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VISION

Towards a healthy future for Canadians in the early phase of psychosis.

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MISSION​

To enhance optimum care for Canadians in the early phase of psychosis through improved service models, the generation and translation of knowledge, and engagement and partnership with multiple stakeholders.

OBJECTIVES​

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  • Effective advocacy for development, implementation and improvement of early intervention services

  • Clinical research across the spectrum of biological, psychological and social determinants of illness and interventions, including studies of service delivery models to effect evidence-based care and policy

  • Training across programs for clinicians, researchers and trainees from all disciplines

  • Development of standards for service delivery

  • Engagement, partnership and support of stakeholders in the early psychosis intervention community

  • Promotion of equity, diversity and inclusion in our leadership, membership and activities​

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Howard Margolese, MD, FRCPC

President

Montreal, Quebec

PEPP-MUHC

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Kara Dempster, MD FRCPC

Director at Large

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Martin Lepage, PhD

Director at Large

Montreal, Quebec

PEPP Montreal

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Thomas Hastings, MD, FRCP(C)

Vice President 

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Diane Fredriskon, BSc, MD, FRCPC

Director at Large

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Marco Solmi, MD, PhD

​Director at Large

Ottawa, Ontario

University of Ottawa

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Amal Abdel-Baki, MD, FRCPC

Director at Large

Montreal, Quebec

Clinique JAP-CHUM

AQPPEP

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Nicole Kozloff, MD, SM, FRCPC

Director at Large

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Sudhakar Sivapalan, MD, FRCPC

Director at Large

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Brian Cooper, MSc, OT Reg.

Director at Large

Hamilton, Ontario

Cleghorn Early Intervention Clinic

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Kellie LeDrew, MD, FRCP(C)

Director at Large

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Philip Tibbo, MD FRCPC

Past President

Members

British Columbia

Cassandra Beaudry, BSC

Abbotsford: Early Psychosis Intervention, Fraser Health Authority

Shelly Ben-David, PHD, RSW

Kelowna: University of British Columbia 

Diane Fredrikson, B.SC, MD, FRCPC

Vancouver: Early Psychosis Intervention, Vancouver Coastal Health

Katy Harper, PhD

Surrey: Fraser Health EPI Surrey

Nicolas Ramperti, MD, FRCPC

New Westminster: Early Psychosis Intervention, Fraser Health Authority

Richard Williams, M.B, BS, MPHIL, FRCPC, FRCPSYCH

Victoria: Victoria EPI Program

Saskatchewan

Steven Adams, BSC, MD, FRCPC

Saskatoon: Early Psychosis Intervention Program

Ontario

Offer Agid, MD

Toronto: Complex Mental Illness Program, Schizophrenia Division - CAMH

Kelly K. Anderson, PHD

London: PEPP London

Alexandra Baines, MD, FRCPC

Ottawa: On Track Champlain District Regional First Episode Psychosis Program 

Andrea Bardell, MD, FRCPC

On Track First Episode Psychosis Program

Christopher Bowie, PHD, C PSYCH

Kingston: Heads Up Early Psychosis Intervention Program

Sarah Bromley, OT REG (ONT)

Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Slaight Centre Early Intervention Service

Ranjith Chandrasena, MD

Chatham: TNT (Today not Tomorrow)

Brian Cooper, M.SC (OT), OT REG (ONT)

Hamilton: Cleghorn Early Intervention Clinic

Leonard Cortese,  BSC, MD, FRCP

Windsor: Windsor Early Intervention Program

Vincenzo De Luca,  MD, PHD

Mississauga: FACT Peel CAMH

Thomas Hastings, MD, FRCP(C)

Phoenix Program: Early Intervention in Psychosis

Nicole Kozloff,  MD, SM, FRCPC

Toronto: Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, CAMH

Lena Palaniyappan,  BA, MBBS, PHD

London: PEPP London

Saadia Sediqzadah MD SM FRCPC

Toronto: Starting Treatment Early for Psychosis Service for Youth

Marco Solmi,  MD, PHD

Ottawa: University of Ottawa

Giovanni Villella,  MD, FRCPC

Windsor: Early Intervention Program (CMHA)

Aristotle Voineskos,  MD, PHD

Toronto: Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, CAMH

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Nova Scotia

Brittany Chisholm, RN

Halifax: Early Psychosis Intervention Nova Scotia

Kara Dempster,  MD, FRCPC

Halifax: Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program 

Jason Morrison,  MD

Halifax: Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program

David Whitehorn, PHD, MSN

Halifax: Early Psychosis Intervention Nova Scotia

Philip Tibbo, MD, FRCPC

Halifax: Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program

Marissa LeBlanc, MD, PhD

Halifax: Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program

newfoundland and Labrador

Kellie LeDrew, MD, FRCP(C)

PIER Program (Early Psychosis Program)

Alberta

Adam Abba-Aji, MD

Edmonton: Young Adult Assessment, Evaluation & Treatment Programs

Kathy Aitchison, BA (HONS), MA (OXON), BM BCH, MRCPSYCH, CCST, PHD, FRCPSYCH

Edmonton: Edmonton Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic

Heidi Chau, MD, FRCPC

Edmonton: Edmonton Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic

Pierre Chue, MBBCH, FRPSYCH, LMCC, FRCPC, DABPN, MSC, CCST

Edmonton

David Crockford, MD, FRCPC, DABPN, FAPA, FCPA

Calgary: Calgary Early Psychosis Intervention Program

Zahinoor Ismail, MD, FRCPC

Calgary: Alberta Health Services

Nnamdi Nkire, MBBS, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPC

Edmonton

Scot Purdon, PHD, R.PSYCH

Edmonton: Edmonton Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic

Thomas Raedler, MD

Calgary: Early Psychosis Treatment Service

Sudhakar Sivapalan, MD, FRCPC

Edmonton Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic

Crystal Mundy, PhD

Edmonton: Edmonton Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic

Manitoba

Trevor Ballegeer, MD

Winnipeg: Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Service (EPPIS)

Colleen Murphy, PHD, C PSYCH

Winnipeg: Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Service (EPPIS)

QuÉbec

E. Lila Amirali, MD, MMGMT, FRCPC, FAPA

Montreal: FEP - Montreal Children's Hospital

Marie-France Demers, B Pharm, MSc, BCPP

Quebec: Clinique Notre-Dame des Victoires

Manuela Ferrari, PhD

Montreal: PEPP - Montreal

Srividya Iyer, PhD

Montreal: PEPP - Montreal

Eric Jarvis, MD

Montreal: CCPIN

Ridha Joober, MD, PHD

Montreal: Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis - PEPP Montreal

Tania LeComte, PHD

Montreal: University of Montreal

Martin LePage, PHD

Montreal: PEPP - Montreal

Ashok Malla, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPSYCH, DPM

Montreal

Clairélaine Ouellet-Plamondon, MD, MSC, FRCPC

Montreal: Clinique Jeunes Adultes Psychotiques (JAP)

Marc-André Roy, MD, MSC, FRCPC

Quebec: Clinique Notre-Dame des Victoires

Jai Shah, MD, PRCPC

Montreal: PEPP - Montreal

Marie Villeneuve, MD, FRCP(C)

Montreal: IUSMM

Howard Margolese, MD, FRCPC

PEPP-MUHC

Amal Abdel-Baki, MD, FRCPC

Clinique JAP-CHUM AQPPEP

New brunswick

Sanjay Siddhartha, MB, BS, DPM, MD (PSYCH MED), FRCPC, FAPA, CCPE, LFIPS

Miramichi: Miramichi Regional Hospital

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