Physician-in-Chief, VP Education, Professor
CAMH & University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam is Chief Medical Officer, Vice President, Education, and Clinician-Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He is Professor and Vice-Chair, Education in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Sockalingam is also the Co-Chair of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Ontario Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental and Health and the University of Toronto, which is a Ministry of Health funded hub-and-spoke virtual knowledge-sharing network model building mental health and addiction capacity in Ontario.
Dr. Sockalingam has over 230 peer-reviewed publications and is a lead investigator on several peer-reviewed clinical and medical education grants. His current education research interests focus on implementation of mental health capacity building using technology and data-informed lifelong learning. His clinical research has focused on improving integrated physical and mental health care, more recently obesity and mental health care, and has included research on accessible and virtual mental health supports for this patient population.
He has been the recipient of several national and international education awards related to innovation, leadership and research including the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) Alan Stoudemire Award for Innovation and Excellence in Education (2018), the University of Toronto Faculty President’s Teaching Award (2022), the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education David Davis Research Award (2021), and the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada Award for Excellence in Education (2017).
