoria, BC.

June, 1995 Invited Presenter. “HIV Psychiatry: An Overview.” Canadian Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Charlottetown, PE.

September, 1994 Presenter. “HIV Psychiatry: An Overview.” Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Ottawa, ON.

November, 1993 Invited Presenter. “An Overview of Psychiatric Issues in HIV.” Health Canada National Workshop on HIV Infection and Mental Health. Ottawa, ON.

Provincial/ Regional audience-Invited

November 10, 2017 OPOP (Ontario Psychiatric Outreach program) – Outreach with Heart – Keynote Speaker-“Arts-based Approaches to Health in the Outreach Context”

August 2013 Invited Presenter, “Wellbeing During Residency”, Chief Resident Retreat, University of Toronto

March, 2012 Invited Presenter. “Staying Whole During Residency.” Resident Wellness Day. Professional Association of Interns and Residents of Ontario (PAIRO). Toronto, ON.

February, 2012 Presenter. “The Flyaway Blanket.” CANSCA Book Awards. Ontario Library Association. Toronto, ON.

November, 2011 Invited Presenter. University of Toronto Narrative Group Therapy Workshop. Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute, Toronto, ON.

November, 2011 Invited Participant. Colloquy on Music in Health and Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

October, 2011 Invited Moderator. “The Art of Healing.” New Lecture Series. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON.

November, 2010 Invited Participant. Arts and Health Professional Learning Day. Ontario Arts Council. Toronto, ON.

November, 2010 Invited Workshop Leader. “Therapeutic Writing.” Mount Sinai Institute, Toronto, ON.

November, 2010 Invited Presenter. “Narrative Medicine.” Grand Rounds. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

November, 2010 Invited Keynote Speaker. “The Face of HIV: Everyone has a Story.” Opening Doors HIV Counselling Conference. Burlington, ON.

October, 2010 Poster. “Narrative Means to Professional Ends.” Family Medicine Forum. Vancouver, BC

September, 2010 Invited Keynote Speaker. White Coat (Graduation) Ceremony. McGill University, Montreal, PQ.

April, 2010 Invited Presenter. “Why We Need Narrative In Medicine.” Grand Rounds, Lecture and Workshops. Dalhousie University Program in Medical Humanities. Halifax, NS.

March, 2009 Invited Presenter. “World Storytelling Day.” Narrative Medicine Workshop. Ontario Medical Association Doctor’s Lounge. Toronto, ON.

April, 2009 Invited Presenter. “Narrative Group Therapy and Individual Work- Maximizing Collaboration.” HIV Rounds, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

August, 2009 Invited Presenter. “Resident Health and Wellness,” (two lectures). Memorial University, St. John’s, NL.

October, 2006 Invited Organizer. “Creative Writing Workshops for Physicians and Other Healthcare Workers.” Humber College School for Writers, Toronto, ON.

October, 2009 Invited Presenter. “The Decameron and Osler.” McGill Osler Society. Montreal, PQ.

November, 2009 Invited Presenter. “Scientific Café” on HIV Prevention. Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Toronto, ON.

November, 2008 Presenter. “Arts-based Approaches to HIV Care” Video Presentation. Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Toronto, ON.

October, 2008 Presenter. “Narrative and Pain Management.” BC Family Physician Conference. Kelowna, BC.

November, 2007 Presenter. ”PHA Access Project,” Poster. Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Toronto, ON.

June, 2007 Invited Presenter. “Coping With Residency.” The Professional Association of Residents of BC. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

November, 2006 Invited Organizer. “Creative Writing Workshops for Physicians and Other Healthcare Workers.” Humber College School for Writers, Toronto, ON.

May, 2006 Invited Presenter. “Staying Human During a Medical Career.” British Columbia Physicians Health Program Retreat. Kelowna, BC.

December, 2006 Invited Panelist. “Writing on Healing.” Ars Medica. Humber College School for Writers, Toronto, ON.

August, 2002 Invited Presenter. “Staying Human During Residency Training.” University of Manitoba Emergency Residents’ Retreat. Winnipeg, MB.

May, 2006 Invited Keynote Speaker. “On Physician Happiness.” BC Physician Health Program. Kelowna, BC

June, 2006 Invited Presenter. “Achieving and Sustaining Psychotherapy Effectiveness.” Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute, Toronto, ON.

February, 2001 Invited Participant. “Collaborative Mental Health Project.” Ontario College of Family Physicians. Toronto, ON.

May, 1998 Invited Presenter. “HIV & Psychiatry Workshop.” Department of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

September, 1996 Invited Presenter. “Coping with Residency Stress,” Western Canadian Anaesthesia Resident’s Retreat. Winnipeg, MB.

November, 1996 Invited Presenter. “HIV and Psychiatry: Clinical Implications.” Memorial University, St. John’s, NL.

June, 1995 Invited Presenter. “HIV Psychiatry: An Overview.” Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.

November, 1994 Invited Presenter. “HIV Psychiatry.” 8th Annual BC HIV/AIDS Conference. Vancouver, BC.

1990-1994 Invited Presenter. “Resident Health.” Canadian Medical Association Organized Presentations. University of Ottawa, University of Manitoba, McGill University, Western University and McMaster University.

Local audience-invited

November 8 2017 Neuberger Holocaust Education Week-“Health and Humanities-How The Arts Deepen Our Reflection on The Holocaust”, With Dr Ron Ruskin

November 2, 2017 Moderator/Discussant, “Five Years of Sinai Health System’s Poet In Resident Program”

October 23 and Narrative Medicine Part One and Part Two, Humanism and Professionalism In Medicine

December 4, 2017 Course, Likaching Centre, Toronto

October 17, 2017 Art of Medicine Speakers’ Series-, Women’s College Hospital, Division of Internal Medicine -“Close Reading and Narrative Medicine”

January 13, 2017 Panel Discussant of Medically- Themed Play “Sequence” Tarragon Theatre

2016-17 Multiple Lectures on Medical Humanities, University of Toronto UGME (Multiple Lectures) And PPME (Psychiatry Year 2 Residents’ Reflection Course)

November 28, 2016 Discussant (“I’m Okay” – A Film on Mental Health), Innis College

October 19, 2016 “A Medical Humanities Toolkit”, Vic One/Victoria College

April, 2012 Poster. “Working With Portfolios,” Poster. Education Achievement Celebration, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

March, 2012 Presenter. “Beyond Basics, Getting Connected,” writing workshop. Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

January, 2012 Invited Co-organizer. “Writing The Medical Life,” with Vincent Lam, Tilda Shalof and Barbara Sublined). Massey College, Toronto, ON

December, 2011 Presenter. “Ars Medica Anthology Launch.” Grand Rounds. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

December, 2011 Invited Presenter. “Ars Medica Anthology Book Launch.” Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

November, 2011 Invited Keynote Speaker. “Writing, Reading and Reflecting: Towards a Narrative-Based Psychiatry.” Department of Psychiatry Book Launch. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

November, 2011 Invited Presenter. “Narrative Competence.” Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON.

May, 2011 Presenter. “A Humanities Toolkit.” Grand Rounds. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON.

March, 2011 Presenter. “The Perils of the Observed Interview in Clinical Setting.” HIV-Clinic Rounds, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

March, 2011 Invited Coordinator. “The Storytelling Animal.” Ontario Medical Association, Toronto, ON.

March, 2011 Invited Guest Lecturer. “HIV & AIDS – Health, Gender and Sexuality.” SDS Course. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

January, 2011 Invited Keynote Address. “Why Healthcare Needs the Humanities,” Senior Fellow Keynote Address. Massey College, Toronto, ON.

December, 2010 Presenter. “A Health Humanities Toolkit.” Grand Rounds. The Hincks Dellcrest Centre, Toronto, ON.

December, 2010 Keynote Speaker. “A Close Reading of The Dead, by James Joyce.” Psychotherapy Supervisors Workshop. Mount Sinai Psychotherapy Institute, Toronto, ON.

November, 2010 Presenter. “A Health Humanities Toolkit.” Grand Rounds. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

November, 2010 Invited Discussant. “Narrative Medicine and Diabetes,” (with Dr. Ann. Sirek). Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

May, 2010 Poster. “Narrative Means to Professional Ends,” University of Toronto Education Achievement Celebration. Toronto, ON.

March, 2010 Invited Presenter. Medical Storytelling Panel. Ontario Medical Association. Toronto, ON.

March, 2010 Invited Moderator. Mental Health Issues: A Global Perspective. Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

February, 2009 Invited Presenter. Professional Development Workshop. Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

October, 2009 Invited Presenter. “Medical Humanities.” EDUDEANS. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

September, 2008 Presenter. “Narrative Means to Empathic Ends.” University of Toronto Annual Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop. Toronto, ON.

June, 2008 Presenter. “Ten Strategies for Maintaining Balance.” University of Toronto Resident Orientation. Toronto, ON.

November, 2007 Presenter. “An Introduction to Narrative Medicine.” University of Toronto Annual Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop. Toronto, ON.

June, 2007 Presenter. “Caring for Gay and Lesbian Patients.” General Rounds. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

March, 2007 Presenter. “Coping with Residency Stress.” McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

May, 2007 Presenter. “Narrative Therapy: The Healing Power of Writing.” Not Just Anybody Conference. Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON.

November, 2007 Presenter. “Uses of Narrative in Medical Teaching.” Department of Family & Community Medicine Faculty Development. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

June, 2006 Invited Presenter. ”Pride Rounds.” Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

June, 2006 Presenter. “Caring for Gay and Lesbian Patients.” Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

March, 2006 Presenter. “Coping with Residency Stress.” McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

September, 2005 Invited Presenter. “Boundary Issues in HIV Care.” Casey House, Toronto, ON.

June, 2004 Presenter. “Uses and Misuses of DSM-IV.” Riverfront Medical Seminar. Toronto, ON.

May, 2004 Invited Workshop Leader. “Caring for Lesbian & Gay People: An Overview,” and “Mental Health Issues,” (given twice), Ottawa Inter-clinic Education Workshops. Coalition of Community Health & Resource Centres of Ottawa. Ottawa, ON.

March, 2004 Invited Panelist. “Better access to Appropriate Health Care,” (with Dr. Cathy Risdon). A panel organized by Pink Triangle Services and The Gay Men’s Health Initiative. Ottawa, ON.

February, 2004 Presenter. “Syphilis: The New Epidemic.” HIV Rounds. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

January, 2004 Invited Presenter. “Health Risks and Challenges for Residents: How to Stay Human.” PGY1 Wellness Day, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital (inter-hospital forum). Toronto, ON.

December, 2003 Invited Panelist. “How to Prepare to Be a Physician.” Career Exploration in Medicine Session, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

December, 2003 Presenter. “Health Issues for Older Men.” AIDS Committee of Toronto. Toronto, ON.

September, 2003 Invited Presenter. “Narrative Medicine: Principles For Therapy.” GP Psychotherapy Study Group (Dr. L. Zeilig). Toronto, On.

January, 2002 Invited Presenter. “Description of a Narrative Group Psychotherapy.” Department of Psychiatry Humanities Interest Group, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

December, 2001 Presenter. “A Narrative Therapy Group,” (with Guy Allen, PhD). Grand Rounds. Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital. Toronto, ON.

November, 2000 Invited Discussant. “Psychiatric Liaison to Family Medicine: Round Table Dinner Discussion.” North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON.

October, 2000 Invited Discussant. “Focus Group on Caring for Gay and Lesbian Patients.” College of Family Physicians of Canada, Annual Meeting. Ottawa, ON.

May, 1999 Invited Presenter. “New Challenges in HIV Psychotherapy.” Continuing Medical Education Conference, HIV Infection. The University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

May, 1999 Invited Presenter. “Aging & Self-Esteem.” Eighth Symposium on Women and Health. Toronto Convention Centre, Auxiliary, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.

April, 1999 Invited Presenter. “Coping with Residency.” Family Medicine Care Day Seminar. St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON.

September, 1994 Invited Presenter. “Stress Management.” Resident Retreat. Queens University / Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Gananoque, PQ.

March, 1994 Invited Presenter. “Death: The Question of Choice.” Educational and Advocacy Centre for the Handicapped. Ottawa, ON.

Media Appearances

1985 – Present Interviews. Over 50 international TV/radio interviews on health matters.
Print interviews related to psychiatry and popular culture in over 50 magazines/newspapers, including: The New Yorker, New York Times, Esquire, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Men’s Health and in film documentaries for National Geographic and the CBS Sunday Morning Program and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

See : WWW.HEALTH-HUMANITIES.COM for current details on The University of Toronto Program In Health, Arts and Humanities and WWW.CAHH.CA for information on the newly created Canadian Association For Health Humanities.