Psychiatrist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Dr. Janet Ellis completed her medical degree at Cambridge University, UK and her psychiatry residency in the UK and University of Toronto, Canada. During her residency she was accepted into the Clinician Scientist Program at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, received the Association for Academic Psychiatry 2-Year Fellowship Award, and was granted a research fellowship in psychosocial oncology. She is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Toronto and works as a Medical Psychiatrist in psychosocial oncology and acute physical trauma. She was a Cancer Care Ontario Regional Clinical Lead for Psychosocial Oncology for 5 years and is now the Director of Psychosocial Care in Trauma at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada’s largest trauma centre. She has research interests in both psychosocial oncology and trauma. Dr. Ellis is also the Psychiatry Lead in Recovery and Staff Wellness at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and has been for the past 4 years.
